\nThread<\/strong>: UNI 6\/0
\nTail<\/strong>: Whiting Hackle tips
\nBody<\/strong>: Hareline Ice Dub
\nBody Hackle<\/strong>: Whiting
\nRib<\/strong>: Copper\u00a0Wire
\nFront Hackle<\/strong>: Foxtail Hen\u00a0Red
\nEyes<\/strong>: Bead Chain Gold\u00a0Medium<\/p>\n
1<\/strong>. start with thread from the hook eye and add a layer\u00a0back and then towards the eye again. Add a pair of bead chain eyes, here I have used a medium gold version, but can be substituted with different sizes and colors. You can also add the eyes on the underside of the hook 2<\/strong>.\u00a0When tying in the eyes: wrap in a figure-eight around the hook to securely tie in the eyes, if not they can start to slip. Also make sure you apply a good amount of pressure on the thread here to secure the eyes, you can also add\u00a0some superglue to\u00a0the wraps when you are done to secure the eyes\u00a0even more.<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>. Find two hackle tips and tie them in around the hook point (or where the hook bend starts), tie them in\u00a0on the side of the hook<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. The hackle tips should form a V going back<\/p>\n 6<\/strong>. Add dubbing to the thread, this can be varied in different colors and variants but I like the Ice Dub on this fly<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. Dub the body but stop a little bit before the eyes: you want to have room to tie in the hackle<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>. Tie in the body hackle, this can again be varied: short\u00a0or long, and be added in short or longer turns\u00a0around the hook, this depends on how you want the final fly to appear<\/p>\n 9<\/strong>. When you reach the end of the dubbing make sure to keep\u00a0the hackle tight while you counter-wrap the copper wire around the body all the way to the front of the dubbing<\/p>\n 10<\/strong>. The first copper wrap here is keeping the hackle down and secures it\u00a0in place. Make sure to not get the wire above the hackle so that it is\u00a0trapped<\/p>\n 11<\/strong>. I have ribbed the fly with a lot of turns here, this will make sure the fly is durable and will add a little bit of extra weight to it as well<\/p>\n 12<\/strong>. After cutting away the hackle tip (keep it to make more tails on other polar magnus!) and the wire tie in a red (or pink) hackle<\/p>\n 13<\/strong>. Wrap the hackle 2-3-4 times (depending on how much hackle you want and the profile you want the fly to have) and tie it in just behind the eyes. Secure the thread\u00a0with a whipfinish and you have the final fly:<\/p>\n 14<\/strong>. To make sure the fly is even more durable and will\u00a0endure everything that happens to it I add some Bug Bond above the thread between the eyes and cure it with UV<\/p>\n 15<\/strong>. The Bug Bond keeps the eyes securely in place, but make sure that you don’t cover the hackle in it<\/p>\n 16<\/strong>. A alternative Polar magnus with red copper wire and pink spey hackle, just to show how you can mix this pattern up<\/p>\n A batch of Polar Magnus done and ready to fish:<\/p>\n
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