Conehead Temple Dog Tube Fly
Hook: Plastic tube size of choice tied in the Froden FITS style Tag: Gold Oval with Red fluoro floss Tail: Flou Red Antron or floss Rib: As tag Body: In two parts. Rear two-thirds Gold holographic mylar tinsel. Front third either black …
Pot Bellied Pig Tube Fly
Tube: From 1/4″ to 1 1/2″ Silk: Red Tail: 4 to 6 Chinese boar bristles under 4 strands of gold Flashabou or Krystal Hair under brown bucktail fibres Rear Hackle: Red Game doubled and wound Rib: Gold Oval Body: Dubbed Brown seals …
Red Frances Tube Fly
This is a request from Billie the Ghillie for a video showing this pattern. Tube: size and weight to suit conditions. This is tied on a 3/4″ copper tube Silk: Red 8/0 Tail: 3 stripped Rhode Island red quills or Red Game …
Alun Rees’ Surface Lure and Mount
1. Initially, to tie the surface lure, we need to make a Secret Weapon type mount. To make this mount, we need a suitable treble, a suitable single and a length of stiff monofilament. 2. After placing the treble in the vice, …
Willie Gunn Double
This is a great all-rounder of a pattern and works well on the River’s Usk and Wye. Hook: Double size to suit water conditions. This has been tied on a Ken Sawada size 8. Tag: Gold oval tinsel small or fine depending …
Willie Gunn Tube
This is a very successful pattern for salmon in many rivers throughout the British Isles and Europe. The dressing is as follows: Tube: From 1/2″ to 2″ either aluminium or copper. Silk: Black Tag: Gold oval tinsel (small in this example) Rib: …
Silver Stoat Tube Fly
Before I explain the details and dressing of this fly I thought bit prudent to explain what sort of device that is needed to tie them. I have spent many years looking for the ultimate tube vice and the truth is I …
Bottle Tube Temple
There are many new types of tube on the market today but one of the more modern types are the bottle tubes. There are a number of different types some of which are made up of brass and others of aluminium. They …
Temple Dog Tube Fly
The Temple Dog Tube fly is one that has come from Norway over recent years. It is a very successful fly in that it has a great deal of movement to it and has the ability to be fished both in slow streams …
