The first tube fly was made in 1932
European angler and in particular anglers in Scandinavia benefit greatly 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 ?
It is the British author and angler Mr. Alexander Wanless who in his book The Angler And The Thread Line, from 1932 put forward his idea of the sliding fly (the first tube fly) from his series of flies called the: Thread Line Salmon Series.. Mr. Wanless made the sliding fly and the other flies to be used with his...
During the life of a salmon it will travel between two very different worlds. Worlds with colors and images so divergent that it has developed extraordinary abilities to cope with the change of scene.
