I have been wanting to try tying tube flies for the awhile now. So I decided to pick up a tube fly vise/needle. Here is my first Steelhead tube fly…
That fly will definitely not work. I will send you my address and you send that fly to me to be destroyed. Maybe you had better send me a dozen of them, because I know they won't work.
lots of people asking how I tie a glo bug with no waste and the fastest way I know possiable 1 I use a good egg hook size depends on fish steelie or salmon 2 I find a bic pen or straw ...you can buy a glo bug tube but why take the guts out of the pen.....take a strip of globug yarn here I took pink and dark pink for the blood eye3 loop some 20 pound mono and slide it down the pen , put the end of the yarn in the loop and pull the mono back threw the pen trim the end of the yarn leave about half a inch hanging out4. wrap a solid base of yarn on the hook some people put a little head cement on this I don't bother ....place the pen to the hook the yarn over the hook I wrap it tight 4 times one way then 4 the other like a figure eight ...some add a dap of head cement5 now pull twice what you need out of the pen and cut the yarn in the middle ...whip finish and add a dap of head cement no trimming and once you get use to this you can do 40 glo bugs in a hour ..... there are a lot of videos on how to do this play around till you find what works best for you
fished in the Catskills from 9/20-9/24, specifically the East Branch Delaware River, Beaverkill and the Willowemoc. The water was extremely low and a real challenge to catch a fish. Hatches were sparce and when they did happen they were short lived, maybe 20 minutes. Hatches occured around 7 AM and 5PM. best fishing was at 6:30-8AM and 5PM-6;30PM. water was low, slow and in the 60-64 deg. range at the Beaverkill and the Willow. The Eastbranch was always 50-53 with a low stredy flow. I sought out fast water, riffles, deeper pockets and places off the beaten path. The East branch produced fish 12-22 inches,browns, mostly on nymphs, isos or GBH pheasant tails . Did manage one on a whoolly bugger #8 tan, a 13 inch scrapper. The willow and the Beaverkill were next to impossible to catch fish, but I did manage 2 little guys, 4 and 7 inches in the Beaverkill on the GBH pheasent tail in turbulant pocket water off the beaten path. For the week only managed 8 trout but 6 of 8 were over 15 inches and put up good fights one lasting 7 minutes( I use a 4 wt. 8.5 ft. rod). All safely returned for next year. A first for me was catching 4 small mouth bass in the Beaverkill with the nymph, all about 6 inches. Tried ants, beetles and bumble bee getting hit on the ant and bee but no hook ups. No rain while there and sunny days. One day of clouds was the best producing. I usually fish there in the May-June tiimeframe and catch more but it was nice to find empty streams and food places. Leaves had not turned yet but should strat Oct.1.
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Topic: Hey Fly Tiers...What's In The Vise? (Read 627536 times)
