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Title: Quick & simple way to change a tube fly
Post by: Jeff Donovan on 08/04/2014 at 22:17

I found this link earlier which indicates a simple design to changing a tube fly without the need of untying and retying the hook...........
http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/fly-on/

Simples!  :X2

Title: Re: Quick & simple way to change a tube fly
Post by: Marc Fauvet on 08/04/2014 at 23:05

great find, thanks !

Title: Re: Quick & simple way to change a tube fly
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 09/04/2014 at 07:47

Not sure I like the idea of the leader running down the outside of the tube. Risk of a kelt biting through and leaving a hook in the fish and the risk of the leader being damaged on rocks and the bottom during the course of a days fishing.

I am sure re-tying a hook, when you can also check for bluntness, is a far more sensible option.

Title: Re: Quick & simple way to change a tube fly
Post by: Hamish Young on 09/04/2014 at 08:25

An interesting share, but I'm firmly with Rob on this one  :z16

I can see the merits of that system, but it's not for me.

H :cool:

Title: Re: Quick & simple way to change a tube fly
Post by: Jeff Donovan on 09/04/2014 at 09:15

The leader running outside the tube isn't a new idea.....John Gray's Needle Fly for example, that's been around a number of years.  :wink

Title: Re: Quick & simple way to change a tube fly
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 09/04/2014 at 09:50

The whole concept is used in carp fishing to "dump an inline weight" when a fish is hooked. Nothing is new in fishing :)