Name: Slump Buster Tube
Tube: HMH 1/8” 0.5-1” Copper Tube
Hook: Gamakatsu Octopus #4
Tail: Natural Squirrel Zonker
Body: Pearl Green Diamond Braid
Rib: Medium Copper Wire
Thread: Uni 6/0 Brown
Head: HMH Large Brass or Copper Cone Head
Are you ready for sea runner season in Haines? If so you need to tie this one up. Based upon Dr John Barr’s slump buster, this thing dredges for sea run dollies and cutts. Quartered down stream with a sinking poly leader and a Beulah Elixir line, you will have a blast. Go ahead and color the underside and rails of the squirrel tail with sharpie markers to get an enhanced effect. Also, be sure to leave room at the top of the tube to glue the head on with Zap a Zap or Fisherman’s Glue. I love tubes because you can use a short hook and a long body. Once the fish is on the tube slides away from the hook, virtually eliminating the lever forces the fish can utilize to get free.
Come join us in Haines the first weekend in May and try a few new rod designs and this fabulous fly. Just look for the H2O Trout Assault Vehicle.