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Date Title Body Image

Bone Toad ~ Spooky Bonefish Fly

The Bone Toad Fly is perfect for casting at shallow, tailing and spooky bonefish on the flats.

Mercer's Tungsten Pheasant Tail Prince

Mercer's Tungsten Pheasant Tail Prince Fly Tying Instructions

Native

Fly fishing for North Carolina high mountain Brook Trout using a Tenkara-like four foot piece of bamboo. Fish took the Caddis all day.

Streamers 365

An impressing set of books from Darren MacEachern's one-streamer-a-day project Streamers 365. Beautiful images of each day's streamer with pattern description and materials.

French Partridge

French Partridge imitating the Ephemera danica (Green Drake) Hook: TMC 109 #7 (female) or #9 (male) or similar longshaftet lightweight dryfly hook. Thread: Spiderweb

Raven's Revenge

This is my first fly tying video so I hope you guys enjoy it. And if you don't listen to metal you can always mute the video and still watch it. Haha Materials include:

Salmon Flies and Side Channels

After meeting a fellow named "Kristo" and spending late winter and spring fly fishing in small, desert, creeks with wary trout and deciding our fishing styles were compatible I joined him on his Bi

Crazy Leg Gotcha Bonefish Fly

Crazy Leg Gotcha Bonefish Fly Tying Directions

Sulfur Spinner Nymph

A fly tying video showing how to tie a Sulfur Spinner Mayfly Nymph. This bead head pattern is made to imitate a PMD Spinner that has been washed under.

Carp's Blues

Fly Fishing for Carp - memories of last Fall!

Simple Bonefish Crab Fly

A deadly Bonefish Crab Fly that is simple to tie, durable and the fish cannot resist biting it.

Caddis Quill Larva

Hook: Umpqua U201 #14 Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black Abdomen: Hackle quill, stripped - stained green with permanent marker

Little Yellow Tarpon Fly

Tarpon love to eat and this Little Yellow Tarpon Fly is made to look just like another innocent bite of food. Fly fishing for tarpon is very exciting and challenging.

Barrys' Carp Bitter

Barrys' Carp Bitter Fly Tying Instructions and Directions. Carp On The Fly

Blue Winged Olive Emerger

Tony Torrence demonstrates how to tie a Blue Winged Olive Emerger fly pattern. This realistic pattern fishes well in the Spring and Fall when Beatis Hatches are important.

Yves Laurent

Canadian Yves Laurent does beautiful wood carvings of fish and other animals - and flies. His work is meticulous and detailed and even the stones are carved in wood!

Fishy photos: Pasi Visakivi

Pasi Visakivi is a fly fisherman and a freelancer photographer from the southern part of Finland

Simple Egg Fly

This fly tying video shows how to tie a simple Egg Pattern. An egg fly is perhaps one of the most basic flies that an angler can have in the box.

Barry's Carp Fly

Barry's Carp Fly Tying Video Instructions and Step By Step Directions

Snow Fly

How to tie a Snow Fly ~ Winter Stone. This Little Black Winter Stonefly is a perfect imitation of a juvenile stonefly hatched the Summer before.

Rainbow Warrior Midge

Rainbow Warrior Midge Fly Tying Video Instructions and Directions

Bird's Nest Nymph

A fly tying video showing how to tie a Bird's Nest Nymph. This nymph pattern may not be in the main stream, but it is a trout catcher.

Muddler Minnow

Hook: Longshank size 6. Thread: Natural or brown. Tail: Mottled turkey. (Turkey tail) Body: Flat gold tinsel. Rib: Gold Oval Tinsel medium size.

Bunny Midge

One of the most effective midge dries (masking as an emerger if you please) that we've fished. Give it a whirl...

Fly Holder

A quick tip for making a neat fly holder from an wire clip

#13-2013 - Adams' Salmon Shack

Adams' Salmon Shack - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Steve Adams Source: Smelt Fly Patterns: Donald A. Wilson (1996), Pg....

Griffith's Gnat: Original, high-visibility, and variations

Tied during this tutorial is the Griffith's Gnat, a pattern meant to represent many insects, though mainly (and specifically) a midge cluster.

PFD Caddis

A fly tying video on how to tie a PFD Caddis, a Hi Float - Hi Vis Dry Fly. This dry fly pattern is one my favorite flies to use in the evenings with my customers out of the boat.

Into the Shire

Nick Clewlow and Andreas Linz tackle the English Southern Chalk Streams!

Spring Simplifly

The Simplifly is a basic pattern in form that fishes well during a variety of conditions. Try it as a caddis pattern on your favorite river at any time of the year.

Fluoro Fibre Legs Tips and Tricks

Fluoro Fibre Legs Fly Tying Instructions, Tips and Tricks

Jumbo Juju Chironomid

Jumbo Juju Chironomid Fly Tying Instructions and Step By Step Directions

RK's Variant Sculpin

The Variant Sculpin is a pattern I designed with inspiration from many different patterns such as the "Sculpzilla" and the "Slumpbuster".

Slumpbuster

What a classic. The Slumpbuster comes for the vise of John Barr. John's book, Barr's Flies" is one of the best fly tying books that I own.

Sorting Marabou

Sorting Marabou for Tying Flies. Tony Torrence demonstrates how to prep and sort Marabou for tying Steelhead flies.

Whip finish

How to attach tying thread to hook and whip finish

EP Foxy Brush Tube Fly

Jay Nicholas ties an Intruder Style Tube fly using EP Fox Brush and EP Tarantula Leg materials.

Preparing Rhea Feathers for Tying Steelhead Flies

Tony Torrence of Caddisflyshop.com demonstrates how to strip a Rhea Intruder feather for tying Salmon and Steelhead flies. Easy to do, it will make tying with Rhea much easier.

Classic Bead-Head Pheasant Tail

Classic Bead-Head Pheasant Tail by Clark "Cheech" Pierce. Here is one of the classic fly patterns. Can't go wrong with the pheasant tail.

Winter Bugger

Finishing Techniques for Fly Tying

Throughout this tutorial, I demonstrate various ways to finish the fly when tying; these methods include: 1. Half hitch 2. Whip finish by hand

Cheech's Low Fat Minnow - Bluegill edition

Fun little minnow imitation. This is the bluegill version. Can be tied in a variety of colors

Tunkwanamid

Hook: Partridge BIN #10 (#4-#12) Thread: Gudebrod 8/0, white Tag/rib: Tinsel, silver fine oval Body: Peacock herl Breathers: Ostrich herl, white

Winter Flyfishing Shaker

Justin Petracek and Aaron do some river fly fishing in winter, and catch a few different species, including a giant foul-hooked Carp!

Gremlin

The Gremlin Fly is a big fish fly... its a sculpin pattern that can be tied in many colors. it uses Flyman Sculpin Heads and shanks as well as a Gama SC15 1/0 tail hook.

Saltwater Baitfish

Tied using Deer Creek products. Gliss-N-Glint and Fishheadz.

Trout MRE

Hook: Umpqua U201 #14 (or equivalent) Thread: Benecchi 12/0, tan Shuck: Lemon woodduck barbs Abdomen: Peacock quill, stripped Wingbuds: Snowshoe hare, cream

#12-2013 - Campeona Streamer

Campeona - Gary Fraser Tied by: Gary Fraser Originated by: Unknown Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing - Joseph Bates Pg. 250-251 Hook: Daiichi...

Rubber Legged Beetle

This particular beetle pattern is very easy to tie and fishes extremely well. This fly will stay upright 100% of the time, if tied correctly.

John Barr's Bouface

This is one of my favorite patterns tied by John Barr. This particular pattern, as well as other classic Barr patterns can be found in his book, Barr's Flies.

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