Hitch Hairy Mary

The famous Hairy Mary on the hitch. The key to hitching is to start with a fly actually ‘hitches’ by which we mean, one that stays on the surface to give the illusion of skating quarry. All to often the fly will become wet and submerge. Not so with the hitches we offer which have been tweaked on several occasions to ensure that the body remains light and the hitch holes remains proportionately far up the body to keep the fly up.

Fishing the hitch is one of the most engaging forms of fishing, you get to watch the fly work it’s way across the water and often, if there, you can use this method to identify a taking salmon. However when they are in an aggressive mood, they will strike hard at the hitch and your away.

Here Dave McPhail ties the classic style Hairy Mary on a salmon double:

Hook: Size 10 Double
Thread: Black Uni-8/0
Tag and Rib: Small Oval Gold Tinsel
Body: Black Floss
Hackle: Dyed Blue Hen or Cock
Wing: Natural Brown Fibre from the Front of a White Bucktail