Squid Tying

I love tying flies for the late spring and early summer squid run on the cape. There aren't that many different squid flies out there so there is a ton of room for interpretation and experimentation with your squid patterns. Squid also change color from almost clear to tan to pink to purple when they're scared and being pursued. This gives a lot of poetic license to the coloration of squid patterns. They also have spots on them and when they're not scared they are almost clear which makes their internal organs visible. There are so many ways to skin this squid (or tie it as it were). Here are some of my favorites. The two are based on the Skok red can squid (named for the number of bud diesels consumed when he tied them) and the other is a jointed squid popper