Letumgo Diver

[letumgo 0]

I just finished the tying instructions for the Letumgo Diver tube fly.

 

If you eliminate the diving lip on the fly, you can also tye each of the Rainy Day Rattler flies posted in the fly pattern database.

 

Cheers! :cheers:

Detailed_Tying_Instructions_for_the_Letumgo_Diver_Tube_Fly.pdf

[arkfisher 0]

I love the way you put that step-by-step together. It looks great!!

[Jon Boy 0]

ray

excellent tutorial

 

have it printed out

 

ave to order some lips and rattles and will se what i come up with

 

it is a beautifully produced document

 

all the best

john

[letumgo 0]

After field testing this pattern recently I would suggest trimming the fur strip close to the back of the fly. I originally left it long hoping that it would have a side-to-side swimming motion on the retrieve. It did have some additional movement (compared to the version without the wobble lip). Unfortunately the longer tail soaks up quite a bit of water and makes the fly heavier to cast. I think on future versions of the fly I will trim the zonker strip flush with the back of the end of the tube at the back of the fly.

 

A couple other variations that people may want to try:

- Use a copper metal body tube to make the fly sink a little faster (the pattern tied on a plastic tube fishes fairly close to the surface on a floating line set-up). The weight to the metal tube will help get the fly down a little better.

- Tye the pattern with a copper BB in front of the glass rattle. Adding the weight at the front of the fly should cause the pattern to dive a bit more and help keep the orientation of the fly (belly down) on the retrieve.

- Tye the pattern with only a BB (no glass rattle) for weight (see the other Jiggler tube fly I submitted last year for details).

 

Enjoy!