The Bomber was designed in the ’60s in New Brunswick Canada – Normally it is tied on long shank streamer hooks 8 – 2/0 – We tie them on a tube for multiple reasons

Fix an x-small tube to a needle (here a 1,4 mm tube) Tie down the hook-guard.  We used sewing needles to tie on.

The Tube Bomber I will do this time is The Smurf Bomber

Tie in a bunch of hair from a quality calf tail Not too stiff hair. Ad strands of Mylar (the Mylar strands will help you keep track of the Tube Bomber in low light and fast water). Note how I have tied down the tail hair at the thinnest point at the back..behind the tie-down of the hook guard – This is to make sure that it later will be possible to shape the deer hair body all the way down

To be used in the following job: Add yet another bobbin-holder. This time with 0.04 Fireline (# 2 Lb. test) Tie in a length of the Fireline later to be used as a rib.  Add drops of super-glue to the tie-down of wing and tail.

We use Berkley Fireline Crystal Competition Braid # 2 lb as tying tread on the deer-hair section. This superior line has all the right abilities for this project and is not expensive compared to alternative fly tying treads

Add drops of super-glue or similar to the tie-down-point at the tail and wing. These have a tendency to become loose over time. The glue will prevent this. Cover up the wing and tail with stationary stickers or something similar (not too sticky) This will aid you when you are going to shape the Dee hair body in step 8

Tie down a pencil size sections of deer body hair. Make sure to tighten each section securely with the Fireline. We do not stack the hair to tight on the Tube Bomber ™…We think it is better to have some air in the construction.

Ad all sections of deer hair and finish up the Fireline with a couple of hitches. We use belly hair from North American Whitetail – In this case, coloured Smurf Blue a Bomber colour very popular with salmon anglers in Newfoundland

Trim the deer body hair to a cigar-shaped style with your scissors or a razor blade. Ad a little hump of fly tying thread to make the wing stand slightly upwards. Remove the stationary labels carefully.

Tie in a quality hackle and run it down through the deer hair body securing that the stem of the hackle gets inside the deer hair structure. Run the Fireline ribbing upwards through the body and hackles. Secure and whip-finish.

Your new Tube Bomber

Trim any excess material and add a drop of super-glue to the head of your newly spawned Tube Bomber ™ Last but not least: add a tiny wide-gape hook – and a good salmon river…