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Purple Squid Tube
Designed and Tied by Charles Dickson Jr.

Name	Purple Squid Tube
Category	Steelhead Tube Fly
Tube	1 ½ inch aluminum
Tag	Fine oval silver tinsel
Body	Back ½ pink floss, front ½ pink then purple SLF spun in a dubbing loop
Rib	Over the back half only, purple flat braid with fine oval silver tinsel on either side.
Hackle	Purple burnt goose in middle of body.
Feelers	Nine purple dyed grizzly saddle hackles stripped except for the tip tied in randomly in the front half of the body.
Collar	Pink dyed mallard or teal.
Wing	Two purple hackle tips inside of two pink hackle tips
Head	Red

Purple Squid Tube was tied by Charles Dickson Jr. You can find more of his flies on his page on this site, The Flies of Charles Dickson Jr.. 

Charlie's Notes: This fly is another one of my exercises in creativity. This one has been tied for steelhead.

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