Wild Northerner Magazine Winter 2018 | Page 47

RECIPE

BODY- HERITAGE ANGLING PRODUCTS (HAP) SNAELDA TUBE BODY

TUBING – HAP 1.8mm

CONE – HAP TURBO DISC 6mm

TREAD- VEEVUS 8/0

WINGS – HAP SILVER FOX DYED

HACKLE- WHALESBACK SCHALPPEN

DUBBING – WHALESBACK SEALS X

CHEEKS – WHALESBACK JUNGLE COCK (DYED IN HOUSE)

The Scandi style tube fly

Step 1

Insert the 1.8mm tubing into the Snaelda tube body and then melt the end with a lighter. This creates a mushroom like shape keeping it in place.

Step 2

Tie in about a 1/8th of an inch of thread and put in a few wraps of the schlappen right up against the brass.

STEP 3

Form a dubbing loop and form a ball of dubbing. Brush this out if you wish.