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2026
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Infamous Pink Worm

Detailed instructions for tying the Infamous Pink Worm.

Microflash Balanced Leech

Balanced leeches are fantastic all year round, they excell under an inticator but can also be retrieved to good effect. Tie them in all the colours you like for buggers and similar patterns.

Winter Grub (Okey Dokey)

The Winter Grub is basically a variant of the Okey Dokey.

Gold Bead Johnson Pupa

The grayling – sometimes called “The Queen of the Currents” – is a wonderful and highly appreciated fly-fishing species, and for good reason.

Marabou Damsel Nymph

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Marabou Damsel Nymph.

Artful Dodger

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Artful Dodger Wet Fly. Join a growing fly tying community on Locals - Dressed Irons Guild - https://diflytying.locals.com/

Red Streak

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Red Streak.

Masterclass Baetis Nymph

Oliver Edwards Ties his Masterclass Baetis Nymph.

Ridsdale's Blue Dun Spider

Austin Ridsdale's Blue Dun Spider taken from Ridsdale's fly book dating from 1931.

Flash Back Pheasant Tail

The Flash Back Pheasant Tail is one of my favorite flies to fish in the winter for trout.

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Moustique "Devaux"

Here is a CDC version of Devaux famous style of dry flies.

Kombardo Variant

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ESL Shrimp

The ESL Shrimp is a highly realistic and durable shrimp imitation, designed with one clear goal in mind: to fool sea trout.

Iconic Rises

Told from the perspective of 3rd generation Jackson Hole fly fishing guide Boots Allen, Iconic Rises conveys the reverence the local fly fishing community has for the native Snake River Fine Spotte

Bead Tube Pupae

A couple of pupa patterns tied with rubber cord tubing which is also used for stringing beads to make jewelry Bead Tube Pupa

The Hard Way

The Hard Way is a story about patience, craft, heritage, and the quiet lessons a river teaches—told through the life of Warm Springs guide and tribal member Matt Mendes.

Pheasant Tail & Hare's Ear Midge Pupa

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GP Zonker

Although it is widely believed that salmon flies rarely represent anything on the salmon's menu, there is a family of flies that are designed to mimic an important food source, the shrimp flies.

Steelhead Nymph

Step by Step showing you how to tie the The Steelhead Nymph.

Brunton's Fancy

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Brunton's Fancy Wet Fly.

Canadian Orange Goby

Hi there I’ve been busy tying lately and here is the latest fly fresh from my vice. A little goby in some nice colors imo. Check it out. Tight lines, Christian Krogh
2025
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Henri Bresson's Cul de Canard

The use of duck preen gland feathers in the Swiss Jura eventually spread to the French Jura.

Kangia River

Fly Fishing Trophy Arctic Char In Greenland

Merry Widow

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Merry widow.

2025 on GFF

It’s been a year like so many others. GFF is chugging along, doing as good as ever ... and even with new content! GFF 2025

Brown & Tan Straggle Caddis Pupa

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Straggle Midge Pupa

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Spring Salmon Fly

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Two Eggs Over Easy

Detailed instructions for tying Two Eggs Over Easy.

Yellow Dancer

Wolly bugger varaiations are unbeatable on still water, and the yellow dancer is no exception. Although it will work all year, it really is a great choice for winter fish.

Wotsit

The Wotsit is essentially just a beefed up mop fly that when fished under the bung, stocked trout love to eat.

Fall Brown Shrimp

Small and simple shrimp pattern made with only a few materials. Check it out. Tight lines, Christian Krogh

Sunray Shadow

Imagine an English gentleman and his wife, in a beautiful, big Jaguar with two 17’ Falcon split cane fly rods strapped to the roof, driving down a small access road to a majestic, Norwegian river a

Soft Hackle Salmon Fly Nymph

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Soft Hackle Salmon Fly Nymph.

Brown Turkey

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Brown Turkey Wet Fly.

Hummer

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

Circus Peanut

The Circus Peanut is one of the flies to kick start our modern articulated streamer craze. This fly was created in the 90's and was one of the first articulated streamers.

Shamelessly simple

Some flies are so simple and use so few materials that it's almost embarrassing. They may even be ugly too ... but most of them are deadly efficient! Shamelessly simple

Moustique du Jura

First CDC Pattern 1920s. This is going to be the first of some videos looking at the history of using what we now call CDC or "duck preen gland feathers" in fly tying.

Ally Shrimp Variant

The original Ally Shrimp is tied by scottish angler Allastair "Ally" Gowans in the 1980's, the Ally Shrimp has produced countless of Salmon in rivers across scandinavia and Scotland.

Black & Yellow Magog Smelt Variant

The Maggot Smelt is originally a streamer-pattern that came out of Montreal and was designed to imitate the favorite landlocked salmon food on Lake Memphremagog, located between Canada and Vermont.

Woodcock Caddis

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EZ Egg Yarn Flashtail

Here's a small water bug that's absolutely killer on stockies. Tied in a range of colours, to suit water clarity or light conditions it will server you well.

Straggle Bung Bug

While these bugs aren't everyone's cup of tea, there's no denying how effective they can be for small stillwater trout, especially stockies.

Rogers Caddis

The sight of a beautiful trout or grayling rising majestically to the surface inhaling an insect is the highlight of many flyfishers dream – the sight that drives us off to the water again and agai

Bead Head Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Bead Head Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph. Join a growing fly tying community on Locals - Dressed Irons Guild - https://diflytying.locals.com/

Calder Fly

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Calder Fly. Join a growing fly tying community on Locals - Dressed Irons Guild - https://diflytying.locals.com/

Green Hornet

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Green Hornet. Join a growing fly tying community on Locals - Dressed Irons Guild - https://diflytying.locals.com/

Floss Grub

Dental floss tape is a cheap and effective material for winding up some simple fly bodies. It’s very good for your teeth too!

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