Fox Hole Special

 

Fox Hole Special

Attractor Fly Pattern

Hook - Mustad 3665A or equivalent, size 6-8

Thread - Black 

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Yellow bucktail

Underwing - Orange bucktail 

Wing - White marabou 

Shoulder - Mallard or teal flank 

Eyes (optional) - Painted black over white

The Fox Hole Special is one of the better landlocked salmon streamers, and brook trout will take it as well. It’s a so-called attractor pattern, and best described as a dressed-up Black Ghost Marabou, with yellow and orange bucktail and a shoulder added, the latter to imitate a gill plate. The fly is easy to see, has great action, and is just different enough that it will catch fish in pressured waters where the fish see pretty much everything else. The Fox Hole Special is one of the top ten landlocked salmon streamers in Maine.

Favorite Flies for Maine - Bob Mallard