some trout tube flies

[tbar24]

I've been tying quite a few trout tube flies lately and i thought i'd share some with you guys
the first ones a chernobyl hopper tube
#2 is a burgandy wolly bugger tube
#3's a royal wulff tube
and last but not least a yellow belly humpy tube

[btree]

Nice work there - how do the drys ride in the water? Do they float level like a pattern tied on a regular hook? Or do you get hook hang down that sinks the fly or makes it ride unnaturally?

[tbar24]

i havent fished the dries a whole lot because ive just been able to start making them look good on tubes, from what i have used of them they ride fine as long as the hook is positioned properlly and is right in line with the fly, if you use a finer hook then yes they float quite event, probably a bit higher that regular flies tied to the same size because the tubes alot lighter then a whole hhok, again im not the most experienced in fishing them, though by this spring i should be an expert, hopefully will have some good insight by then, but untill then ill do some research and see what i can find out about how other people find that they ride

[tbar24]

haha an interesting thing i just rememberd is a tube technique i read about in a magzine, the person used a high floating foam pattern(like the chernoble) and slid it onto the leader kind of like an indicator but without any restrictos, they then tied on a wolly bugger or other baitfish imitation, and cast that out, the bottom fly would sink, but when it started to swing the bottom fly would rise to the top fly, looking like it was going to eat the hopper, and apparently it works, defintly gunna have to try that too

[btree]

Ya, I too read that. Not sure if it's "legal" in BC since you cant use tandem rigs, but since the one lure lacks a hook, I'm guessing it might be ok. Certainly sounds like a clever idea.

Another idea is to just let the hook slide freely and not be a part of the floating fly, but more sinking a few feet away or below. When the fish hits, strike strongly to get the hook to "floss" the fish. I forget the rig that has been designed to do just that, but I think it uses circle hooks.

Any way, I look forward to hearing how it works for you.

[mcallagan]

I made a few of those type of flies as well but gave them to my brother in law in PG to test.
No word yet on how or if they worked.
Let us know your results.
As far as being iilegal I don't see why, would it not be like an inverted planner?
Also, there is only 1 hook in use.

[stevil]

I could see a fair # of fish foul hooked with a rig like that; the fish takes the floating fly and turns with it only to catch the trailing hook in the tail or the belly. Definately not legal for "Fly fish only" waters as the dry fly would qualify as an indicator.

[nebc]

I've been tying quite a few trout tube flies lately and i thought i'd share some with you guys
the first ones a chernobyl hopper tube
#2 is a burgandy wolly bugger tube
#3's a royal wulff tube
and last but not least a yellow belly humpy tube

You might consider the conservative use of foam in the post of both your humpy as well as the royal wulff, and to prevent hook hangdown, try to shorten the rear portion to butt right against the fly body and shorten the body a bit keeping in mind that you must pay heed to weight distribution and perhaps taking or adding foam or weight may help. Also read the article on this subject on
http://www.canadiantubeflies.com/files/HHD.pdf
this article is more dealing with steelhead intruders and etc. flies than your dries but may help

[tbar24]

ya now that i do look at them i could see how hook hang down would happen. I've tied a few regular humpies with foam backs instead of deer hair so i might have to give that a try on a tube version. How would you suggest adding foam to royall wulffwithout making it look to bulky? and yes i could see how that method of fishing would be frowned upon
thanks

[SalaR]

Hello Tyler..
I can't seem to get the photos to come up...can you send them to me via regular email...I am very interested
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