I have actually drift fished with flies tied on large Tiemco hooks with marabou wings...and a body/tail tied out of a squid tentacle.

I tie them up the night before and keep them in the fridge...if I don't get hung up and lose one, it will stay on for a couple of hours before I need to swap it out with another.

Since I use my vise to tie them, and actually put a hackle on the head and a marabou wing over the tentacle...

...would it count as a fly?

Not in flyfishing only waters, of course, but give me a little credit for the original idea!

Fish on...

Todd