Kim Sorensen and Frank Thornild
Tube fly
Medium
- Melt a collar on the rear of the plastic tube
- Slite one or two beads over the tube and glue them against the collar
- Tie in the zonker wing in front of the beads, letting the bead lift it slightly
- Trim off remaining skin
- Tie in flash
- Tie in and wrap one or two soft hackles in front of the wing
- Tie in rubber legs over the hackle base, pointing along the tube
- Tie in Jungle Cock eyes, one on each side of the fly
- Bend back rubber legs and tie down
- Trim the tube, leaving room for the muddler head
- Burn a collar in the front of the tube
- Spin a couple of small bunches of deer hair to form a wide and flat head
- Half hitch or whip finish, trim thread and varnish
- Trim the head flat and wide
| Tube | Guideline FITS medium |
| Bead(s) | One or two, aluminum, brass or tungsten to fit snuggly over tube, color to suit fly |
| Tying thread | Veevus 14/0, color to suit materials |
| Wing | Short zonker strip, rabbit, opossum or other skins depending on fly size |
| Flash | Angel Hair or Ice dubbing to, color to suit fly (optional) |
| Hackle(s) | One light and one dark to suite color of fly |
| Rubber legs | Round, color to suit fly (optional) |
| Eyes | Jungle Cock (optional) |
| Head | Deer hair, color to suit fly |
