purple cascade

[Fruin]

Tubes are heavy and therefore present casting problems. Shorter leaders are sometimes employed to make it easier to achieve decent turnover when casting heavy tubes. Leaders should be of greater diameter and breaking strain to assist turnover and avoid breakages when casting.
Timing of your forward stroke on the cast has to be better as a large, heavy tube will stick to the water more than a small fly.
Fishing tubes, once they are in the water should be carried out much the same as for standard flies - varying the casting angle, fishing depth, and retrieve(if required) to suit conditions on the day.

[macd]

easky and fruin are both right.

Regular flies is not a good term as i think as they are far from uniform. But like regular flies tubes are fished in accordance with the conditions and what you are trying to achieve- e.g a slow moving stoats tail over residents or a cascade fished briskly over new fish.


One of the qualities of tube flies is their versatility.

For a start given the restrictions on trebles etc, using tubes means you dont need to make or buy flies to suit the rules- just have the right hooks.

Tubes are generally plastic aluminium brass or copper. By having a range in different weights and lengths you will have quite a range of options.

Many anglers use ultra fast sinkers with plastic tubes. That is to say you can also vary the line density to suit the tube.

All depends on your own preference.

A heavy tube needs a short, stout leader. 5-6' is what i use.

Just experiment until you are comfortable. Check out the guys on the water you fish- they will have it sussed

tight lines

macd

[johnmac]

thanks for the info guys!! a great help! I will get myself some in early March.........

One more question though.... do the plastic tubes float up of the bottom a bit if you fish them on a sinker?? and secondly do you tend to fish them right on the bottom??

.... and here's another one... what do you all think is the best tube fly??? I liked the look of the Cascades and the Pot bellied Pigs in other posts!

[macd]

you're thinking of dredging john

the plastic tube should be fishing at a similar depth to say a brass tube, fished of a slower sinking line.

one of the attractions of the plastic tube is its mobility in the water. Being light it will have a a more life like quality.

best tube fly....For my fishing, the Cascade from start of season to the bitter end. I think its the best style of tube fly- you can of course use all sorts of combinations.



macd

[johnmac]

thanks for the info macd! like i said im new to this! hahaha hence the daft questions! I shall sort myself out with a few flies in the next few weeks .... whats the e-bat seller names of the guys on here?? i dont want to go buying foreign imports! thanks, John.

[easky]

here's another version of the Wilkinson cascade and purple cascade

[Salmon slayer]

easky this is probably a stupid Q but
are you a local easkian
i fish it in the summer and love it

[easky]

I wish I lived at the Easky but unfortunately I live in Belfast a 3.5hr drive away Try to get down as much as I can when the water is good though

Lets hope there is better water this year, last year was a shocker (I only fished it once).

E

[Salmon slayer]

I fished it once at the end of august and
had a grilse with 11 sea lice in the laundry
cheers ryan

[easky]

yes Fortland has some lovely water, did you get it at the neck of the Laundry? It can be a great spot when they are running ;D

I fished it just the once at the end of September on the single bank stretch, got 2 nice fresh fish and lost 2!

As I say lets just hope there is more water this year

E

[Salmon slayer]

the rock not in the streamy water but where it is slowing that was my first salmon on fly.
i was a lucky 13 year old. the slaney is fishing really well at the moment going on wedneday

[easky]

very well done salmon slayer, you are showing us 'oldies' how it should be done ;D Funny I also got my first salmon and first one on the fly from the Easkey.

Hope you have good luck on the Slaney tomorrow.

E

[Salmon slayer]

cheers