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A Simple Snake Fly
An easily tied sea trout snake fly
by John Gray
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| Long slim snake flies have become increasingly popular for
late night sea trout fishing. The snake fly, however, is not the
easiest or quickest of lures to make. The following series of
photographs illustrates the dressing of a quick and simple snake
fly, tied on a Needle Tube, one of a newly developed range of extremely
thin stainless
steel fly tying tubes, manufactured in
Scotland by Grays of Kilsyth. The new tubes are the thinnest plastic lined
metal tube available for fly tying, allowing the salmon and sea
trout fly tyer to create extremely slim bodied flies such as
this simple snake fly. More durable and more easily made than the more
complicated braided nylon snake fly, the needle tube snake fly,
with a diameter of only 1.2 mm, is just as slim as a
conventional snake fly and will sink more readily and fish at a
greater depth, while being much thinner, lighter and more easily
cast than the traditional brass and copper tubes.
Grays Needle Tubes are now available online in a range of
diameters and lengths.
How to tie the Simple Snake Fly
Materials
| A needle tube of 1.2 mm
diameter, 35 mm long |
| Tying thread |
| Black hair |
| A few strands of Crystal
Flash |
| Short length of clear
silicone |
| Hook of choice |
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Needle tubes |
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| 1. Insert needle tube in pin vice.
These are widely available on the internet from tool
suppliers. |
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| 2. Lay a short bed of tying thread at
the head. |
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| 3. Add a few strands of Crystal
Flash. |
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| 4. Tie in some black hair on one side
of the needle tube. |
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| 5. Tie some black hair on the
other side of the needle tube, form a neat head and
varnish. |
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| 6. Add a short length of clear silicone tubing,
1mm bore, and a hook of choice. |
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| For more information, or to buy
needle tubes, see
Grays
Needle Tubes |
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