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Musky Glider

How do you tie a Musky Glider?

Musky Glider is a streamer fly pattern for musky, pike. Find its 8 materials and 27 tying steps below.

Difficulty
4 of 5
Target species
musky, pike
Pattern designer
Nick Gellerstedt

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At the vise

Materials

  • Hook/Shank: B10S 5/0, .051 Shank
  • Thread (210 Denier), White
  • Whiting 6-10" Schlappen Bundle
  • Flashabou, Pearl
  • MF Bucktail
  • NMF Wavelength Flash
  • Pec Fin: MFC Feathers Shark Fin
  • Glue: Fly Tyer's Z-Ment

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Tying instructions

  1. Attach the shank to the Boggs tackle maker.

  2. Bend the shank to create a loop at the rear.

  3. Bend the shank to create a loop at the front.

  4. Secure the hook in the vise.

  5. Start the thread behind the hook eye.

  6. Tie in a sparse amount of golden cream bucktail on top of the shank.

  7. Tie in a sparse amount of perch flashabou on top of the shank.

  8. Tie in a sparse amount of orange schlappen on top of the shank.

  9. Apply fly tyers z-ment to the thread wraps.

  10. Tie in a sparse amount of golden cream bucktail on top of the shank.

  11. Tie in a sparse amount of gold wavelength flash on top of the shank.

  12. Tie in a sparse amount of orange schlappen on top of the shank.

  13. Apply fly tyers z-ment to the thread wraps.

  14. Tie in a sparse amount of olive bucktail on top of the shank.

  15. Tie in a sparse amount of shadback wavelength flash on top of the shank.

  16. Tie in a sparse amount of olive schlappen on top of the shank.

  17. Apply fly tyers z-ment to the thread wraps.

  18. Tie in a sparse amount of chocolate brown bucktail on top of the shank.

  19. Tie in a sparse amount of gold wavelength flash on top of the shank.

  20. Tie in a sparse amount of olive schlappen on top of the shank.

  21. Apply fly tyers z-ment to the thread wraps.

  22. Tie in the MFC shark fin feathers on the sides of the shank.

  23. Tie in the final sparse amount of chocolate brown bucktail on top of the shank.

  24. Tie in the final sparse amount of shadback wavelength flash on top of the shank.

  25. Tie in the final sparse amount of olive schlappen on top of the shank.

  26. Apply fly tyers z-ment to the thread wraps.

  27. Whip finish and cut the thread.

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