Step by Step dressing of this ultra slim sea trout needle tube fly
by John Gray
A slim and simply dressed tube fly for sea trout
night fishing. It may also be used for salmon and steelhead.
Materials
Tube:40 mm long needle tube, outside diameter 1.5mm
Hackle:
White Arctic Fox hair
Underwing:
Yellow Arctic Fox hair with a few strands of Krystal Flash
on top
Wing: Black Arctic Fox hair
Step 1: Secure needle tube in
tube
fly vice and lay a short bed of tying
thread
Step 2: Tie in a bunch of white Arctic Fox hair
Step 3: Turn the vice through 180 degrees and tie in a bunch of
yellow Arctic Fox hair and a few strands of Krystal Flash on top
Step 4: Tie in a bunch of Black Arctic Fox hair
Step 5: trim ends, form a neat head and finish with three coats of
Cellire No. 1 varnish
Step 6: The finished fly - add a link of clear silicone tubing (bore 1.0mm) and a hook
of choice
Shortly after tying the above flies, I was out on the Spey on the
night of 20th May, trying for a sea trout .... and caught this
eight pound salmon instead, at 11.30 pm in the dark!
For more information on Salmon, Trout and Sea
Trout Flies, see
Trout and Salmon Flies |
