"The Purple Durple" Tube Fly

"Purple Durple"

Materials Used:

Small and large diameter HMH plastic tubes
Medium HMH Brass Cone Head
Purple Thread
Gold Oval Lagartun Medium Tinsel
Purple STS Trilobal Dubbing
Shrimp Holo Fusion
Gold Lagartun Oval Small Tinsel
Purple Hackle
Pink Floss
Purple Schlappen
Purple Fox Fur
Turbo Twister

Step by Step:

Step 1: Insert small HMH Plastic Tube into larger HMH Plastic Tube until it is set in place.


Step 2: Cut tubes to size.


Step 3: Place HMH cone on smaller tube, slide tube on tube fly vice and wrap the thread.


Step 4: Tie in Gold Oval Lagartun Medium Tinsel.


Step 5: Make 5-6 wraps and tie in Tinsel.


Step 6: Dub in Purple STS Trilobal Dubbing.


Step 7: Wrap dubbing and tie off.


Step 8: Tie in Shrimp Holo Fusion.


Step 9: Tie in Gold Lagartun Oval Small Tinsel counter rib.


Step 10: Tie purple hackle in front of tail and pink floss at head of tube.


Step 11: Wrap floss to back of tube fly and back to front of tube.


Step 12: Tie off floss.


Step 13: Palmer purple hackle to front of tube and tie off.


Step 14: Wrap counter rib in opposite direction of hackle and tie off.


Step 15: Tie in Purple Schlappen.


Step 16: Fold Schlappen and make 4 wraps one in front of the previous wrap.



Step 17: Collar tube and tie off Schlappen.


Step 18: Tie in purple fox fur.


Step 19: Make a dubbing loop, add in Purple STS Trilobal,and spin the Turbo Twister.


Step 20: Place for or five wraps of dubbing and whip finish the tube.


Step 21: Slide cone toward dubbing pull tube fly off vice, cut to size and melt the end of small plastic tube to finish fly.


Finished Purple Durple.