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Polar Magnus
How do you tie a Polar Magnus?
Polar Magnus is a streamer fly pattern for saltwater, trout, steelhead. Find its 8 materials and 9 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- saltwater, trout, steelhead
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: FlyFisher 7120 Stinger #12 BN
- Thread: FlyFisher 8/0 White
- Tail: Grizzly Marabou Natural
- Body: Davy Wotton SLF Prism Tan
- Legs: Grizzly Soft Feather Large Natural
- Ribbing: Veevus Mono 0.2
- Hackle: Grizzly Soft Feather Large Fl. Rose
- Head: Bead Chain Eyes And FF Thread 8/0 Fl. Rose, UV-Finish.
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Tying instructions
1. Secure hook in the vise
2. Start thread at the eye of the hook
3. Tie in the tail by wrapping the feather around the hook at the beginning of the bend
4. Attach mono for the ribbing.
5. Dub the body leaving 2 mm before the hook eye
6. Attach the feather at its thick side and wrap it around the body evenly backwards as Palmer
7. Secure by the mono at the tail and make even ribbing counterwise, secure by the thread and cut it off
8. Attach the eyes with the rose thread and form a head
9. Finish with UV lacquer.