Grays Needle Tubes
The 1.5 Range
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Both sizes of
our Needle Tubes are now available
online
with free
worldwide delivery |
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Fine stainless steel fly tying tubes
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New stainless steel tubes for tying salmon tube flies.
These very slim
metal tubes are also suitable for steelhead and sea trout flies
salmon -
steelhead - sea trout
- tube flies
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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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Gray's Needle Tubes were
introduced for the start of the 2008
fishing season. Made using
very fine stainless steel tubing, the
type used in the manufacture of
hypodermic needles. Our 1.5 range of
Needle Tubes are the thinnest plastic
lined metal tubes available for fly
tying, having an outside diameter of
1.5 mm and an inside diameter of
approximately 0.40 mm, allowing the use
of leader materials, such as Maxima, in
breaking strains up to a maximum of 15
lb nylon.
The new 1.5 range of Needle Tubes, made in Scotland by Grays of
Kilsyth, is now available
in our
online shop
in the following lengths:
10mm, 15mm, 20 mm, 25 mm,
30 mm,
35 mm and 40 mm
[ 2/5 inch to 1 1/2 inches in old money] |
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Grays Needle Tubes 1.5
Gray's Needle Tubes 1.5 are available
in seven sizes, each supplied in a pack of ten, as shown in the
photograph on the right. Each pack includes a 20cm length of
silicone tubing to be cut and used to connect a hook to the rear
of the finished tube fly. The external tube diameter is 1.5 mm
Needle
Tube
Lengths in the 1.5 range
10mm, 15mm, 20mm, 25mm,
30mm, 35mm, 40mm
(2/5 inch to 1
1/2 inches)
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Now
available
in our ONLINE
FLY SHOP
Prices
Pack of
ten tubes of any one size ......£4.99
One pack
of 50 tubes (5 sizes) ........ £23.00
One pack
of 70 tubes (7 sizes) ........ £32.00
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING on all orders
Buy
Now |
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Gray's Needle Tubes |
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10 tubes plus silicone
tubing |
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SEE THE COMPLETE RANGE OF
GRAY'S
NEEDLE TUBES ********* |
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One of six Spey sea trout taken on a
needle tube fly over two nights in June 2008 |
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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 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 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.
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The new range
of Gray's Needle Tubes allow the salmon fly tyer to
make tube flies in lengths from 10 mm up to 40 mm (tube length).
The new 1.5 mm range of tubes have an internal diameter of 0.40mm
and can accept leaders of up to 15 lb breaking strain, which is sufficient for salmon,
steelhead and sea trout in most normal conditions. I would also
recommend a knot which results in the tag end pointing to the
rear of the hook, e.g. the Trilene Knot. This makes it easier to
insert the hook eye and knot into the silicone sleeve.
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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Examples of flies dressed on Gray's Needle
Tubes |
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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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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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To buy Gray's Needle Tubes please visit our
ONLINE FLY SHOP
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