modern Michigan wet fly · by 2012
Tube Sucker
Unverified origin Only the Current Works page covers it, and that page does not state who designed it. Attribution to Kraimer is inferred from the site.
History
A swung steelhead tube fly that suggests a sculpin or goby, with a bead in front of the hook to add an egg, borrowing the trigger of the old Egg-Sucking Leech. It is meant for sink-tip swinging during the spring spawning run and in fall when steelhead feed on loose salmon eggs.
Materials
| Hook | Gamakatsu Drop Shot #2 or #4 (or Finesse Wide Gap #4) behind a plastic tube |
|---|---|
| Tube | 3/32 in. plastic tube, about 3 in. |
| Bead | 8 mm orange/pearl Pucci bead |
| Thread | Uni 6/0 camel |
| Tag | Canadian olive Simi-Seal |
| Rear hackle | Pheasant shoulder feather |
| Body | Canadian olive Simi-Seal over .030 lead wire |
| Front hackle | Pheasant shoulder feather |
| Underwing | Rusty copper UV Polar Chenille |
| Wing | Brown sheep hair |
| Flash | Copper, kelly green and dark brown Wing 'N Flash |
| Collar | Large pheasant shoulder feather |
| Head | Copper Ice Dub |
| Hook junction | Silicone tubing |
Sources
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No photo yet. Every photo on michfly is of a fly tied for the site, so they're added a few at a time.
Original recipe cards for many Michigan patterns are kept at the Michigan Dry Flies archive, built by the late Tom Deschaine.