Tube Style Plate

Published Aug 16th 2007

Tube theme

By Martin Joergensen

This page is just made to give you an overview over the different types of tubes and tying methods. The illustrations all appear in the articles in the Global FlyFisher Tube Theme.

Plain plastic tubes

+ The basic plastic tube fly Martin Joergensen	+ Lined plastic tube Martin Joergensen	+ Flat coned tube Martin Joergensen
+ Add a cone for front weight Martin Joergensen	+ Pink! Martin Joergensen	+ Colorful Martin Joergensen

Sunray style - A wing on a plastic tube essentiallyyyy

Sunray style
Martin Joergensen

Plain metal tubes

Copper for weight - Copper tubes are often used to give the fly weight. Add some flash and you have a visible fly for the depths.yyy

Copper for weight
Martin Joergensen

Going down - A brass tube and a low and stiff wing will give you a deep fishing fly for hard water.yyy

Going down
Martin Joergensen

Bottle tubes

+ A Bidoz aluminum bottle tube Martin Joergensen	+ Bare bones Martin Joergensen
+ Dubbed bottle tube Martin Joergensen	+ Bottle Martin Joergensen

Rear tubes

+ All shapes and colors Martin Joergensen	+ Jurij Shumakov rear tube Martin Joergensen	+ Low water rear tube Martin Joergensen
+ The Morrum bottle Martin Joergensen	+ Morrum bottle and body Martin Joergensen	+ Micro rear bottle Martin Joergensen

Beads/cones

A bead as an ultra-short rear tube - This system was probably coined in Sweden by salmon angler Ulf Sill.yyy

A bead as an ultra-short rear tube
Martin Joergensen

Beads in stead of a tube - or cones - By stacking beads you get a compact and heavy body.yyy

Beads in stead of a tube - or cones
Martin Joergensen

$The Russian Bullet - Jurij Shumakov\'s very heavy and compact fly with stacked tungsten beads separated by hackles.yyy$
The Russian Bullet
Martin Joergensen

Modular

IBS rear tube system - The Interchangeable Body Tube System (oddly enough called IBS rather than IBTS) consists of a fly tied on the thin inner tube and a selection of rear tubes to use with it. It allows you to adjust weight and color at waterside.yyy

IBS rear tube system
Martin Joergensen

$Convertible Tube Fly - Tony Pagliei\'s convertible tube fly concept where a dressed hook is combined with a tube tied head section.yyy$
Convertible Tube Fly
Martin Joergensen

The Banderillas style - Theses flies are tied on several sections of tubes and combined waterside to determin size, color, weight etc.yyy

The Banderillas style
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Other

Tube popper - The popper style lends itself very well to thin and rigid tubes.yyy

Tube popper
Martin Joergensen

$Sequin style - One of tube fly tyer Bob Kenly\'s hallmarks is the sequins glued to the tube using epoxy - as well as the use of epoxy in many of his patterns.yyy$
Sequin style
Martin Joergensen

Lure fly - This is an example of a fly type with a massive body - in some ways a lure more than a fly. Such flies are often built on tubes using foil (like here), epoxy, silicone, glue, suede, foam, Softex or a combination of such materials.yyy

Lure fly
Martin Joergensen

There are of course a lot more styles than this - I will add them as I think of them and get the time to draw them. Help me remember other styles. Drop me a mail or a comment, and I'll work on it. Until then you can study the different styles in this article.
- Martin

More on tube flies

Danish tube fly inspiration. Published May 7th 2012
Styles and Patterns. Published August 22nd 2007
Tube Flies Two. Published August 21st 2007
Tube Tying Techniques. Published August 20th 2007
Tube Tools. Published August 20th 2007
Tube Ressources. Published August 20th 2007
Tube Flies. Published August 19th 2007
Tube Styles. Published August 18th 2007
Tube Basics. Published August 16th 2007
Tube Style Plate. Published August 16th 2007 <<< You are here
Tube Fly Turmoil. Published August 16th 2007
Convertible tubes. Published August 14th 2007
Dual Tube Phlyz. Published August 1st 2007
Burning Man. Published June 14th 2007
Sunray Shadow. Published May 21st 2007
The Plipper. Published July 16th 2006
CZCDNTM. Published October 15th 2002
The Rocket. Published January 1st 2002
The Gladiator. Published September 3rd 1997

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From: brian colin · dbrianc·at·dsl.pipex.com
Submitted October 6th 2007

I wish that I had found this site yesterday or earlier: it would have saved a lot of time spent in evading giving written instructions to a friend! I have nontheless now forwarded him the instructions from these pages some 24 hours after my hand written attempt!

Excellent site, a happy find! Thank you!

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