Squid Flies

[A.Pacyna]

I am looking for some good squid patterns for fishing Cape Cod and other places around the North East. Does any one have any suggestions??

[GILs_GONE_WILD]

Click this link or copy and paste it to your URL ....

http://www.aswf.org/saltwater_flies_...squid_fly.html

.... for a nice squid fly recipe.

Here's the finished product ...

[dudley]

This is the Abrams Banana Squid. Looks a bit strange dry, in the water it's a different story.
This fly is also great tied with a Bob Pop style "hollow" collar
http://www.stripermoon.com/flyarch/soft3.html



Another version
http://www.stripermoon.com/talkshop2/messages/3395.html

My own version of a squid fly is also based on the flat wing style tie
It's mostly white with sparse pink, yellow, and lavender bucktail blended in with the white in the collar
Also, instead of the junglecock eyes, I tie in pheasant "church window" feathers at the hook bend for eyes.
Very popular with the fishies

[peregrines]

Some more patterns to check out on the google:

Sea Arrow
Calamari Circle
Shady Lady

You can tie a simpler version of the Shady Lady w/o the mono extension, by tying the bump and hackle directly on the back of the shank. To do this I use hackle length suitable for a 1/0 Deceiver on a 3/0 hook (34007 or equiv) to get a longer shank length suitable for the eyes and mantle (blended.color BT)

Not as elegant or as much action in the water, and the proportions are a little off compared to the real thing, or tie with mono extension, but it?s a simpler tie and casts better.

You also can do a very simple small pattern for little squid on a 1/0.
Tail: Thin grizzly hackle
Body: Chenille underbody covered by EZ body tube
Eyes: big doll eyes

peregrines