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Sunburst Kate Hedge Hog

Sunburst Kate Hedge Hog.. Materials Used;

Remnant Fly #48 - Generic Nymph

This is the 48th fly in a series of flies I call Remnant Flies.

Rogue Hex Nymph

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Rogue Hex Nymph. Subscribe for more fly tying videos like this one: https://bit.ly/3sfHYOR

The Doctor

The Doctor is a pattern listed in Roger Woolley's "Modern Trout Fly Dressing" in the Devon Wet Flies section.

1 Hour Fly Fishing Challenge

I arrived early to teach fly fishing classes at a boys summer camp, which meant I had one precious hour to fish this beautiful, crystal-clear river myself before the kids showed up.

Quasimodo Pheasant Tail

Quasimodo Pheasant Tail Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store)

Craven's Gov't Cheese

Craven's Gov't Cheese Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store)

Miller's Hard Body Leech

Miller's Hard Body Leech Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store)

Miller's Micro Meat

Miller's Micro Meat Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store)

Quasimodo Pheasant Tail

Quasimodo Pheasant Tail Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store)

Dynamite Harry

Dynamite Harry Pale Morning Dun | A Simple & Effective PMD Dry Fly | Fly Tying Tutorial Description:

Tying Dry Flies from the 1800's Using Onion Skins

The Practical Fly Fisher by John Jackson; The 1889 Edition

Mini Chubby Chernobyl

Detailed instructions for tying a Mini Chubby Chernobyl.

Mini Chubby Chernobyl

Detailed instructions for tying a Mini Chubby Chernobyl.

Rattle Clouser

Clousers are universally recognised as amazing fish catchers, but the rattling version is a bit obscure for some reason.

Black Leggy Leech Universal

If you can choose one color for your fly, it must be black, and if you can only choose one model, it must be the classic Wooly Bugger.

Cupsuptic

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Cupsuptic Wet Fly. Subscribe for more fly tying videos like this one: https://bit.ly/3sfHYOR

Latex Leech

The Latex Leech has a flexible detached latex body tied over hollow monofilament braid fly line backing

Clumber Fancy

This is Clumber's Fancy in the Devon section of Roger Woolley's book "Modern Trout Fly Dressing"

Tofting's Scud

Learn how to tie one of the most effective Scud patterns for sea trout using Pro Sportfisher Gammarus Shells.

The 5 Panfish Flies I'd Fish for the Rest of My Life

If I could only carry five flies for panfish, these would be the ones.

Pheasant Tail

This is the fly pattern titled Pheasant Tail in Roger Woolley's Modern Trout Fly Dressings in the section for Devon Wet Flies.

The Biggest Rainbow Trout of My Life

I was a teenager when I first saw photographs of Jurassic Lake in a fishing magazine. Rainbow trout the size of a child, in a remote lake in Patagonian Argentina.

Bendback Sandeel

Wherever sand eel are found , game fish eat them. This Popovics inspired bendback is a great imitation that works anywhere, and is ideal over rough ground or when weed is present.

The Only 5 Bass Flies You Really Need

If I could only carry five bass flies for the rest of my life, these are the patterns I'd choose.

Alder Fly

This is the Alder pattern in Roger Woolley's Modern Trout Fly Dressing from the Devon Wet Fly section.

Source to City

I don't have any specific interest in the Welsh river Taff, but still I enjoyed this book about the river system immensely

Remnant Fly #47

This is the 47th fly in a series of flies I call Remnant Flies.

Mr. Rapidan

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Mr. Rapidan Soft Hackle Nymph. Subscribe for more fly tying videos like this one: https://bit.ly/3sfHYOR

Top 5 Trout Flies

For years people have asked me the same question: "If you could only fish a handful of trout flies, which ones would you choose?"

Fulling Mills Jig Bugger Olive TN

Jig Woolly Bugger Olive TN (Size 12) – https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Products-UK/Tactical-UK/Jig-

Yellow Owl Snatcher

A Great Midge and Caddis Emerger Pattern

Polar Dub Shrimp

Shrimp flies for sea trout and bass really don't need to be complicated.

Rabbit Strip Jiggy

Bob Popovics' jiggy is a fantastic fly in both fresh and saltwater. This Rabbit strip version is perfect when you want a bit more movement than the traditional bucktail version provides.

KK Fly

If you ask the Danish fly tyer and fly fisherman Kent Korgaard Hansen about his ultimate suggestion for a baitfish imitation, he will pick this small delicate baitfish pattern out of the box - and

Cross Eyed Shrimp

Fly fishing and especially sight-fishing for Redfish is fantastic, and something all fly fishermen should experience at least once in their lifetime.

Embden Fancy

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Embden Fancy.

Remnant Fly #46

This is the 46th fly in a series of flies I call Remnant Flies.

John Story

Step by Step showing you how to tie the John Story Wet Fly. Subscribe for more fly tying videos like this one: https://bit.ly/3sfHYOR

Kendal

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Kendal Wet Fly. Subscribe for more fly tying videos like this one: https://bit.ly/3sfHYOR

Brazil Adventure

German fly angler Florian Baumann had heard about peacock bass in the Amazon, but there was more fishing in Brazil than he thought Brazil fishing

Tups Indispensible

This is Roger Woolley's listing of the Tups in the section of his book on Devon Wets.

Gamechanger Popper

This Game Changer Popper combines the surface disturbance of a traditional popper with the lifelike swimming action of an articulated Game Changer.

The honest guide to chalk streams

This is a guide to chalk stream fly fishing in the UK in 2026 with tips on finding, booking and fishing chalk stream beats in southern Britain A chalkstream

Nicolas Charlton

Nicolas Charlton is a 30 year old Anglo-German

Rusty Blue and Red

Here are the two "rusty" patterns from Roger Woolley's Devon Wets Pattern List

Craft Fur Anchovy

Anchovies are a key forage for gamefish around the world, and this simple little fly is a great choice for imitating them and other small bait like spearing or whitebait.

Little Yellow Stonefly

The massive stonefly hatches from the US, especially Montana, are well known – both by the flyfisher and the trout.

Remnant Fly #45 - Panfish Popper

This is the 45th fly in a series of flies I call Remnant Flies.

John Storey Dry Fly

Step by Step showing you how to tie the John Storey Dry Fly. Subscribe for more fly tying videos like this one: https://bit.ly/3sfHYOR

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