Needle Tube Flies
More Salmon & Sea Trout Needle Tube Flies
by John Gray
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Following on from the earlier article on
Grays Needle
Tubes here are a few more examples of salmon and sea trout flies
dressed on these ultra slim stainless steel tubes. The flies are simply
and sparsely dressed, taking advantage of the attractive slim silver
tube body. They have an extremely slim profile, with an outside diameter
of only 1.5 mm. Being made from polished stainless steel, the kind used
in the making of hypodermic needles, they sink more readily than
aluminium tubes but fish a little higher, and more attractively, than
the heavier copper and brass tube flies. Needle Tube flies would have a
comparable sink rate and similar slim profile to flies dressed
previously on Waddington shanks, but with the important benefit that the
hook is easily changed on the needle tube fly. |
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A box of Needle Tube Flies for summer salmon ..... |
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A pair of slim beauties for summer sea trout ..... |
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Four lightly dressed salmon needle tubes ..... |
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A Cascade variant dressed on a needle tube ..... |
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| more salmon needle tube flies |
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A few finely dressed tubes for sea trout night fishing
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| More sewin needle tube flies ...... |
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A small collection of salmon needle tube flies ..... |
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