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Published on Jun 7. 2015 - 9 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

Tube flies

Salmon flies

Materials Used;

Threads, Uni-8/0 Fire Orange and Black
Tube, Sean Stanton Signature 14mm
Tag, Fl Chartreuse Diamond Brite or Glister
Back Hackle, Yellow and Orange Hen or Cock
Tail, Veniards Orange Mirror Flash
Rib, Gold or Silver Oval Tinsel
Body, Black Glister or Flash Mixed with a Black Dubbing
Front Hackle, Black Hen or Cock
Eyes, Jungle Cock Optional

Originator

Davie McPhail

Pro Flashwing Phartagorva

In recent years, salmon flies, where a part or all of the wing has been replaced with flash, have become very popular – especially in cloudy water, it can be a great advantage to have a material th

Sep 24. 2024

Black and Green

When the first weeks of the salmon season in the salmon rivers have passed and the water in the rivers begins to clear up after the spring flood – flies in greenish shades can really prove their wo

Sep 4. 2024

Scierra Zonker

The skilled Danish fly fisherman and fly caster Ronny Lagoni is a specialist within sea run brown trout fishing and came up with this voluminous large tube fly tied to fishing for large sea runs br

Mörrum - The Best Flies

Sep 17. 2023

A really beautiful book about a very important Swedish river and - not least - a group of its most productive anglers and their flies.

The Tube Fly

Jan 27. 2014

Being an avid tube fly fan and having tied tube flies for almost as long as I have tied flies, I have wanted this book ever since it was published in 2006 where I saw it in a local flyshop. But it was expensive - and still is - and back then I didn't want to spend the money on books this expensive, but saved my money for less expensive books, fly-tying materials and fly gear.

Make 'Em Swim

Nov 19. 2008

Two hours of fly-tying. My wife says that it is the best way to fall asleep - meditative with those monotone voices and repetitions over and over. Not this time.

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