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The first pattern you tie matters

When you first start tying flies, you should be very particular on which flies you start with. Choose a difficult fly, you will get frustrated and give up.

Soft Hackles

The soft hackles – North Country Spiders – have proved their worth through many decades, and still do.

Wet Irish Mayfly

Materials Used: Hook- Kamasan B175 size 10 Thread- Uni 8/0 Black Tail- Cock pheasant fibres Rib- Hot orange UTC Wire Body- Yellow Wifred mylar tinsel

Matt's Midge

Matt’s Midge Fly Tying Recipe (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 18-24 TMC 101

Classic Soft and Winged Wet Flies

Grab Gape Light; https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Products-UK/Trout-Barbless/FM-Grab-Ga

SloMo Pattegrisen Variant

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Last Chance-ish

If one is doing a video series on CDC they must mention Rene Harrop. For US anglers and professional fly tyers Rene is probably the most important and an early adopter of CDC.

Seaducer

The seaducer is a saltwater classic. It's a simple fly that is absolutely deadly for predatory gamefish.

Welsh March Brown

Detailed instructions for tying a Welsh March Brown wet fly. This is part of a series of Tim Flagler's collaboration with Fly Tyer Magazine.

Mosquito

Mosquito Fly Tying Instructions: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: #12-20 Tiemco 100

Matthew's Pheasant Tail Sparkle Dun

Pheasant Tail Sparkle Dun Fly Tying Instructions: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 12-20 Umpqua XC110BL

Michigan Wiggler

Step by Step showing you how to tie a Michigan Wiggler.

Getting (properly) started with fly tying

As a fly angler, there is great satisfaction in being able to tie your own flies. If you haven’t reached that point yet, here is some advice to help you get started.

Whitlock's Red Fox Squirrel Nymph

Red Fox Squirrel Nymph Fly Tying Recipe (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 12-18 TMC 3769

Sparkle Midge Larva

Sparkle Midge Larva Fly Tying Recipe (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 18-24 TMC 2488

Banana & Grey

Do you want a great fly pattern for the upcoming season for salmon and sea run brown trouts? then check this fly tying toutorial by danish flyfisher, flycaster and flytyer Mads Birkholt.

Soft Hackle/Wet Fly Pattern from the 1780s

Best's Art of Angling First Published 1787..

Leadwing Coachman

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Leadwing Coachman Wet Fly.

F.R.S. Special

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the F.R.S. Special.

Pink Booby

The Booby Fly is actually not a pattern, it’s a tying style. You can tie most fly patterns in the booby style and they are excellent for trouts and other predator species.

Beginner Guide to Materials

We are continuing the beginner fly tying series with what materials you need to start tying. Materials are some of the most expensive and confusing parts of starting your fly tying journey.

Extreme Arctic Fly Fishing

Coastal Trout in the Polar Night. The first fishing trip of the year always feels special — and every fly angler knows that feeling.

SloMo Rainbow Pig

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Once & Away

CDC Pattern from Hans van Klinken. This is a great CDC pattern in the mode of the Klinkhamer Special.

Gotland Sea Trout Fishing | An Autumn & Winter Saga

Autumn fades into winter on the island of Gotland. Cold winds, empty shores, and the quiet promise of silver in the Baltic.

CDC Adult Midge

CDC Adult Midge Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 18-24 TMC 101

Short Shank Special.

Short Shank Special; Black Nickel https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Products-UK/Trout-Barbed/Short-Shank

Tube Worm

These worm patterns tied with bead tubing are very tough and made to last – and very easy to tie

Miracle Nymph

Miracle Nymph Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 18-24 TMC 2488

Zug Bug

Zug Bug Fly Tying Recipe (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 12-20 TMC 5262

Biot Midge Emerger

Biot Midge Emerger Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 18-24 TMC 101

POP Zonker

In this fly tying tutorial, Danish fly tyer and fly fisher Mads Birkholt will guide you through the tying of the tube fly POP Zonker (Pink Orange Purple Zonker).

Gray Lady

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Gray Lady.

Beginners Guide to Fly Tying Tools

When beginning to tie, some of the biggest struggles are around how to properly use the fly tying tools.

Dubbing needles

The most humble tool in your tying tool collection is most likely your dubbing needle or bodkin. Still it’s one of the most useful tools.

CDC Nymph

A CDC Nymph in the style of Marc Petitjean. This is not a specific pattern of Marc's but it highlights some techniques he uses in many of his patterns and specifically nymph patterns.

Morgan's Midge

Morgan’s Midge Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 18-24 TMC 2488

Black Quill Back Variant

The quill back is a very effective stillwater pattern. Fish it like a nymph, either on a straight line or beneath an indicator. If weighted it can be put to good use as a stalking bug too.

Valeur Goby

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Panfish Wiggler

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Panfish Wiggler.

The Fisher

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Fisher Wet Fly.

Scandinavian Seatrout Adventure Helnæs, Fyn, Denmark

Welcome to Scandinavian Seatrout Adventure. In this episode, we’re winter sea trout fishing in Denmark, exploring the coastline of Fyn and Helnæs during extreme cold conditions.

What tools do you actually need?

The tools needed to start tying flies is the most expensive part of your beginning stages of tying flies.

Alfred Ronalds’ The Fly-fisher’s Entomology

Don’t let the title trick you. This book is about much more than studying insects.

Biot Midge

Biot Midge Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: 18-24 TMC 2487

Harrop's Captive Dun

Harrop's Captive Dun Fly Tying Recipe (Click the links below to purchase the materials from our store) Hook: #16-18 Tiemco 100

Blue Devil - Dressed Irons

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Blue Devil.

RAW CF Baitfish

Baitfishpatterns is the key for getting in touch with the big predators lurking in the water, but when tying big streamers you often end up with a heavy and compact fly.

Alphonse Island

In this film, we explore the flats of Alphonse Island in pursuit of permit, giant trevally, bonefish, triggerfish, and batfish.

CDC Para Emerger

Here is an early CDC parachute emerger pattern using CDC in a dubbing loop.

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