Bomber Squid Other Saltwater Hook : Mustad 34011 No.2 - 7/0 (or any longshank hook) Thread : White. Beak : Chartreuse deer hair spun and clipped to small lump. Tentacles : White saddle hackles, spotted with black, red, pink & chartreuse permanent marker. Optional few strands of pearl Krystalflash or Flashabou down the middle of tentacles. Eyes : Black on White Stemmed plastic dolls eyes joined to form dumbbell. Body underlay: White wool to form case shape. Body overlay : White chenille. Wings : White marabou.
Tying Instructions
Fly Notes Weighted versions same except on small weighted version - lead dumbbells eyes with stick prism eyes then epoxied instead of stemmed dolls eyes. Large weighted version - lead wire wrapped around half of hook closest to hook eye with large stemmed dolls eyes this to maintain correct swimming action. Floating versions substitute body materials for spun and clipped deer hair. Colour variations include pink, yellow and all tan.
Fishing Notes Target species include, Kingfish, Snapper, Bream, Flathead, Australian Salmon & any species that would eat a live squid. Depending on target species shock tippets maybe required. Retrieval method is a stop, small strip (1/2 - 1 meter), stop. Depending on tidal or current flow even a dead drift will get results. Weighted versions are best left to sink as far as possible before stop start stop retrieval to surface. First tied 7/0 size patterns when targeting large Kingfish at the Port Augusta power station & Point Lowly 15mins north of Whyalla. Score 27 flies to the Kingies & one four foot Kingfish to me. Not a great ratio but lots of fun. Then used 3/0 - 1/0 sized patterns to target Whyalla's large Snapper, so far only pan size Ssnapper to 4 kilo, but that 10+kilo is out there somewhere. Berleyed up to the surface or fished deep Snapper will readily take this fly. Salmon and Flathead have also readily taken this fly. Developed from a US pattern of the same name. Though mine doesn't look at all like the original it still catches fish.
Location Notes Anywhere fish feed on squid. Floating version best over weed & rocky shallow areas. Weighted version is best for deep dwelling fish like Snapper & Kingfish around structures, though a large floating version can really turn the Kingies into eating mode. Intermediate versions fish right through the water column.
Prey Notes Squid or cuttlefish representation.
Tier Richard Carter

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