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2021
Date Title Body Image

Coty Perry

Coty comes from a long line of bass anglers.

Spiral Shrimp

A great looking shrimp that looks complicated but is really easy. With lots of internal structure, just like a natural shrimp, this one looks complicated to tie. It’s not.

Pine Squirrel Leech

Simple yet effective sculpin or leech. Pine squirrel is a great material for making small streamers.

Blue Dun Soft Hackle

Soft hackle wet flies are some of the most versatile flies on the planet. This is my take on the classic Blue Dun.

Foam Beetle

Materials HOOK: Hayabusa FM Grab Gape #8. THREAD: Gel Spun 8/0 or similar, red color. BACK: Foam, 3mm thick. LEGS: Multifibers, black color, 60 lb.

Buzzball

Detailed instructions for tying Gary LaFontaine's Buzzball.

MO Shrimp

In this video we have shrimps on the menu…

October Bright

From Marty Howard and Dec Hogan book "Steelhead fly tying". I ordered the book some weeks ago and received it last week.

Fly Line Pupa

Recycling an old fly line to catch fish again.

Gold Tag Peacock

Hanak H200 BL in size # 12. Wet in the classic version.

Surprisingly Large Trout!

Fishing Pristine Private Mountain Stream. So excited to be fishing in this stream again. This Tiny mountain stream is a real gem and i'm so lucky to be able to fish it!

Griffiths Gnat

Griffiths Gnats are a classic pattern that is very simple to tie and also very effective. These only require two materials besides the thread and hooks.

Polar Shrimp

Most fish loves shrimps! This is my slightly speyish version of the classic steelhead and salmon fly The Polar Shrimp.

Barr's Viz-A-Dun

John Barr's Viz-A-Dun is a great little mayfly pattern that is durable, floats well and makes a great indicator style dry fly for hanging a small emerger or micro dry behind.

Sand Fly

This sand fly imitation is one of two that are listed in John Reid's Clyde Style flies. It's a great fly for early to mid season fishing and well worth having in your box.

Creeper Shrimp

A shrimp fly for saltwater sea trout.

Pink Speyfish

In this fly tying video, Svenja Bossen is tying a pink speyfish. A baitfish pattern for all kids of predatorial fish. Materials Used: NS122 Light Stinger #4

Olive Cicada

A great looking and meaty terrestrial imitating a cicada. Could go for a hopper too.

The Breath

The Breath is an emerger of bigger mayfly which is made of an owl feather. Owl's feather is super soft with lot of micro barbules that "breathe" in water and suggest life.

Baloon Caddis

Balloon caddis is now a classic pattern by Roman Moser. It represents a low riding caddis fly. I am sure fish can see it as an adult, cripple, dead....it all depends on the situation.

Bloodworm Buzzer

Very Successful Pattern, Especially in Early Season and Winter on Sinking Line! Hook size 10 ,, Thread Black ,, Body Red Stretchy Elastic ,,

Detached Bodied Daddy Long Legs

A very simple detached body technique for a good daddy long legs that will float all day long. It can also be applied to all manner of extended bodies.

Grey Boy

Flexi Floss Buzzer/Midge Pupa by Davie McPhail

Fly Fishing Best Trout River I’ve ever Seen - Truck Camping

Day 2 of my my first truck camping / fly fishing adventure. this has to be one of the best trout rivers i have ever seen and probably one of the best in the world. hope you enjoy

Fly Fishing Corpus in the Winter

Every single time I go to Corpus and film the trip I usually get skunked. But finally I caught a few nice fish, and my buddy Johnny caught a legal flounder and speckled trout.

Deer Hair Hackle Dry Fly

Wanna tie a super floating dry fly, without spending big bucks on top quality dry fly hackle?

Thorax Dun - Marinaro Style

The Thorax Dun a la Vincent Marinaro from “The Modern Dry Fly Code”

Books that formed me

...as a fly tyer and flyfisher, that is. Other books influenced me as a person, but that’s a whole other story.

Synthetic wing Sparkle Dun & Comparadun

Wayne Luallen shows how to better control the wing on Sparkle Duns and Comparaduns by using an alternative wing material and a technique that helps the wing stay upright.

Feather Anatomy Part 2

Wayne Luallen looks at the way feathers marry.

Feather Anatomy Part 1

Wayne Luallen looks at the basic structure of a feather.

Klink-Camel

Klink-Camel - Klinkhamer Variant

Copper Nymph

The Copper Nymph is a Scottish fly that could be seen as something of a precursor to the Copper John, but it's a fantastic river pattern for trout and grayling in its own right.

Lightning Bug

Detailed instructions for tying a Lightning Bug nymph.

Detached body mayfly

Detached body with deer hair and CDC, hackle and some dry fly dubbing. Almost fish guaranteed on this fly in the Vulgata hatch,

Garry Dog

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Magni or Partridge Double size 8 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Tag, Small Oval Silver Tinsel Tail, Golden Pheasant Crest

Goddard Caddis

John Henry Goddard and Cliff came to this design after spending hours watching the silhouette of a "sedges" name that is also known to fly Caddis in England.

Emerging/Spent LDO

Hook: Hanak H360 BL #12 Thread: UTC 140D Olive Rib: Fish On Silver Wire 0.14 Thorax: Snowshoe (dyed olive) Wing: Troutline Campbell Tan CDC

Texas Fly Fishing in Winter

During the winter here in Texas, fly fishing can be tough. However that doesn't mean you can't catch a few nice fish.

Ha'penny Hooker

A generic nymph imitation tied with just 10cm/4in of organza ribbon.

Zonker Baitfish

Fly Tying tutorial of a zonker baitfish, tied by German Flytier Oliver Oeltze.

Mr Finicky

Don ties up the next fly in the SFOTF Chironomid Series and it come right from his 'Private' fly box. 'Mr.

The Animal (Dyret)

Slim Grizzly Nymph

Quick, Easy, and Effective Mop Fly

Quick, easy, and effective Mop Fly tie. A very easy and effective way to tie a mop fly step by step instruction for a very simple cheap fly!

Simple Ant dry fly

Ant patterns can be one of the most effective patterns during the right times of year. When you start seeing flying ants floating in the water, you should really throw these.

Craig's Nighttime

A New Zealand streamer fly for hunting large rainbows and brown trout in the dark hours.

Truck Camping

Fly Fishing World class trout river and camping in the back of my truck, i have been meaning to fish this river for 7 years so glad i finally did it + the truck camping has been on my to do list fo

Buckhorn Bully

The Buckhorn Bully is a simple fly pattern and can be tied in any number of color combinations. Use your favorite jig hook for the fly pattern and play around with the color of the bead you use.

Bristow's Bug

One of the lesser known but still effective old grayling and trout patterns, with couple of nice body techniques with peacock herl.

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