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Macaw:
Red, yellow, blue and green and various shades
of these colors are found in the plumage of the
large parrot skins which come from tropical
countries. The feathers are soft and water
absorbant so make good wet fly material.
Mallard:
Drake mallard skins provide the fly tier with
just about any type of feather required in most
fly dressing. Colors range from white through
the spectrum to black with some metallic shades
of blue. Barring is excellent in Mallard
feathers. A most useful skin to have on the fly
tying bench. NOTE: When the term Mallard is used
alone in a dressing recipe, it usually refers to
the black and white barred side or flank
feather.
Mandarin:
Speckled side or flank feathers of the Mandarin
duck, brownish in color.
Mandarin Duck:
A species of wood duck from Asia having a
wonderful array of barred and speckled feathers.
Nashuas from Mandarin are in heavy demand.
Colors range from white to bright bronze.
Similar to American Wood Duck. The speckled
flank feathers are brownish. The white and black
tipped side feathers are especially vivid in
contrast.
Mane:
Irish term for tufts of mohair on the top side
of a fly body of some salmon flies.
Marabou:
Soft, fuzzy feathers of the Marabou Stork.
Getting rare, so most Marabou used today comes
from young turkey feathers. Often dyed black,
red, yellow, orange, green and blue.
Marabou, Spun:
Marabou fibers laid across thread loop, then
thread loop is twisted to form a hackle similar
to hair hackle. Finished hackle is used to wrap
and form fly bodies. Trimming usually follows.
This creates a shaggy body but retains the
action of Marabou.
Maribou:
See - Marabou.
Maroon:
Color - Reddish-purple.
Marry:
Process of joining sections of different
feathers, and/or colored feathers, by
intertwining the barbules, in order to form a
complete multi-colored wing section. Example:
Parmachene Belle.
Marten:
Cream and brown furs with shiny, transluscent
guard hairs make this fur ideal for dubbing.
Master Blend:
Man-made synthetic dubbing material. Trade name.
Materials:
Threads, hair, feathers, wool, fur, wire, pins,
plastics, and whatever else may be found on a
fly tier's bench can be found most anywhere and
most anything can be utilized in the production
of fishing flies. A good example is lint taken
from a clothes dryer lint catched after washing
and drying a floor rug. Of course, most
materials come from commercial suppliers but any
source should not be overlooked.
Multi Variant Hackle:
Barred from black to gray to white to shades of
brown, all on the same feather.
Med:
Medium.
Median Line:
Center line of a wing to represent the median
line of a bait fish.
Meld:
See- Weld and Marry.
Micro Web:
Commercial thin plastic material in sheets which
may be cut into wing forms. Produced in mottled
and veined patterns in various colors. Used
mainly to reproduce Mayfly wings. Trade name.
Midge:
Order Diptera, or true flies. These are the
multitudes of tiny, two winged insects prominent
around water. Best represented on hooks size
twenty or smaller.
Mink:
Fur of Mink can vary according to season and
produce shades of rich brown to blue-grays.
Cross breeding of mink as produced these color
varieties. Ideal for dubbing especially where
longer guard hairs are desireable in certain fly
bodies.
Minutiae:
Term given to the very tiny insect life such as
No-See-Ums, Leaf Hoppers, Gnats and Jassids.
Also refers to flies tied on very small hooks in
sizes twenty and smaller.
Mix:
Two colors of hackle, feathers or materials
wound together are said to be mixed.
Mixed Wings:
Found usually in salmon fly patterns. Single
strands of various colored feathers are
"married" or "welded" together to form a
multi-color strip for winging of certain salmon
and trout fly patterns.
Mohair:
Hair of the Angora goat, very soft. Blends well
in dubbing.
Mole:
A very fine textured fur in browns and grays,
with some to a dark gray-blue. Ideal for
dubbing.
Monkey:
Monkey hair is of fine texture and varies from
white to black with many shades of brown.
Usually has dark tips on the hairs, good for
streamer wings. Some Monkey hair is barred the
full length of the hair.
Moose:
The coarse moose mane hairs, in both black and
white, provide quilling material for fly bodies.
Fine also for nymph legs. Can be easily dyed to
provide a wide range of colors. Moose body hair
is a little stiff but any nymph tier should have
a section of it as standard for making legs.
Some wet salmon flies of Eastern Canada have
wings of Moose body hair. Very durable material.
Mottled:
Any feather, usually refers to turkey or grouse
feathers, having an uneven marking or dotted
effect.
Multiple Wing:
Formed by using two pairs of feathers per side.
Sometimes called Double Wings.
Muskrat:
Some call him the "Water Rat", but in any case,
the fine textured brown to light gray fur makes
fine dubbing for fur bodies and is a must in the
nymph tier's kit. Probably the most versatile
fur used in fly tying as it can substitute for
most any fur.
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