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Munro Killer
This is a hair-wing Atlantic salmon fly with a dark body and a bright, two-tone wing. It has an oval gold tinsel tag, a black floss body ribbed with oval gold tinsel, a throat of orange hackle fibers and blue guinea fowl, and a wing of yellow hair under black hair. The dressing is the same whether it goes on a double, a single, a treble, a tube or a Waddington shank. The floss body is laid over a smooth thread underbody. Tied here on a Fulling Mill Magni double.
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Materials
Fulling Mill Magni double (or a single, treble, tube or Waddington)
Oval tinsel, gold, for the tag
Gold
Oval tinsel, gold
Gold
Floss, black
Black
Hackle fibers, orange, for the throat
Orange
Guinea fowl, dyed blue, for the throat
Blue
Hair, yellow, for the lower wing
Yellow
Hair, black, for the upper wing
Black
Head cement
How to Tie the Munro Killer
- 1
Step 1
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap a smooth, even underbody along the shank to the bend.
- 2
Step 2
Tie in the oval gold tinsel and wrap a short tag at the bend.
- 3
Step 3
Leave the tinsel hanging after the tag to use as the rib, and tie in the black floss at the front of the tag.
- 4
Step 4
Wind the floss forward in smooth, flat wraps to form an even body, stopping short of the eye to leave room for the throat, wing and head. Tie it off and trim.
- 5
Step 5
Wind the rib forward over the floss in open, evenly spaced turns. Tie it off and trim.
- 6
Step 6
Turn the fly over in the vise and tie in a bunch of orange hackle fibers under the shank as a throat. Turn it back upright.
A rotary vise makes it easy to flip the fly for the throat and back again.
- 7
Step 7
Add the blue guinea fowl fibers under the shank with the orange, then trim the waste.
- 8
Step 8
Tie in a bunch of yellow hair on top of the shank as the first part of the wing, reaching back over the body.
- 9
Step 9
Tie a bunch of black hair over the yellow to complete the wing. Trim the butts at an angle.
- 10
Step 10
Build a neat, tapered head, whip finish and coat it with head cement.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr1yagzkPKA
Credit: Martyn White