The Ruddy Buck Tube Fly

Step by Step tying of a Ruddy Buck salmon needle tube fly

by John Gray

This fly is similar to the famous Willie Gunn tube fly, dressed on a stainless steel needle tube. It is tied using three colours of bucktail, the combination giving a reddish appearance, hence the name, Ruddy Buck. The following images illustrate the simple step by step tying sequence.

The Ruddy Buck Salmon Tube Fly

Dressing

tube: stainless steel needle tube, 25 to 30 mm long, diameter 1.8mm
wing: yellow, red and brown bucktail with a few stands of Krystal Flash

For more information, see Gray's Needle Tubes

Step 1 - Place needle tube in tube fly vice and wind a short bed of black tying thread.

Step 2 - Tie in a bunch of yellow hair on top of the tube.

Step 3 - Rotate the vice head 180 degrees and tie in a bunch of yellow bucktail on the opposite side to the first.

Step 4 - Tie in a few strands of Krystal Flash.

Step 5 -Tie in a bunch of red bucktail top and bottom over the yellow bucktail.

Step 6 - Tie in a bunch of brown bucktail top and bottom over the red bucktail, form a neat head and apply two coats of Cellire No. 1 varnish.

The Ruddy Buck Tube Fly

The Ruddy Buck Needle Tube Fly with treble hook

For more information on Salmon, Trout and Sea Trout Flies, see Trout and Salmon Flies

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