Grays Tube Fly Adaptor
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The photograph above shows the
new Grays Tube Fly
Adapter fitted to a standard Regal fly tying vice and holding a
35mm Needle Tube, diameter 1.5mm, ready to be dressed. |
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The
Grays Tube Fly Tool
is now available from Grays
of Kilsyth.
Very similar in design and
operation to the HMH Starter Tube Tool, this Tube Fly Tool or Adaptor is an
inexpensive, yet extremely practical and versatile tool which
may be easily and quickly fitted to any standard fly tying vice
head, allowing the fly tyer to hold a range of tubes securely
for dressing a wide variety of tube flies. It is well suited to
holding Grays Needle Tubes in lengths from 10mm upwards, as
shown below (10mm needle tubes can also be secured with the aid of a
pin or needle). In addition, the adaptor will hold conventional fly tying
tubes or any of the growing number of new tube styles now widely
available to the fly tyer. |
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Using Grays Tube Fly Adapter
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Grays
tube fly adaptor will hold a wide range of
tubes. Metal tubes may be clamped very simply and securely in
the tube tool. The photograph below shows a 35mm long Needle
Tube (external diameter 1.5mm) clamped in the tube adapter ready
for tying. The Tube Fly Tool can also hold
thicker, more conventional metal tubes, in copper, brass or
aluminium, up to 3mm in diameter, secured in the same way. |
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To give more access and room to dress the body of
a very short tube, say less than 10mm in length, a pin or sewing
needle of suitable diameter may be used to help secure the tube,
as shown below. If using this method (which is only recommended
for very short tubes of 10 mm or less), care should be taken not
to damage the tube's plastic liner, keeping it clear of the
securing ring. |
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Plastic tubes of varying diameter may also be held in the
tube adapter with the aid of one of the three longer pins supplied
for the purpose, as shown below. |
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The
new Grays Tube Fly Tool
is now available from Grays of Kilsyth supplied with three pins
and 25 assorted Needle Tubes at a
cost of £19.99.
BUY IT NOW |
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Tube
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