Step by Step dressing of this Cascade salmon tube fly variant
by John Gray
Fiery Cascade Tube Fly
Materials
Tube: 10 mm needle tube
Tail/Underwing: Yellow over orange fox squirrel tail with a
few strands of pearl Krystal Flash over
Wing: Red fox squirrel tail
Hackle: Orange cock over yellow cock hackle
Note: Arctic fox hair may be used in place of Fox squirrel.
Step 1: Secure needle tube in
tube
fly vice and lay a short bed of black
thread
Step 2: Tie in a bunch of orange hair
Step 3: Tie in a bunch of yellow hair then a few strands of Krystal
flash on top
Step 4: Tie in a shorter bunch of red hair
Step 5: Tie in two turns of a yellow cock hackle
Step 6: Tie in one or two turns of orange cock hackle
Step 7: Pull hackle back to desired angle and form a neat head
Step 8: Finish with two or three coats of Cellire No. 1 varnish
Step 9: Add a link of 1mm bore clear silicone tubing and a hook of
choice
For more information on Grays Needle Tubes, see
Fly Tying Tubes
and
Tube Flies
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