Très Bien

Martin Joergensen

That's all very good... yet another tube fly? Très bien... mais oui, that's exactly what it is: very good.

This is another bright tube fly for clear water designed by Danish fly tyer Ken Bonde Larsen. And another one that uses a cone to add weight to the front of the fly. And another one, where the metal cone can be replaced by a common head or a plastic cone.

And this is another tube fly that demonstrates the use of a sectioned hair wing tied in in several steps with a hackle to separate the sections. The hackle adds volume and support for the wing, and also gives extra fluff to the front hackle, since the wing-dividing hackle sits very close behind the front of the fly.

This technique is very useful for all hair winged flies. Splitting the wing into typically three sections not only makes it easier to tie it in, but also enables you to form a nicer and better tapered wing. You can use different colors for each section and the technique makes it possible to add flash and hackles in the wing - between the sections. The method is not only for tube flies, but can of course be used on hooks too.

Detail of the front of the Trés Bien

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Step 1 - tube	Step 2 - tail	Step 3 - trim tail
Step 4 - tag material	Step 5 - varnish base	Step 6 - finishing the tag
Step 7 - dubbing	Step 8 - body	Step 9 - velcro

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Step 10 - finished body	Step 11 - remove underfur	Step 12 - underwing
Step 13 - finished underwing	Step 14 - flash	Step 15 - pull back
Step 16 - underwing ready	Step 17 - first hackle	Step 18 - hackling

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Step 19 - finished hackle	Step 20 - middle wing	Step 21 - spread hairs
Step 22 - second wing section	Step 23 - adding flash	Step 24 - flash ready
Step 25 - last wing section	Step 26 - ready to be trimmed	Step 27 - hackle

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Step 28 - brushing	Step 29 - ready for the cone	Step 30 - glue
Step 31 - cone added	Step 32 - meltdown	Step 33 - finished fly

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