Prawn on a tube

[davidstrout]

here are a few views of a tube. top, bottom and side

fly is very durable. HAckle is counter wound with wire on body and thru turns @ head.....

swims great!

hope u like

[Les Johnson]

Davy Wotton tied up a remarkable prawn fly on a tube for "Tube Fllies" the book co-written by Mark Mandell and me. It is a rather time intensive tube in my opinion but Davy used it in his native Wales for Atlantic salmon with great success.
Good Tying,
Les Johnson

[Ringlee]

Great looking fly. Are you stripping rhea of and wrapping it? I haven't tried this yet.

[davidstrout]

Hey Ringlee...

I am stripping and wrapping

the racis is somewhat delicate hence the counter rib with wire...

another option if wrapping over flat braid, thread or non scraggly materials is to coat flexament on the body of the fly prior to wrapping


Les.....
I haven't seen that book you refer to but when I do I will let u know what I think (Davy Wotton does nice work)

DAvid

[Jason Hartwick]

Great looking prawn on a tube. I dont even want to try to tie any on tubes because they will not look half as good as yours!

Jason Hartwick