-Eddie Dillon Tidewater Fly Co.
From: Paul Marriner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Tube Flies? Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 10:08:03 -0300
Rob, I have an upcoming article on tying tube flies in The Canadian Fly Fisher. However, in the meantime, here are a couple of hints: 1) use Q-Tips for plastic tubes; just make sure to buy the hollow ones. 2) Once you have the plastic tube, find a piece of wire just smaller than the inside diameter of the tube. Bend one end of the wire into a circle, this is held in the vise jaws. Cut the other end so that the straight portion of the wire is about a half-inch longer than the tube. With a tool of your choice, flatten a spot on the straight part of the wire near the circle end - this holds the tube from rotating when it is jammed against the flat spot.
Now you're away to the races.
Cheers, Paul -- Paul Marriner Outdoor Writing & Photography. Member OWAA & OWC. Author of Stillwater Fly Fishing - Tools & Tactics (CD), Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
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