Rick Kruger

I'm new to tube tying and haven't fished any yet, but from what I've gleened, I'm sure I'll like them. I will attempt to join future exchanges, once I get into it. I'm curious if there isn't enough interest for a separate forum on tube flies. It is a distinct enough tying form to warrant it, it seems. My intended targeted (first) use will be coho, pinks, sockeye, chum, sea run Dolly's, rainbow and Artic grayling in Alaska next August. Primarily coho for the tube flies, but the bread n butter pattern, Purple Egg Sucking Leech works on all of them. I have tied a few PESLs combining traditional PESL materials with the absolutely deadly plastic egg bead (Trout Beads), which I fully expect and trust will be even more effective than PESLs tied with the traditional pink chenille "egg". I fished the beads on SRD, bows and AG last trip with awesome effectiveness last trip. Rick

I realize this is long after the initial thread on this, but I would like some feed back regarding the paraloop method. I am having trouble trapping hackle under the finish tie off. I am hoping "Deeky" will enlighten me about what he means by the thread is "whipped before any hackle is wrapped", thus resulting in "whipped before any hackle is wrapped". Rick

It was hard for me to tell if the methods shown in some of the links were para-"loop" or para-"chute". No matter. There is an entire book on the benefits of fishing paraloop flies and techniques for tying them: Tying Flies the Paraloop Way by Ian Moutter 1st American Edition 2001 The Countryman Press PO Box 748 Woodstock VT 05091 ISBN 0-88150-554-4 At Powell's Books in Portland, OR or online, only 3 copies left! http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780881505542-0 Rick