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A couple of killers	Black Gjaldbaek	$The Yellow Lightning-inspired - There\'s a Danish fly called <em>Det Gule Lyn</em> (The Yellow Lightning), over which this fly was composed with some artistic freedom$ The Yellow Lightning-inspired
Garry Dog-inspired - with more green	$A few of Ken\'s flies - Ken keeps on tying in spite of having boxes like this$ A few of Ken's flies	The components
Compound or two tubes	$Coiled tubes - Some tubes are coiled. Don\'t let that worry you. They will be straight once they are mounted in the vice and the fly is tied$ Coiled tubes	$Compound, macthed and mismatched - The left tube is a one-piece tube from <a href=\"http://www.prosportfisher.com/\">Danish Pro Tube</a>. In the center it\'s a nicely fitting outer and inner tube from <a href=\"http://www.tungstenshop.de/index.php?language=en&\">German Wurm</a> and on the right I have put together a total mismatch between two different brands, leaving way too much space between the tubes$ Compound, macthed and mismatched
$Cones - You want to use cones that match the inner tube perfectly. There should be no play between the tube and the cone. That will leave the cone 100% straight after it\'s been mounted as the final step$ Cones	Outer and inner	Garry Dog-inspired
Inspired by the Black Sheep	Karup-style, orange	No-name - olive and orange
No-name Pink	Colorful	Cutting
Joining tubes	Preparation 1 - tubes	Preparation 2 - cone
Two ways	Step 1 - thread	Step 2 - underwing
Step 3 - trim	Step 4 - underwing done	Step 5 - hackle
Step 6 - remove web	Step 7 - tie in hackle	Step 8 - wrap hackle
Step 9 - tie down	Step 10 - zonker strip	$Step 11 - tie in strip - Tie in the zonker strip right in front of the hackle, keeping everything very compact. Notice how the strip \"rides\" on the underwing and hackle$ Step 11 - tie in strip
Step 12 - second hackle	Step 13 - tie in	Step 14 - wrap hackle
Step 15 - cone	Step 16 - varnish or glue	Step 17 - place cone
Step 18 - cone done	Step 19 - trim inner tube	Step 20 - melt inner tube
The Bag Fly	Step 1 - start thread	Step 2 - underwing
Step 3 - hackles	Step 4 - pick feathers	$Step 5 - tie in - Tie in the first hackle feather. Rather than wrapping it it\'s simply tied in parallel to the tube to create the first part of a false hackle$ Step 5 - tie in
Step 6 - other side	Step 7 - trim stubs	Step 8 - zonker strips
Step 9 - cut strip	$Step 10 - tie in strip - Notice again how it\'s lifted by the underwing and the hackle$ Step 10 - tie in strip	Step 11 - front hackle
Step 12 - prepare hackle	Step 13 - tie in hackle	Step 14 - wrap hackle
$Step 15 - tie down - Tie down the hackle. Again it\'s important to keep the fly compact and not let the materials work too far forward$ Step 15 - tie down	Step 16 - tie down	Step 17 - no head
Step 18 - whip finish	Step 19 - varnish or glue	Step 20 - add cone
Step 21 - trim inner tube	Step 22 - melt collar	Green Wing
Dr. Statham	Orange Racoon	Red Taggish
The Bag Fly	$A Squidtruder - An Intruder style fly for steelhead. A very different style from the Scandinavian. From <a href=\"http://www.canadiantubeflies.com/\">Canadian Tube Flies</a>.$ A Squidtruder	$Squidlegs - Another steelhead fly in the Intruder tradition... and then some! From <a href=\"http://www.canadiantubeflies.com/\">Canadian Tube Flies</a>.$ Squidlegs
Endless variation	$Wet - This Black Sheep might look skinny and small, but once it\'s in the water it expands to its full volume$ Wet	Yellow, orange and black
Angry Rabbit	ITMI	Já já
$Ken\'s production - As you can see from Ken\'s recent batch of tube flies, the possible variations are numerous, and only your fantasy limits the creativity that can be put into these flies.$ Ken's production