Hatches Magazine Fly Patterns

Eyes - any large Hard type Eye - the ones pictures are about the size of a nickle epoxied to two strands of 50# mono

Tentacles - Super Hair Base, Long Krystal Flash for the feeding tentacles, Syn-yak

Mantle - Layers of Super Hair

Fins - Hula Wrap

Flash - Amount Optional - Angel Hair

There are Two tricks to this tie.

First mounting the eyes. I epoxy the eye to two strands of 50# mono so that they can work with and against each other to support to eye and cause vibrations in the water. I loosely wrap the mono to the side of the hook shank then carefully pull on the top strand to work the eye into position.

The Super Hair in the Tentacles is tied in first, and then stiffened with Softex.

The Super Hair mantel is tied in like the Classic Maine fly the Groceries. The Super hair is first tied down at its mid point, then thread is wrapped BEHIND the super hair to stand it up. Then the other half of the hair is folded back, and flaired around the thread wraps to create a viel. This is done to build volume without bulk and to cause the materials to quiver in the water.

Colors probably don’t matter, but I like my squid to have touches of pink yellow and orange. White and Chartreuse also work well, as does purple.

3/0 Standard Saltwater

Yak Hair

Saddle Hackles

Polar Fiber

Hula Wrap

XL EZ-Body

Angel Hair

Two parts

The Mantle is tied as a Tube fly

Use the EZ body to create the mantle similar to how you would make an EZ Body popper, then tie in a veil of Yak and Angel Hair, finish with a wrap or two of Hula Wrap

The Tentacles are tied to the hook in a standard deceiver fashion. Don’t spay the feathers, but rather use the twisted ones that aren’t good enough for Deceivers or Flatwings - they’re perfect.