Cutting-edge wake fly design

For some years we have been perfecting the wake flies used for steelhead in North America. We use our Riffling Hitch tube system that we know from Europa.

We have taken chosen steelhead wake fly patterns and re-shaped them into patterns that would work on our tube fly system.

At first, we were uncertain that the delicate patterns would transition to the tube, as the body (3.2-millimetre tubing) was relatively thick compared to the bodies of some of the patterns we used.

The patterns we made worked fantastically, and Steelhead was caught on all our patterns and various rivers. Some guides we worked with told us that some patterns caught more fish than the regular fly-hook patterns.

Both dry flies tied on tube, designed for dead-drift and wake flies tied on a tube have a more erratic pattern of behaviour on the surface, and with a bit of experience you can shape them to behave in new ways.

Tube wake flies don’t sink!

Wake flies could end up on the bottom, but the unique hole-in-belly system will make the fly wake effortlessly on the surface in rough and calm water.

Tube wake flies development.

Using our tube system, you can design wake flies with little or no buoyancy. The tube fly will pull to the surface and wake regardless of the fly pattern you chose to tie – You could develop very different wake flies than traditionally made on hooks.