I have had some patches of deer in different colors around for a long time, and with the recent adventure into salmon bombers on tube I had to tie up a few in different combinations!
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Salmon Bomber
Tail: Hareline Para Post Wing White
Body: Hareline Premium Deer, Genetic Cock Saddle Green Highlander, Whiting Bronze brown
I was browsing youtube today and I watched a couple of videos involving salmon taking bombers in the surface. So: since this blog is all about testing out new things I had to test this out. The first attempt below was on a Dairiki 899 #1/0 and the deer hair wasn’t all that good, but I tried again on a tube (to see how that works out), and the above fly was much better stacked when it came to the deer hair and the hackle was more even.
In smaller variants this will be great for trout in rivers where you need to attract a lot of attention, so, will tie up some in smalleer (#6/#8) to bring along this summer when troutseason is starting again.
Micro Zonker Tube
Tail: Wapsi Micro Pine Squirrel Zonker Olive
Body: Hareline Chenille, Wapsi Micro Pine Squirrel Zonker Chartreuse
Flash: 4 strands of green flash
Hackle: Wapsi Strung Schlappen Green/Black
Cone: Future Fly Drainer Disc 8mm Metallic Green
Found this video describing how to use zonker on a tube, so I had to give it a go: I have used these micro zonkers before – the movement of these pieces are great. The pattern is really simple with a strip as tail, a strip wrapped around the body and then some hackle to finish it up.
The rear-view shows how the zonker have been wrapped around the tube:
Front: the green disc from futurefly was the perfect match for this olive/green/chartreuese tube
White & Black torpedo tube
Tail: Fox fiery yellow & orange
Body: UNI Floss White/Black, Lagartun French Tinsel rib
Hackle: Wapsi Strung Schlappen white/black
Two variants of the same tube, only variation is the hackle and the body color. The black one I have fished before and was great in the water, the white one should be a real eye catcher.
Tube with monster cone
Tail: Templedog Red
Tag: Lagartun French Tinsel, UNI Floss Red
Body: UNI Floss Green, Lagartun French Tinsel rib
Wing: Templedog Black&Red
Hackle: Wapsi Strung Schlappen black & red
Cone: Eumer Brass monster Cone Medium
Back to this pattern again today to test out the Eumer brass cone. These massive hairwings can deal with quite the large cone, and with the large hackle I put on it doesn’t get out of proportions
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