Chas Wade wrote:
Herman Nijland wrote:

I used tube flies as an experiment for perch and zander last year, the
big advantage seems to be that you can eliminate short strikes by
moving
the hook towards the tail-end of the streamer. I tie them on q-tips,
and
use a small piece of tubing to secure the hook.
An example is he http://home.planet.nl/~nijla141/tubefly.jpg



That's a nice fly Herman. I'm thinking about an 8 inch long version
for pike.

Thanks,

Chas
remove fly fish to reply
http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html
San Juan Pictures at:
http://home.comcast.net/~chasepike/wsb/index.html



I'm not sure if I can really explain it, but I'll give it a go :-).
For pike I tied a couple of short tubes, 'dressed' with bucktail,
feathers and the usual hodgepodge of glitter and such. I more or less
stuck to one color per tube.
Crimp a treble on the end of a piece of wire, and slide on a couple of
tubes. That way you can easily change the color combination and size of
your streamer.
I even made some small tubes with only lead wire, if I need to fish the
streamers deep.
I'll see if I can get a picture on-line to clarify this g.

--
Herman