The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly

Needle Tubes and Tube Flies

Step by Step tying of the Magus Shrimp salmon needle tube fly

by John Gray

Below is a step-by-step tying sequence of a variant of the Magus Salmon Fly, which I first used on the River Endrick in 1989, where it accounted for a few salmon and sea trout. Since then, the fly has taken a number of salmon from rivers as varied as the Earn, Ruchill, Teith, Allan, Alness, Borgie and Dee, and probably a good many more. Intended originally as a tenuous representation of the prawn, Parapandulus richardi, as illustrated in "Salmon Fishing" by Hugh Falkus, the Magus has been modified over the years. I have adapted this dressing for tying on a tube, specifically a slim stainless steel needle tube.

 

Tying the Magus Shrimp Salmon Tube Fly

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly

Dressing

tube: stainless steel needle tube 15mm long, diameter 1.5mm

tail hackle: fluorescent pink

tail: black squirrel with a few strands of flashy material

body: black with silver rib

wing: black squirrel with a short post of fluorescent pink floss on top (optional)

hackle: fluorescent pink under black

 

Step 1 - Place needle tube in tube fly vice and wind a bed of black tying thread about half way along.

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 1

 

Step 2 - Tie in three turns of fluorescent cock hackle.

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 2

 

Step 3 - Tie in a bunch of black squirrel hair plus a few strands of flashy material to taste. I have used pearl Krystal Flash and pink Maraglit.

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 3

 

Step 4 - Form a short body of black thread and rib with oval silver tinsel.

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 4

 

Step 5 - Tie in a wing of black squirrel and a short post of fluorescent floss over (optional).

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 5

 

Step 6 - Tie in a fluorescent pink hackle.

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 6

 

Step 7 - Tie in a black hackle in front of the pink, form a neat head and finish with two or three coats of Cellire No. 1 varnish.

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 7

 

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly

The Magus Shrimp Tube Fly - step 8

 

For more information on Salmon, Trout and Sea Trout Flies, see Trout and Salmon Flies

Book - Sea Trout Nights

 

 

 

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Resources

Grays of Kilsyth

Salmon Flies

Trout Flies

Sea Trout Flies

Tube Flies

The Tube Fly Shop

Salmon Fishing Scotland

Trout Fishing Scotland

Sea Trout Fishing

Sea Trout Fishing Book

 

 
 Slim stainless steel salmon and sea trout flies
 
 

 

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