PRO TUBE SQUIDRO
Materials: Tube – Pro Tube Large Flexitube Thread – GSP Weight – (2) Pro Tube Medium Drop Weights Tail – Dubbed Rabbit over Sili Legs Rubber over Dubbed Rabbit Body – Holographic Mylar 1st Hackle – Dubbed Arctic Fox 2nd Hackle – Sili Legs Rubber 3rd Hackle – Dubbed Rabbit Wing – Rooster Feathers
STEP 1
Cut the connection end of a large flexitube to approx 3/16� and place the tube on the tying needle. Slide a medium drop weight onto the tube as shown.
STEP 2
Start the tying thread in front of the Drop Weight and Form a dubbing loop. Insert a small clump of rabbit fur into the loop as shown, spin the loop and brush the hair out to create a form of “rabbit hackle�.
STEP 3
Wrap 3 turns of rabbit onto the tube, and secure it back tight against the drop weight.
STEP 4
Wrap a small bunch of Sili Legs 360 degrees around the tube and secure. I use a small hair clip as shown to hold the material out of the way while tying.
STEP 5
Dub another bunch of rabbit hair into a loop and wrap over the rubber tie in point. This will create a smooth transition from the tail to the Mylar body.
STEP 6
Wind the thread evenly up the tube approx ½” and secure a piece of Holographic Mylar. Apply a small amount of Zap-A-Gap to the tube shank and wind the Mylar down to the rabbit collar and back up to the tie in point. (Note: be careful with the super glue, don’t let it “bulge” back into the rabbit collar and gum it up.)
STEP 7
Whip Finish the thread and place a small dab of Zap-A-Gap at the head of the Mylar body. Slide another Medium Drop Weight onto the tube and start the thread on the forward end of the fly.
STEP 8
Create a dubbing loop and dub a “thinned” out section of Arctic Fox into the loop. (Note: after spinning the hair into the loop, use a brush to brush the hair out.)
STEP 9
Wrap the Arctic Fox around the tube, be sure to pull the fibers back as you wrap forward. 3-4 turns should be sufficient.
STEP 10
Wrap another collar of Sili Legs in front of the Arctic Fox, the same as on the tail of the fly.
STEP 11
Create another dubbing loop and dub the final collar of rabbit to cover the tie in point of the rubber legs.
STEP 12
Tie in (2) rooster feathers on top of the fly as wings. These can be tied in vertical or tied in “flat wing� style. Finish building a head, whip finish, and cut and burn the tube to flair it out at the head. Apply some head cement to the finished threads after coloring to match the pattern.
STEP 13
Ready to fish! Rig this fly as a standard tube with an “up turned� eye hook. If you want to have the hook behind the pattern farther, then attach the hook with a loop knot and use the knot as a wedge for the tube. Swing with confidence!