What is a tube fly? A tube fly is a highly effective fly design originally created in the late 1930s by Scottish innovator Alexander Wanless. Wanless began tying flies on thin lead tubes to develop a lightweight, castable bait he…
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Dear flyfisherman The vision behind Fishmadman is to develop fly fishing for salmon and trout while collecting interesting information and historical benchmarks on our sport. This time we have the pleasure of showing you some of the latest and one…
European anglers and, in particular, anglers in Scandinavia benefit significantly from the properties of the tube fly and have, through the last 50 years, worked progressively with the design of tube fly. But who made the first tube fly? In…
Left: The Thread Line Salmon Flies: An excellent colour plate from the book; The Angler And The Thread Line by Alexander Wanless. Book published 1932.