ScandinavianTyer

I am not aware of any books that describe the technique for making modern scandinavian tube flies: Online I have seen this good article which I hope will be helpfull: http://www.flyfishusa.com/newsletter/121006/#Tube%20Fly I am in Salt Lake city every other year in september so I will be there september 2008, then you can get a private tutorial

You are right Palli on the picture it does have a black ostrich butt. I just wrote the pattern from the book, so it sems mr. Bates forgot the butt too. I have edited the pattern description so it is right now!

In one of the most beautifull and extensive books about atlantic salmon flies "Fishing Atlantic Salmon"- The flies and the patterns: by Joseph D. Bates Jr. and Pamela Bates Richards: it says: Laxa Blue: Originated by Thordur "Doddi" Petursson. Named for the the Big Laxa "Laxa in Adaldal" where he worked as a river warden. Dressing: Tag: Fine oval silver and fluo. yellow-orange flosss Tail: GP crest Butt: Black Ostrich Body: light blue floss Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel Throathackle: silver doctor blue hackle fibres Wing: Grey squirrel dyed silver doctor blue Head: Black

One of Håkan Norlings most beautiful flies: the Black Green Highlander: Tag: Oval gulltinsel,Veniards nr15 Butt: Fluoriserende grønn antron body: Rear 2/3 holograhic flatbratbraid gold, Front 1/3 black dubbing Rib: Oval gulltinsel,Veniards nr 17 bodyhacklee: yellow and green hackle stripped on one side and turned together front-rear Ving: yellow fox Green flashabou and gold holographic flashabou Green fox orange fox Angel Hair :chartreuse, green,holo. gold and orange. fiery brown fox. 3-4 peacockhearls Black Fox over a strand of Chartreuse mirror flash on each side Fronthackle: Yellow Cheeks: Jungle cock Head Black or gold conehead Tied on Ex-Strong Savada double hook size 4: And here on tubes: One tied with a gold conehead, the other tied on balance-tubes, that looks like this:

Some Shrimp flies and the tying instruction: Hook: Tiemco 811S size 4 weighted with 8-12 wraps of nontoxic wire in the front part tying thread Grey or tan 6/0 Uni 1) Tie in a smal bunch of champagne polarfibre, can be substituted with teal or grizzly hacklefibre 2) Tie in some melted mono-eyes, couloured black with a permanent marker. Give the mono a little twist with a pair of plier so they stand out at an 45 degree angle from the hook shaft 3) Tie in 2 antennas made of stripped grizzle hackle stems 4) Tie in a grizzle marabou feather at the stem on top of the hook shank so it extends backwards (prepare the feather by removing the webby lower part of the fibres so it fits the hook shaft in length) 5) Tie in some fine mono for the rib at the underside of the hook shaft 6) Optional: tie in the tip of of grizzle marabou feather at the front to form the tail 7) use some tan dubbing with a few pearl lite brite fibres ( natural hare dubbing is fine) and dub the shaft, thickly at the rear and finer at the front. 8) fold the grizzle marabou feather forward, so it lies on the back of the fly and tie in at the front. 9) cut a 3 mm strip of clear flexibody/ or some sort of scudback, shaped to a point at the rear to form the spike between the eyes, and tapered to make it easier to tie in at the front. 10) tie in the flexibody at the front and place the rest on top of the fly(grizzle marabou feather) 11) Hold the tip of the flexibody at the rear and carefully rib the fly with the fine mono, making sure the grizzle marabou fibres are not trapped but stands out on both sides 12) secure the mono rib at the front (this is really important for the durability of the fly! secure the rib with 5-6 wraps and then tuck it backwards and secure with 5-6 wrappings before cutting the excess) Brush the underside of the fly with a dubbing brush to tease out the dubbing fibres finish the fly by applying some superglue to the tying thread and wrap the front. Do this 2 times and cut the thread. Optional: colour the part behind the eyes and the antennas with olivegreen waterproof marker

I buy them from Korsholm in Denmark. They come in ex-small, small, medium and large and are from Bennechi. They come in silver, black, gold, fluo. red, fluo. orange, fluo. green, fluo. yellow and Fluo. pink. They cost 25 DKR for 15. (about $4). They are really the best cones for tubes since they have a bigger space inside than any other cones on the market and are much easier to use than regular cones.

New tube for big searun browntrout (Sea Trout) and Atlantic salmon. I will add the pattern to the database: 2 cm FITS 3 + Fly Co 2 mm Tube tail : Fluo. hot orange flouro fibre (Tapered) Body : rear 1/2: Lagartun Flatbraid holographic silver front 1/2: dubbing mix(sort lite brite + blue, purple og holo.silver angelhair) brushed with velcro. velcro Wing : Black artix fox : blue, purple og holo. silver angelhair + purple mirror flash Sides : J.C. Hackle : black wooly bugger marabou Front : Black muddlerhoved Head: fluo. red Hot Cone small I make the tube fly in 3 sizes 3 cm. 5 cm og 7 cm The 7 cm tube can also be made with a micro or mini glass rattle under the dubbing part of the body. I call This Variant for :Salsa Bimbo :yahoo: