Installment #3 is a very special episode in our tube fly rigging mini-series by Eric Neufeld. It’s about a fly called Silvey’s Tandem Tube that requires some special attention in order to perform its best.
Brian Silvey has a series of Idylwilde tube flies – the Tandem Tube, the Tail Light, and the Tube Snake – that all incorporate two tubes. That gives these flies some special characteristics in terms of how they swim, but rigging them properly requires a bigger loop than you’d normally tie when rigging a tube fly, and it’s a tiny bit confusing the first time you try.
Have no fear, though – if you click the little play button below, Eric will take you through the process, step by step!
NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to learn how to rig Silvey’s Tandem Tube on YouTube.
Nice video. This series of video’s has made me very interested in tube flies. Quick question. At the end of the video you mention that if you are going to pre-tie some of these you would leave a loop at the end of the line that would connect to the rest of the terminal tackle. Is the loop your talking about like a perfection loop that you would then use to quickly swap out flies?
Adam,
Yes a perfection loop will work or just another No Slip Loop tied at the end of the leader. On your main leader, tie another loop knot large enought to pass the fly through and make a loop to loop connection. Easy to do and convenient when hands are cold.