Neville I melt the liner tube in the back to keep it from sliding through the tube and you tie the wing on the liner in front of the long range tube temple dog style... in other words in reverse and bend it back. Then I cut it off leaving a mm or so of tube in front of the wing and I melt that into a soft lip. The only tubes of Yuri's that you tie on the metal part of the tube are his bullet tubes. The rest of them are designed so that you tie on the liner in front of the tube. This serves two purposes... it keeps the heads small and it helps lift the temple dog wing just a little more and gives it a nice profile. If you choose to use the method Yuri's friend discovered that enables you to change out the tube body styles, thus changing the weight and/or swimming style, then don't melt the liner tube in the back you will need to attach the junction tubing to the liner instead of the tube. I hope that helped. I have written instructions from Yuri but I don't have them scanned. I'll try to get that done so I can send them to you but it will take me a few days. It's been pretty crazy here. Warm Regards, Deb
www.uftri.org www.linesend.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neville Gosling Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VFB] Shumakov tubes Following a discussion about a week ago with Deb Duran & Paul Marriner about the unfortunate premature death of Russian tube fly tier Juri Shumakov at age 50, I discovered thanks to Paul, that there is a Canadian source for Shumakov Tubes and I ordered a trial sample of 10 Shumakov long range aluminum tubes. They arrived yesterday and I was astonished at how small they are. I knew they were small but not that small! My plan is to tie some up and try for steelhead and coho (silvers) however I would like to find some good instructions as to Juri's particular method of tying. I have searched the web and can find lots of patterns but no detailed instructions. Is the wing tied on the hard plastic tubular liner or is it tied on the tiny tapered nose of the tube or both? I read an article by Shumakov (www.rackelhanen) whereby a colleague had tied some of his tubes in a different manner (wing tied on the liner). Juri later realized the advantage of this method permits the fisher to change the tube according to the weight needed. Paul, Deb or other list members do you have any insight as to tying techniques and or web based instructions? Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada
