Needle Tubes
Fine stainless steel fly tying tubes
Fine stainless steel tubes
for tying salmon and sea trout tube flies, newly developed and made in
Scotland by Grays of Kilsyth for the 2008 fishing season.
Outside diameters 1.5mm and 1.8mm
salmon - steelhead - sea trout - fly tying tubes
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International success of our new
Needle Tubes
Gray's Needle Tubes 1.8
The 1.8
range of Needle Tubes is now available in six sizes, each supplied
in a pack of ten. Each
pack includes a 20cm length of clear PVC or silicone tubing to be cut and
used to connect a hook to the rear of the finished tube fly. The
external tube diameter is 1.8 mm
Needle
Tube
Lengths in the 1.8 range
10mm, 15mm, 20mm,
25mm, 30mm, 35mm
[2/5 inch to 1 1/2 inches in old money]
10 tubes plus PVC tubing
Now
available in our
Online Shop
Prices
Pack of
ten tubes of any one size ...... £6.99
Pack
of 100 tubes of any one size .... £67.00
FREE UK SHIPPING on all orders over £60
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Now 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)
10 tubes plus PVC or
silicone tubing
Now
available
in our ONLINE
FLY SHOP
Prices
Pack of
ten tubes of any one size ......£5.99
One
pack of 70 tubes (7 sizes 10 - 40mm) ....... £39.99
Pack
of 100 tubes of any one size .... £57.00
FREE UK SHIPPING on all orders over £60
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Now 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 ..."
Needle Tubes
Gray's Needle Tubes are made using
very fine stainless steel tubing, the
type used in the manufacture of
hypodermic needles. Our Needle Tubes are
the thinnest plastic lined metal tubes
available for fly tying. We have now
added a second range of Needle tubes.
The new tubes have an outside diameter
of 1.8 mm, and inside diameter of 0.60
mm, allowing the use of leaders of 30
pounds breaking strain or more, but if
using a silicone or PVC extension (bore
1.5mm) to retain the hook and knot, a
maximum of 20 lb nylon is
recommended. The
1.8 range of Needle Tubes, made in
Scotland by Grays of Kilsyth, are now
available in our
online shop
in the following lengths: 10mm, 15 mm, 20 mm,
25 mm, 30 mm and 35 mm
Copper
tube and Gray's Needle Tube
Gray's Needle Tubes are much
finer than traditional tubes .
A late July Steelhead taken by
Bob Schoeller on a Needle Tube Fly
Dressing Gray's Needle Tubes
To dress the
needle tubes, the tube should be secured in a suitable
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.
The new 1.8 mm range
of Gray's Needle Tubes adds to the options created by our
1.5 mm
original needle tube range, allowing the salmon fly tyer
to make tube flies in lengths from 10 mm up to 40 mm (tube
length). Since the new tubes have an internal diameter of 0.60
mm, they can accept leaders of 30 lbs breaking strain nylon or
more, and can be used for larger fish, such as salmon, steelhead
and sea trout, in heavier water. However, if using a small bore
(1.5mm) silicone or PVC extension tube to retain the hook and
knot, a maximum of around 20 lb nylon is recommended. 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.
Examples of flies dressed on Gray's Needle
Tubes
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only from Grays of Kilsyth, e.g. our ultra-slim stainless
steel fly tying Needle Tubes and Needle Tube Flies.
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