Hi Eddie, I'm not a tube fly expert, but, I can answer some of your questions about the tubes.
If your tube can be a floating tube, use the stick part of a plastic-bodied Q-Tip. Other ideas come to mind. The metal tubes are easy do-it-yourself items. The tubing can all be found at any decent hobby shop. I use a fine-tooth X-Acto saw to cut the tubing to whatever length I want. Sandpaper, a fine emeryboard, metal file, or a whetstone, etc. can be used to smooth the cut edges. Find a soft plastic tube at the hobby shop that snugly fits inside of each tubing diameter. The plastic I use is very similar to the material used to make ball-point pen ink inserts. Cut a length slightly longer than the tube, insert into the metal tube with plastic tubing sticking out both ends. Heat each end under an alcohol lamp, match, cigarette lighter, or (my favorite) liquid parafin candle. The plastic melts just slightly to produce a plastic lined metal tube, with melted plastic cushioning and smoothing on each end. Is your interest in tube flies a result of catching fish with them? Or is your interest mainly in the tying? Whatever, it's fun stuff. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On 9/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know they exist, although I don't know where to find them. I know that > Deb Duran and Ian Short have both helped me find them in the past...but now > I think I'm needing a bigger order. > > > What I'm looking for is hollowed out brass (or aluminum, stainless steel, > other metal) tubes that are used to tie "Tube Flys". I am looking for > sections that are no more then 1/2 inch in lenght...smaller would be even > better. I have seen them used as teasers on flounder rigs in the past, but > don't know where I can get the small metal tubes from. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! > > -Eddie >
