Estaz Tube Jig
Some friends and I take an annual trip to a small lake in northern New York that has an excellent population of largemouth bass. The largest bass we've taken thus far fell to a tube jig. During the ensuing year, I thought of ways I could duplicate the action and look of a tube jig in a fly, and this is the result. It has been a VERY good fly.
Tying instructions:
- Tie in the dumbbell eyes slightly back from the hook eye with several tight figure eight wraps.
- Tie in the tail material behind the eye and work your thread toward the bend, binding the tail material to the top of the hook shank.
- Tie in a length of Estaz at the bend and advance your thread to the hook eye.
- Wind the Estaz up the hook shank, including a few passes around and between the dumbbell eyes, ending at the hook eye.
- Tie off the Estaz and whip finish.