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2017
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Hairy Drake

The Hairy Drake is another old Earl Madsen fly pattern. Especially useful for daytime fishing during Brown Drake and Hex season.

Chum Slumber

I designed the Chum Slumber for the chum salmon on the west coast and for the pink salmon that are found in the Great Lakes. In particular, the humpies that swim through the St.

Red Butt Chironomid

The Red Butt Chironomid is a great choice for fishing stocked trout ponds, lakes and even deep pockets of rivers where trout hang out.

Rich Strolis's Shimmer Stone Nymph

The first video in the Rich Strolis Nymph Tying Series.....the Shimmer Stone.

Fly Fishing the Smoky Mountains

My first guided trip I ever went on was with Jon Oody from Tennessee Valley Anglers. Jon ignited a passion in me for fly fishing and I looked up to him after that.

French Partridge

Click the link below here you will find the full materiallist: http://www.flytying.eu/product/french-partridge-2696/

Articulated Flesh Fly

The Articulated Flesh fly is simple to fly to tie, but the combination of beads and rabbit make it highly dynamic and great for fishing the west coast and great lakes fall runs.

Ginger Bunny

The Ginger Bunny fly is, in essence, a Flesh Fly. I use a natural ginger rabbit zonker on the fly because of the natural variance of color.

Composite Baitfish

Learn how to tie a simple and effective baitfish pattern that incorporates a single composite loop and a simple ostrich tail.

El Retorno del Rey

King Salmon fishing in the rivers of Coyhaique, Patagonia Chile.

Cotton Candy

The Cotton Candy Tube is one of our favorite winter Steelhead patterns. This is an easy quick must have pattern.

CDC "F" Red Tag

Materials Used: Hook: Tiemco, 103 BL {#15} http://amzn.to/2sxIZ3m Thread: UNI-Thread 8/0 {Black} Tag: UNI-Floss or Silk Floss {Red}

Egan's Tungsten Surveyor

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Nutter Mudder

This is the first fly in my new video series Fly Friday. Every Friday I'll put up a video of new original pattern...until I run out of ideas.

Sparkle Clouser

There are so many variations of the clouser minnow, its hard to keep track of them all. One of my favorites though is this sparkle clouser.

The river, the inspiration and the streamer fly

A film essay on passion

Surgeon General

This is a variation on the Skunk that was originated by Del Copper. It's been a proven fish catcher on the Pacific North West steelhead rivers and also been good with sea-run cutthroat trout.

Bass Bonanza!

Kyle took me out fishing again on his boat and wow! We had a blast! Caught fish non stop! Most of them smallmouth bass, however we caught 5 different species.

Hi-Vis Foam Ant

Ant patterns hold a special place in my fly box, especially throughout the summer.

Trophy trout …with the last cast!

In this episode Simon fished some freestone rivers in the centre of the South Island for beautiful rainbows.

A Man Who Has Never Fished, Has Never Lived

LDT's crew cross the Atlantic ocean to discover the pleasure of salmon fishing in Ireland.

Bleeding Schlappen Leech

The Bleeding Schlappen Leech is a fly I developed for fishing shallow to medium depth lakes in Alberta.

CdC Loopwing Emerger

This is a simple little CdC loop wing emerger that can be adapted to imitate not only midges but also smaller mayflies.

Ninja Diawl Bach

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight Black size 10 Tail, Black Cock Fibres Rib, Red Tinsel or Wire Back, Medium UTC Opal Mirage Tinsel

Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Electra lake is an amazing lake in Southern Colorado. I saw fish stacked heavily, and they were all really nicely sized trout.

Big Pike Fly, part 2

Big pike/muskie/sheatfish/catfish articulated fly. Great swimming action and it is pretty light for its size, so it's easy to cast. (17 cm/ 7 inches long) Jointed, Articulated.

Big Pike Fly, part 1

Big pike/muskie/sheatfish/catfish articulated fly. Great swimming action and it is pretty light for its size, so it's easy to cast. (17 cm/ 7 inches long) Jointed, Articulated.

How to Prepare and Dye Peacock Herl Black

Quick Sight Midge

This extremely easy but very effective quick sight midge is especially for those of us who have some problems seeing small flies at a distance and at night.

Olive Bumble Hedgehog

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Short Shank Special size 10 Thread, Uni-8/0 Chartreuse Tail, Glo-Brite Floss No.10 Flu-Yellow and

Bibio Hoghopper

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Short Shank Special Black size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Detached Body, Black Closed Cell Foam Sheet

Red and silver tinsel tube fly

Tied by Ryan Houston

Purple Steelhead Matuka

The Steelhead Matuka is an adaptation of the New Zealand method of Matuka flies. The traditional Matukas use feathers for the wing, but the steelhead version uses a rabbit strip.

Fat Head Deciever

Muddler, bass flies, smallie on the fly, bucktail, sinking line, push water

Tying Alberta Al's The Canada Streamer

The Canada streamer is another pattern from streamer tyer Alan "Alberta Al" Grombacher. The Canada is Alan's ode to the famous red and white daredevil...

Our Water - Official Trailer

We partnered with Due south Outfitters and Appalachian Furled Leader Co. to put together a film about our public waters.

Iris Caddis

The Iris Caddis is a caddis emerger pattern developed by Craig Mathews of Blue Ribbon Flies. The Iris Caddis is best fished as the caddis pupa are emerging.

Catching fish with my Beard!

Many people have already asked me to tie a fly with my beard hair, so here it is! I cut some hair from my beard, then tied a clouser minnow with it.

4 Eyed Black Betty

The Black Betty is a variant of the Carp Carrot by Jim Pankiewicz which is an adaptation of the Carrot Nymph by Anvil Tartus.

The Mistress

Looks nice, but has a nasty bite to her. Hook: 4/0 Streamer Rear section Tail: Long fiber dubbing brush

Electra Lake Stacked Trout

Electra Lake is an awesome lake with some monster trout! It was Very easy to catch them, at least the day I went.

Golden Dorado River Cruiser

It's an ad OK, but pretty nice...

In Good Hands

In Good Hands— In this episode Fly Fusion Magazine Editor, Derek Bird along with Associate Editor Jim McLennan, explore sections of a remote river using their Water Master rafts in British Col

Lost in the Wild

In the latest New Zealand Episode Simon traveled to the Fj(i)ordland region on the South Island.

Maligne Laker Streamer

The Maligne Laker's red and olive wing is an absolute slammer for fishing mountain brook and rainbow trout.

Rich Strolis's Silly Rabbit

One of my personal favorite fly tyers right now, Rich Strolis ties some of the most CLEAN flies I have ever seen.

Tying Alan Grombacher's Maligne Special

The Maligne Laker's red and olive wing is an absolute slammer for fishing mountain brook and rainbow trout

Egan's GTI Caddis

The GTI caddis as tied by Lance Egan. A great Czech style nymph or all-around caddis.

Brasshawk Carp Fly

The Brasshawk #carp fly pattern was designed by Texas tyer and guide Danny Scarborough. This fly is great for targeting carp in the shallows, 1-4 ft.

Holographic Bloodworm

The Holographic Blood worm is a stillwater trout fly I've been tying for over a decade. It can be fished in lakes under a strike indicator, or on a longer leader.

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