Grays Needle Tubes
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Fine stainless steel fly tying tubes
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slim
stainless steel tubes for making tube flies for salmon,
steelhead and sea trout
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Developed and made in Scotland by Grays of
Kilsyth, using very fine stainless steel tubing, the
type used in the manufacture of hypodermic needles,
Gray's Needle Tubes are the finest plastic lined metal
tubes available for fly tying.
Now
available
in our
ONLINE FLY SHOP |
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Both sizes of
our Needle Tubes are now available
online
with free
worldwide delivery |
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Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine Review
In his recent
review of August 2011 Magnus Angus wrote
of Gray's Needle Tubes:
"…. slender, gleaming
tubes; utterly functional and very
tempting! …. these are extraordinary in
a couple of ways – slimmer than any
straight tubes I have seen for sale –
stainless steel which is both hard to
find and hard to cut.
…. flies tied on these
tubes are not like heavy bulky
conventional tubes, these are light and
sleek, cast easily and can be controlled
by a sink-tip or poly-leader. Want to
fish deeper – use a faster sinking line.
In other words these are modern tubes
for modern fishing techniques which
emphasise easier casting and employ
sophisticated modern fly-lines to
determine fishing depth.
As a fly tyer the
proportion, neatness and finish of these
tubes and the neat finish I can achieve
on them appeals directly to the
satisfaction I get from fly tying. And
stainless steel tubes are about as tough
as fly tying tubes get – so my carefully
tied flies should fish a little longer.
Then as an angler, the slimness of these
tubes makes me think of clear water and
sea trout. The shorter tubes seem ideal
for those wee speck-like flies for low
flows, longer tubes for faster water or
fishing into the dark ..."
Read
the full
Needle Tube Review
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The 1.5 range
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The finest range of needle tubes have an
outside diameter of 1.5 mm and an inside diameter of
about 0.40 mm If using a small bore (1.0 mm) silicone
hook link to retain the hook,
leaders of up to about
15 pounds
(7kg) breaking strain are recommended. The 1.5 range is
available in lengths of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 mm
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Still much thinner than
traditional aluminium and copper tubes, these have an
outside diameter of 1.8 mm and inside diameter of 0.60
mm, which can accommodate nylon leaders of 30 pounds or
more. If using a small bore (1.5
mm) silicone or PVC hook link, leaders of up to a
maximum of 20 pounds are
recommended. The 1.8 range is available in lengths of
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 mm ......
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Being made from fine polished stainless steel, the kind
used in the making of hypodermic needles, needle tube
flies sink more readily than plastic or aluminium tube
flies but fish a little less deeply, and perhaps more
attractively, than the heavier
copper and brass tubes. Needle
Tube Flies compare in weight and
profile to flies dressed on Waddington
shanks, but with the important benefit that the hook is
easily changed on the needle tube fly. Needle tubes are
also much easier to dress than Waddington or snake
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Both ranges of Grays
Needle Tubes are now available in our
online shop
***** FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING
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Gray's Needle Tubes |
10 tubes plus silicone
tubing |
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8 pound steelhead
taken by Bob Schoeller from Lake Erie on a Needle Tube
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Dressing Gray's Needle Tubes
To dress the
needle tubes, the tube should be secured in our new
Needle Tube Vice
The fly tube
body may be dressed in the normal way or left undressed to give
a simple, very slim silver fly body, as shown in the examples
below.
A short
length of silicone tubing is then used to connect a hook of
appropriate size, treble, double or single. If a fly
longer than 40 mm is required, two needle fly tubes may be joined in tandem
by a length of the silicone tubing provided to produce a fly of
anything up to 8 cms in length.
The new Needle
Tubes can be dressed to create a range of flies, from a short
and very slim micro tube of only 10 mm in length, perhaps for
summer grilse in a low water, through the whole range of 15, 20,
25, 30, 35 and 40 mm tubes, dressed for salmon fishing
throughout the season. The longer tubes, or a pair of tubes
linked in series, dressed sparsely, make very attractive sea
trout lures, more easily dressed, and just as slim as the
popular sea trout snake fly for late night sea trout fishing.
Being made
from fine polished stainless steel, the kind used in the making
of hypodermic needles, needle tube flies sink more readily than
plastic or aluminium tube flies but fish a little higher, and
more attractively, than the heavier copper and brass tubes.
Needle Tube Flies would have a comparable sink rate and similar
slim profile to flies dressed previously on Waddington shanks,
but with the important benefit that the hook is easily changed
on the needle tube fly. Needle tubes are also much easier to
dress than Waddington or snake lures.
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NEW TUBE FLY VICE
We have now added a
second vice head so that our new vice can be used to
dress conventional diameter tubes, e. g. copper, brass,
aluminium and plastic.
For more information
see:
Tube Fly Vice |
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Three boxed selections of
Salmon Needle
Tube Flies and one for sea trout, all dressed on
Grays Needle Tubes. For details, see:
Salmon Tube Flies
Blackback Tubes
Irish
Shrimp Tubes
Sea Trout Tube Flies |
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To buy Gray's Needle Tubes please visit our
ONLINE FLY SHOP |
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