"The Flasha Bunnybou" Tube Fly

"Flasha Bunnybou"

Head is Bleached Elk Hair


Head is White Deer Body Strip






Head is Natural Deer Body Hair

Materials Used:

1.5 inch HMH low profile tube
Gudebrod GX2 Thread
White Zonker Strip
Ginger Marabou Feather
Light Brown Marabou Feather
Orange Rump Hackle
Olive/Chartruese Rump Hackle
Angle Hair Flash
Natural Deer Body Hair

Any substitute of colors can be used to match your personal preferences.

Step by Step:

This pattern has terrific movement in the water. It has been an excellant Steelhead Fly on the Great Lake Tributaries. Awesome Bass Pattern also.



Step 1: Use a 1.5" HMH Tube. Wrap thread base.


Step 2: Tie in a white bunny strip near the back of Tube.


Step 3: Fold white bunny strip back and wrap over the end of the fold preparing it to be wraped around the tube.


Step 4: Wrap white bunny strip just past the half way mark of the tube and tie it in.


Step 5: Tie in Ginger Marabou Feather


Step 6: Make 3-4 wraps of Ginger Marabou Feather and tie in.


Step 7: Tie in a Light Brown Marabou Feather make 3-4 wraps and tie in. Similar to Step 4 and Step 5.


Step 8: Tie in Orange Rump Hackle Feather.


Step 9: Fold Barbs and make 3-4 wraps in front of the Marabou.


Step 10: Tie in a Olive/Chartruese Rump Hackle Feather make 3-4 wraps and tie in. Similar to Step 8 and Step 9.


Step 10: Tie in a small amount of Angle Hair to add Flash in the water.


Step 11: Tie in a pinky thickness size patch of deer body hair. Make sure the tips are even and place the tips facing the back of the tube fly. This will provide a collar on the tube fly.


Step 12: Add additional deer body hair evenly around the tube to form the head. At the front of the tube make your final addition of deer hair and tie off the thread. Now all you need to do is form the head. A sharp pair of All Purpose Dr Slick Scissors or Razor Blade will aid in forming the head.

Finished Flasha Bunnybou Tube Fly

Head is Natural Deer Body Hair

"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.

"The Olive Wan" Tube Fly

"The Olive Wan"

Materials Used:

1" HMH Low Profile Tube
Olive 8/0 Thread
Yellow/Chartreuse Lagartun Flat French Mini Braid
Olive Saddle Hackle
Silver Small Oval Lagartun Varnished French Tinsel
DMC Gold Light Effects 5284 or e3821 found at http://www.dmc.com/
Chartreuse Schlappen
Olive Ringneck Rump Hackle
Dyed Chartreuse Fox Tail
Dyed Olive Fox Tail

Step by Step:

Step 1: Wrap 1" HMH Tube with Olive Thread.


Step 2: Tie in Yellow/Chartreuse Lagartun Flat French Mini Braid.


Step 3: Wrap Flat Braid to back of tube and back over itself to the tying thread.


Step 4: Tie off Flat Braid.


Step 5: Tie in Olive Saddle Hackle.


Step 6: Make five or six wraps of the hackle and tie off.


Step 7: Tie In Silver Small Oval Lagartun Varnished French Tinsel Counter Rib.


Step 8: Tie in another Olive Saddle Hackle Feather.


Step 9: Tie in and twist tightly the Gold DMC Light Effects 5284 or e3821.



Step 10: Wrap the Gold DMC to the front of the tube and tie off.



Step 11: Palmer Olive Saddle Hackle to front of tube and tie off.



Step 12: Palmer Counter Rib and tie off at front of tube.



Step 13: Tie in Chartreuse Schlappen Feather. Different lengths of Barbs can produce different outcomes for the fly. For this pattern I prefer a shorter barbed feather.


Step 14: Fold the Schlappen so barbs are heading in same direction. Hold barbs and make 3 to 4 wraps and tie in. Additional wraps can provide varying effects to the fly.


Step 15: Tie in Olive Ringneck Rump Hackle.



Step 16: Fold the Rump Hackle so barbs are heading in same direction. Hold barbs and make 3 to 4 wraps and tie in. Additional wraps can provide varying effects to the fly.



Step 17: Tie in the chartruese and olive fox fur. You can also add a bit of flash in the tube fly just add 5-7 strands of Krystal Flash or Angle Hair between the chartruese and olive fur.



Step 18: Go fishing. This has been a productive tube fly on Cattaraugus Creek and Salmon River during the fall season.