Tube Fly- Senyo's Infected Emerald

Hot New tube Design from Greg Senyo

Step #1: Take a 15mm Silver Tear Drop Eumer tube, next slide into tear drop supplied clear small liner tube. Melt the liner tube to make a small mushroom and attach provided hook junction tube.

Step #2: Attach 6/0 White thread on small plastic liner and at the base of the silver tubing.

Step #3: Add medium or large metallic magenta pink plastic eyes( Craft Store brand) at the base of the liner tube, figure eight wrap the eyes and add small drop of Zap A Gap.

Step #4: Turn the tube upside down and apply a small amount of Hare Line Emerald Ice Dub. tie the Ice dub in at the center of the material so that the dubbing length is equal on each side.

Step #5: Fold over front portion of emerald Ice dubbing to fishing the belly of the fly and secure the thread in front of the material.

Step #6: Return tube to the up right position and tie in a small amount of 2 inch artic fox tail. attach 8 strands of silver/pearl/black flashabou over the white artic fox under wing and secure.

Step #7: Tie in a small clump of 2.5 inch olive finn raccoon and build a small thread head.

Step #8: Add a small amount of Zap A Gap to the thread head, and cut the tying thread. Slide a Eumer Medium Flo. green Cone head over the thread base.

Final: Remove tube from vise and melt excess liner tube to the front of the cone head.

This pattern represents the Lake Erie Emerald Shiners our steelhead gorge on in the lake. Pattern fishes extremely well on the swing, but is equally effective on a Short switch rod presented on a dead drift under an indicator. Tube flies are not only for swinging and for spey applications! They are under utilized in the fly fishers arsenal and a main stay for me when drifting minnows is the hot ticket.

Nymph- Senyo's Steak & Eggs

Tied as Published for the Orvis Company

Step #1: Attach 6/o black uni thread to favorite 2x strong nymph hook. Create a small thread bump at the rear of hook, and secure two black or brown goose biots to form the tail.

Step #2: Attach a piece of medium black larvae lace and wrap forward creating an evenly wrapped body. Secure the lace and trim of excess.

Step #3: Dub onto your thread a small amount of Hare Line's Peacock Ice Dub. Create a small ball of the material in front of the lace body.

Step #4: Secure the thread with a few wraps in front of newly created Ice dub thorax. Second take two more black or brown goose biots and position on each side of the body and secure.


Step #5: Attach a 1 inch piece of orange Mcfly foam(available through Hareline Dubbin inc.) to the hook, by securing the center of the foam to the hook.

Step #6: attach a small hunk of Chartreuse Glo bug yarn over the top of McFly foam and secure with 4 wraps of thread.

Step #7: Take the chartreuse yarn and pull it to the side of the fly. This will make it easy to trim the Mcfly foam.

Step #8: Trim the orange McFly foam to create an even and small orange egg, and pull the chartreuse yarn back to the center of the egg.

Final: Trim the chartreuse yarn to about 1/4 inch to create the egg implosion. Form a head with the thread, half hitch and cut the thread. Two for one fly pattern that has endless color combos available to the steelheader.