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Genner Bug

Mallard: There\'s absolute nothing original or innovative about this fly. On the contrary: it\'s super simple and has probably been tied in a gazillion variations before. It was inspired by some nice mallard feathers brought to one of our fly-tying and fishing trips. See how it\'s tied here

The Chicken or Pasta Fly

IPSY2K: Too much about airplane food... and too little about fly tying and fly fishing. An ancient pattern from the Illustrated Pattern Swap year 2000. Will it be chicken or pasta?

Buying soft hackle

Shopping: The soft hackle is supposed to be - as the name implies - soft. Soft hackle can come from many birds. Chickens, gamebirds like partridge, grouse and quail, pheasant and even crows and jackdaws. Learn how to select the right here

Rio Grande

Patagonia: The Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego is one of the great trout rivers of Argentina. In this large and windswept river you can catch some of the largest sea run brown trout in the world. Read about this fantastic fishing here.

On a white background

Photography: This article is another photo article, this time teaching you how to get pictures of your gear or your flies on a clean, white background. Learn the technique here

Buying Dry Fly Hackle

Shopping: Learn what to look for when buying feathers for dry fly hackle. How to choose the right saddles or necks and get the most and the best feathers for your purpose. Get some buying tips here.

Teaching and tying in the US

I will be both teaching and tying with the GFF team at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum May 18th. Drop by if you're in the area.

Almost Gone Fishin'

The coming week I will be off fishing a bit. This year's first trip for me. My fishing sure isn`t what it used to be.

6000% profit!

I have been writing about expensive books before, and still maintain a list of ridiculously priced books. Now I bought one of them – at a “normal” price.

That Festival Feeling

Every second year a few thousand fly-fishers and fly-tyers from Denmark and Germany gather ind the southern part of Denmark for the biennial Fly Festival

Intimidated by a streamer

I wanted to tie a Carrie Stevens, Rangerly style New England streamer, but was surprised how hard it actually was

Danish Fly Festival 2013

The biennial Danish Fly Festival will take place the weekend March 23rd and 24th in Kolding in southern Denmark. Want to meet there?

Stimulator

Hammer Creek Fly Fishing ties a Stimulator

Simple Daddy

Olive CDC Garbage Bag Caddis

If you haven't tried to tie caddis wings using a common grocery bag, you have been missing out on a very effective and FREE fly tying material. I use these fly on an almost daily basis. The tan bag is an almost perfect match for the caddis wing. If you want molted wing crumple the bag and use permanent maker on it.

Fishing a small stream part one

Nymph Fishing a Small Stream with a 7´ 3wt fly rod

Gold & Black Wet

Excellent for water veiled and dirty

Italian Wilderness Fly Fishing

Fly fishing in to the Wild contest

White Leg Nymph

Effective nymph surface

One Fly Winners

‘Dream Team’, Chris Tarrant, Geoffrey Palmer and yours truly, successfully defended our winners’ title in this year’s ‘One Fly’ competition by coming joint first with the ‘Fly Fish Map’ team, each with an equal 1510 points.

Hard Body Ant

Hard Body Ant Fly Tying Directions

Fyfishing ICELAND 2011

as always the best

Fyfishing ICELAND 2011

I have been tying for more years then I care to remember. I have to say, I have learned many many new patterns, and a lot of tricks of tying on this site. Thanks.

Permission to copy

Nice web page you've here.

Genner Bug

Thanks Martin:-)

Itu's Bones Q&A

Hi I came across Itu's Bones on You Tube and have since blogged about it on metiefly (itieflies.com). I have been in contact with Itu to congratulate him on his endeavours to date and he has very graciously helped me with some of his own input on my blog... Thanks for all your incredible effort in making this all come true. Please visit my blog to see how the Thames is making a massive comeback in terms of its biodiversity and all the conservation efforts. Best regards and my utmost respect - Mark

Classic Wet Flies

Beautiful tying! I havnt really fished or tied wet flies yet, but im going to tie a few now thanks to your work

BaR: Parts

Excellent article with appropriate photos, many thanks!

Fyfishing ICELAND 2011

Fantastic!

Fyfishing ICELAND 2011

Frank, It should be very easy! Click on the link under the videoand go to Wide Open Outdoor Film. There you can buy DVDs or view the video online. Martin

Fyfishing ICELAND 2011

how do I get a copy of the above..very hard

Shark's Caddis Larva

Tied this pattern for a western river, in central Oregon. Great success! Thank you for sharing this pattern with the inter-web. Although... I did have some trouble keeping some of the bulk down while tying this pattern. Found some Lead Tape that did work wonders. And oddly enough i did tie this pattern with no weight using a small strike indicator and let it dead drift while walking along the bank of the deeper slower moving water sections and i had caught more fish then trying nymph techniques. I had also substituted the Peacock herl for black ice dubbing, and used tan UV Ice Dub for the hare dubbed in with the antron. Real similar, but that extra flash did seem to help quite a bit especially in months when the caddis larva were actually not hatching.

Czech Nymphing

I really love the sanctimonious, holier than thou comments that Czech Nymphing is not truly fly fishing or that it's not pure. Or how about anyone who wants to catch more fish is missing the point of fly fishing. I was 13 when I started fishing and I used crawlers to catch bass. It wasn't until I was 38 that I started fly fishing for trout. I truly love it. However, I would never force my idea of fishing on another person. If it's legal, it's fishing. As for the notion that if your counting how many fish you catch, then you're missing the point . . . the great thing about fly fishing is that you're always learning something new. How exactly do you measure your learning? The fish are the final judges. Certainly, the beauty of my surroundings NEVER goes unnoticed when I'm trying to perfect my dead drift. And on the days that I get skunked? I agree with my fishing buddy who says, "At least it was a nice day out of the house." However, I do get a slight sense of disappointment when I catch nothing. Besides, how many fly fisherman that are purists don't relish those days when they catch 10, 20, or even 30 fish in a short span of time. It merely confirms their dead drift, elk hair caddis was a perfect presentation. It confirms the proportions of the fly they tied were accurate. It confirms the slight variation of color they chose was more effective than the traditional. It confirms that their casting is accurate. All of this reinforcement to come back and do it all over again. Yes, we all need the fish to bite. The tug is the drug.

Aspius

Photographer: David Brejtr

Wild Thames Sea Trout caught and released in the River Thames on a home made fly, just downstream of Richmond Lock, London.

Photographer: Mark Minshull - Metiefly Blog At Itieflies.com

This is a fresh run sea trout caught in the Thames River, London - downstream of Richmond Lock on 6th May 2013. It measured 53.4cm and according to the length weight charts, should weigh circa 3lbs 10oz. It was in full health and was successfully released after a few quick photographs. It is my first ever wild sea trout, hopefully one of many that are returning to the Thames!

Photographer: Mark Minshull

Asp in the wet fly

Photographer: Vilmos Varga

My best reel

Photographer: Vilmos Varga

Hard Place

Photographer: Vilmos Varga

Go home fish

Photographer: Vilmos Varga

Little Duna River

Photographer: Vilmos Varga

www.lavaguada.cl: A dream of brown trout - Rios Patagoniacos - Coyhaique, Chile

Photographer: Ricardo Ordoñez D.

www.lavaguada.cl: Trout and Mouse fly - Rios Patagoniacos - Coyhaique, Chile

Photographer: Ricardo Ordoñez D.

Channel Catfish albino

Photographer: Roberto PAPETTI

Big Bass whit sparkle-dads fly

Photographer: Roberto PAPETTI