This is one pattern that i am very proud, fished it a lot this year with consistent results, fooling fish time after time.
Fished it form a full floating line just under the surface and also using sinking lines to take the rodent deeper.
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When i started my pike fly fishing journey many moons ago there was practically no help out there for tying flies.YouTube had very little and i had to find my inspiration somewhere else.
Big trout streamers tied in a much bigger version were my first pike flies. (Thank you Mr Galloup)
Sex dungeon , Boogie man and the articulated Butt monkey caught me so many good pikes here but i quickly got bored tying and fishing them, i needed to expand my catalog. So i turn my attention to saltwater flies and musky flies. And one particular fly really caught my attention, the T-bone. At that time bodytubing was non existent in tackle shops and i had to get the help from a few American friends to source that material.
Now you can find some in most good tackle shop or straight from FLYMEN FISHING COMPANY .
For the flytyer that need more colours, a wider choice of sizes or if you tie flies in large quantities it's worth having a look at TECHFLEX , after all bodytubing is a braided sleeving product used for cable protection and management called FLEXOPET.
Have a look on the Techflex website for a reseller close to you. I get mine from the German or Dutch resellers.
To this day i am still surprised why no more pike anglers tie or use T-Bones. When i look at the flies that are displayed in various social media platforms i rarely see any Bones....Is it because people are afraid in using body tubing? Have no confidence in using it on their flies? Well their loss....
Body tubing makes your fly so much more durable. I found pike teeth on a few occasions stuck in the head of my T-Bone while putting them up to dry after a day on the water...
It gives the fly a tremendous amount of volume and massive presence in the water by pushing water from the head and the volume created by tubing place inside the fly.
I get a lot of questions in what sizes to use, and i general i use the 1/2 inch -12.7mm Flymen website or the slightly bigger ones 9/16 inch -14.29 Techflex website for the heads of my larger flies and MiniBones . The 1/4 inch-6.35mm Flymen&Techflex for the body of the flies or smaller flies like perch flies.
And the 1/8 inch-3.18mm also for bodies of smaller flies.
Tips in using body tubing:
Make sure you cut the correct length, too long had your head will look like a cone and not round. Too short and you will simply struggle (this is usually the main problem people encounter ).
I usually cut a length of about 60/70mm for my heads and body parts.
Don't forget to burn each end to stop the tubing from unraveling itself.
I like to create a cone before placing it on the hook or shank.
When creating the cone like in the video, make sure both ends meet flush so when you start tying it you will capture both sides securely
To help the head sit better on your hook or shank, wrap an underlay of shammy leather strip, or a zonker strip ( remove the hairs and only keep the leather ) or a rubber band works too. This will give more surface for the head to sit and catch the glue resulting in a secure head.Nothing more frustrating the a head starting to spin after just a few fish caught.
As i said in the video i don't like using a wiggle tail on my T-Bones as it acts like a break and stops the fly from getting that side to side action they are known for. Hence the name T-bone as pikes love striking this fly after a strip when it presents itself sideways.
Feathers, a rabbit whip tail, wave tails are all good for the tail of a T-Bone.
That said if the fish are active and hit the fly on a fast straight retrieve then you can switch to a wiggle or dragon tail in the hope of triggering a larger fish.
Next video will be about the BigBoned , a larger size T-Bone that i love using. Then next in the pipeline is the MegaloBoned !So stay tuned and if you can go and subscribe to the channel it will help it greatly in growing.
Possibilities are endless with bodytubing, don't be afraid of it! Give it a go, it will take a few tries but once you get it right i can guaranty you that you will always have a T-Bone in your box!
Une sortie hier soir pour tester les T-bones...Ca marche....
C'est le deplacement d'eau qui est impressionant avec ces montages.Les brocs doivent "sentir" les bones venir de loin!
Cela fait quelque temps que je monte des streamers avec des têtes en tube flexible.Mais les tubes en grande taille sont difficile a trouver, pas pratique d'utilisation et trop fragile. FLYMEN FISHING CO. vient juste de commercialiser des tubes, et ceux ci sont parfait! Facile a manipuler, resistants, facile a "souder"au briquet.Deux tailles sont disponibles, 1/2 inch et 1/4 inch.
Les 1/4inch sont parfait pour le corps du montage, pour aider a donner du volume au bucktail tout en restant léger et aéré.
Les 1/2 inch sont pour faire les têtes. (Le 1/4 peut confectioner les têtes de plus petits streamers pour la truite,perche...ect).
Le nom T-bone vient du fait que ces streamers sont toujours articulés, et grace a leur grosse tête ils ont une nage du meme genre qu'un jerkbait, a chaque pause entre les tirées la mouche vire sur la gauche ou la droite se présentant ainsi de profil au brochet . La grande partie des brochets pris ont le steamer en travers dans la gueule.( L'image du chien avec un os...)
Je monte les plus petits , entre 13 a 18cm avec un hameçon Sakuma Manta extra 6/0 et une tige de 40mm.
Les plus grands ont le meme hameçon, voir deux.
Différentes tiges sont utilisées, 40mm, 80mm, une , deux tiges...il n'y a pas vraiment de limite aux possibilités de montage.
Grand modele, 27cm, deux hameçons et une tige 40mm.
Big bunny...
Vue de derriere, ou on note bien le volume que ces tubes donnent au montage.
Cela fait un petit bout de temps que j'utilise des body tubing pour donner une bonne tete a mes gros streamers. Flymen viennent de sortir les body tubes de Blane Chocklett...Je suis impatient d'essayer tout ça tres vite!!
Et cette semaine c'est la sortie d'une de mes publication préférée! Yeap le dernier numero de REVIVE vient de sortir...Et passez voir la page 74/75 pour une de mes vidéo de montage!
