by cathalger » Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:12 pm
Hi Alan,
Do you mean traces of mackerel feathers for use on a spinning rod or boat rod? You dont have to tie up traces as shop bought ones come- lure constructed and held together by the knot holding the spade end hook.
If you have a fly tying vice you can tie any sort of fly/lure on an eyed hook for use on any type of tackle, its probably easier to tie flies in this way with a vice holding the hook, both hands are free to work with.
For mackerel feathers for boat fishing nothing too technical would be necessary, a variety of coloured cock hackle feathers and maybe a bit of synthetic crystal hair (veniards- the twinkly twisted tinsel hair) and youd be sorted, the only other thing youd really need would be a spool of thread and a bobbin holder to hold it while you tied. And a pair of scissors.
2013 Sea Species:- Bass, Flounder, 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Whiting, red gurnard, grey gurnard, Pollack, coley, mackerel, sea trout, cant remember cos I didn't update at the time.....
2012 Sea species:- Pollack, Coley, Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Sea Trout, Haddock, Plaice, Dab, Flounder, Red Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Pouting, Whiting, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Brown Trout caught on beach.
2011 Sea species:- codling, L.S. dogfish, coley, whiting, pollack(4lb 3oz), sea trout, shore conger eel (15lb), ballan wrasse, grey gurnard, plaice, dab (and lobster).