I fish all my giant flies tied on MAGNUM Waddington shanks in the hangback style.

I bend the rear loop "down-eye" and the front loop "up-eye" and the thin effectively fishes like a tube fly. I tie a 1.5 -2.0 inch Perfection Loop into a 2 ft length of 40# Max UG. Loop a Sickle Octopus/Big River Bait single hook on there and thread the free end of the leader backward thru each "eye" of the fly. The hangback is achieved in a very simple manner. The bulky knot of the Perfection Loop hangs up in the rear "eye" to keep it from pulling all the way thru to the hook.

The 40# makes a great cushion to guard against bite offs from toothy bucks. Also gives me something meaty to grab when it comes time to de-hook.

I tie in a short piece of 15# Max UG between my bite tippet and the end of my T14... pre-planned fail zone for when I snag up so as not to lose the entire Skagit head and tip when I try to break it off.