cphubert 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2020 Does anyone fish with tube flies? saltwater? what are your experiences - pros and cons. The ones I have tied do not seem to ride or achieve the depth without adding weight like Wards or Clouser style dumbbells or tungsten beads / weights in front of fly (loose sliding on the leader) hooks do not appear to keel the tube the way a hook tied fly rides. Although they seems superior for surface poppers in the salt. Trying not to invest in cones or disks without a few other opinions on tube flies as a whole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petegray 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2020 I like them for Stripers... Bluefish, NOT so much... Hooks held in place by a pliable junction tube perform well as a keel... if/when they dislodge during the fight and ride up the tippet, they become an inconvenient target... Google: Dual Tube Phlyz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng84 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2020 Used them off and on in freshwater... tube flies as well as a tube popper fly. Here is a video playlist for reference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2020 I've messed around with tube flies a bit. The only one I've used a lot was "Bob's Banger". I'm sure he got the idea from off-shore trolling lures. It's a simple fly. Just a hole through the center of a foam cylinder, not that much different than the one in the video. A lot of the time folks just use a buck tail teaser tied on a single hook behind it. You can color the cylinder, wrap it with reflective tape, add eyes if you want. It's a cheap, easy fly to tie. If you get bit off by a bluefish it doesn't hurt as much to lose. This is one of my attempts at a tube fly. It was a desperation one to tie up a large bunker fly for the spring run. Overall, it was about 11 inches long. I could only chuck and duck it with my 8 wgt. I tried it a couple of times, eventually cannibalized the front half for the material, and turned the hook portion into a smaller bunker fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2020 I recovered some pictures of top water tube flies I tied up, mainly for bass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 21, 2020 Never considered small tube flies these are big with wire thru cork/foam dressed in flash/ foil. Although eyes are on them they rotate 360 just like the click popper bodies. I guess you could tie in some kinda keel. Streamer profiles may track true. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites