Tube Fly: Senyo's Ice Wabbit

Step 1: Attach red 6/0 Uni Thread to a 1.5 inch piece of Eumer's Medium plastic tubing, Leaving roughly an 1/8 inch of tubing exposed in the rear.

Step 2: Attach 6 to 8 strand of Copper/Blue Crystal flash hanging off the back about 2 inches long.

Step 3: Tie on a 3 inch long piece of gold prismatic tinsel, this will later be used to create the body. Attach a 3 inch piece of Hare Line's barred rusty brown rabbit Zonker strip. The strip will be tied in with 2.0 inches left hanging over for the tail, and 1.0 inch to fold over the back of the tube.

Step 4: Wind the gold tinsel forward over the tubing to form the body and secure with several thread wraps.

Step 5: Rotate the fly upside down and tie in a sparse hunk of Hare line's Copper Ice Dubbing.

Step 6: Rotate the fly back up right and pull over the remaining rabbit strip. Using the red thread form a solid thick head and tie off.

Step 7: Place 2 Silver 3D Prismatic eyes on the thread base, one on each side.

Step 8: Coat the eyes with epoxy or UV Knot Sense as seen above. Note: a curing lamp required for the UV Knot Sense.

Final: Add a Diiachi X510

Emerald Shiner Version

A Spring Steelhead that took the Ice Wabbit

Tube Fly: Senyo's Ice Man Minnow; Creek Chub Version

Requested Fly Pattern

Step 1: Assemble a Eumer Micro Tear drop tube and attach red 6/0 thread to the base of the plastic x-small liner tube. Steps for assembling Eumer's tube bodies can be found in the ABC's of tube tying in our fly tying links section.

Step 2: Attach a very small amount of yellow dubbing ( your choice) by tying down in the center of the material. It will be folded over onto itself to form the belly of the Chub.

Step 3: Attach a small clump of Hare line Copper Ice Dub by the center of the material, and once again fold the wing back onto itself. This will form the body of the creek chub.

Step 4: Attach a very small amount of brown dubbing ( your choice) and fold over the dub like you did in previous steps.

Step 5: Apply a drop of Zap-A-Gap to the thread base and place two small silver prismatic eyes one to each side of the pattern.

Step 6: Rotate the tube upside down and apply Loon's UV Knot Sense to the thread base and the eyes. A UV lamp is used to cure this epoxy. 2 part epoxy can be used as a substitute on this step.

Final: Add a Diiachi X510 #10

The Senyo's Ice Man Minnow is one of the fastest and easiest minnow patterns to tie, and the colors can be changed to match any bait fish species found around the region. This Tube Pattern has accounted for more Steelhead, Trout, and Small mouth for me this season than any other pattern.

Simple to tie, Fast to fill your box, Extremely effect every where.

15" Pennsylvania Brook Trout on a Tan/Pearl Ice Man Minnow Tube.

Buck steelhead that took this Blue/ Chartreuse Ice Man Minnow on the Grand River, Ohio.

Lake Erie Small Mouth Bass that took a "Key Lime" Chartreuse Ice Man Minnow.

Tube Fly: Senyo's Hex Nymph

Step 1: Secure a 1.5 inch piece of Eumer's Medium plastic tubing to your vise. Attach 6/0 tan uni thread 1/4 inch away from the base of the tubing.

Step 2: Attach one tan colored chicken marabou feather, so that the tips of the feather become your tail. The tail should be roughly one inch long. Second attach a 4 inch piece of gold Brassie wire and let hang toward the back.

Step 3: Take the Marabou feather and palmer over the tubing. Don't worry about the messy uneven feathers because they will be trimmed.

Step 4: Before trimming the feather evenly rib the tube with the gold wire. After securing the wire with several thread wraps trim the body evenly all the way around the tube. Make sure not to cut off the tail while trimming.

Step 5: Take a small clump of Hare Line's Copper Ice Dub and secure on top of tube fly. This will become the hexes wing case.

Step 6: Tie in a brown saddle or shlappen feather by the tips and dub the thorax with Orange Ice Dub.

Step 7: Palmer the hackle over the orange thorax and secure.

Step 8: Tie in a set of small black mono eyes or a set of small plastic black bead chain and secure. Note: a drop of Zap-A-Gap is great to secure the eyes.

Step 9: Pull over the Copper Ice dubbing over the thorax and between the eyes and secure with several thread wraps.

Step 10: Trim off the excess Copper Ice Dub and form and whip finish the head. Second apply a small amount of Loon's UV Knot Sense on top of the wing case, and cure with a UV Lamp. Note: Quick set epoxy can be substituted.

Final: Remove the Hex from your vise and gently melt excess tubing at the head to form small mushroom. Attach a Diiachi X-510 #10 hook to the base of the pattern.

Another View

Here is my hex version on a straight piece of Medium tubing, Just add a hook to the rear and go fishing. This pattern can be used with several methods, but under an indicator, and swung and stripped are preferred methods. Good Pattern For Great Lakes Steelhead, Trout, and Small Mouth Bass.

Tube Fly: Senyo's Elk Creek Craw

Step 1: Assemble a 22mm Eumer tear drop tube and attach tan 6/0 thread at the junction of the large tubing and brass tear drop.

Step 2: Tie in 6 to 8 three inch long strands of rubber legs, Here I use a metallic black. second tie in a 4 inch piece of Blood red large vinyl ribbing.

Step 3: Secure a piece of large red plastic bead chain eyes at the junction point where you secured your thread to start the pattern. second tie in a single brown schlappen feather.

Step 4: Palmer the hackle over the brass tear drop tube body and secure onto the plastic tube liner. Trim all hackles off the top and bottom of the pattern so that hackles only protrude from the sides.

Step 5: Attach a clump of three inch long Finn Raccoon fur over the top of the tube body. Secure the fur leaving about 1/4 inch of the base of the fur sticking out from tie down point, just pull back the raccoon fur and secure with thread wraps underneath. This will become the cray fishes tail.

Step 6: Wrap the blood red lace through the hackle and over the fur to create body segments. secure the vinyl lace under the fur tail.

Step 7: Apply an even coat of epoxy over the back of the fly to the eyes. Here I use Loon's UV Knot sense and a curing light to speed up the process.

Step 8: Place a large orange Eumer cone head onto the liner tube and slide up under the tail.

Step 9: Trim off extra liner tubing, leaving just enough to melt flush with the cone.

Several color combinations can be created to match several different water sheds and water conditions.

This is a simple Cray Fish Tube pattern that has just enough weight to get you down, yet is still small enough and easy to cast. Pattern was originally created for targeting Small Mouth Bass on Elk Creek, PA and surrounding tributaries.