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tube flies and hoochie spacer
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These are my tube flies. The tubes are made from coffee stirrers. I use a candle to flare one end of the tube as shown in the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADEG4ZzZDw. Then, the tube is cut to the needed size. The bottom end is not flared because the eye of the hook just fits up into the tube as shown in the last part of the video.
The left side has flies made of yarn and flashabou. The right side has flies made of yarn and monoflash from Sportsman's Warehouse.
The long tube on the left is a hoochie spacer. The flare seems to protect the upper end of the hoochie.
I use the ones on the left by themselves and with a double or single hook. The ones on the right are used with beads and a #2 Indiana blade with a reflector from Hagens.
I hope this gives you and idea or two. The color choices can vary widely. Pink has been my most productive color.
Keep creating!!!
Physion