Oct 12. 2023
Two Bit Hooker
Probably one of the heaviest small nymphs you can fish. With two tungsten beads, this will sink to where the fish are instantly. Great for fast moving water or deep pools. A great lead fly as well to get an unweighted trailing nymph down as well. Originally tied by Charlie Craven @CharliesFlyBox this has become a very popular fly for western fisherman.
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12 months 2 days
Oct 10. 2023
Governor
Governor wet fly. Recipe from Bergman’s Trout.
The fly is very old and comes to the US from England.
Hook - wet fly hook - I use size 10 but you can go bigger and maybe even down to 14.
Tag - red floss
Body - peacock herl
Hackle/beard - brown hen cape
Wing - Mottled brown turkey quill slips
Head - black
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12 months 4 days
Oct 9. 2023
MUST-HAVE Fly Tying Materials!
Andy Kitchener of Semperfli shares his MUST-HAVE materials when tying flies! Contact me with your favorite materials! https://bit.ly/45ZChW2
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1 year 19 hours
Oct 7. 2023
Canyon Caddis
This is a fly that was designed for a wooded canyon on one of the author’s favourite small rivers where the water has carved out a deep narrow channel through the limestone
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1 year 2 days
Oct 5. 2023
Zebra Midge
The Zebra Midge is probably is one of the most popular flies around the world. It's simple to tie, is weighted and represents a midge pupa or emerger quite well. It can be tied in a number of different colors, from black like I tied here today, to olive (for a BWO or even caddis pupa), red (for an annelid), even colors like chartreuse, hot pink, what have you.
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1 year 4 days
Sep 30. 2023
Fly Fishing with Streamers for BIG Brown Trout!
I was trudging up the creek completely miserable… and quite honestly I should have turned around a half hour ago. At this point I was so wet that I couldn’t keep the water from running into my eyes, my hoodie weighed twice what it had at the beginning of the day, and I might as well have been wet wading. I was becoming increasingly cold but this wasn’t an unfamiliar feeling.
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1 year 1 week
Sep 28. 2023
June
Step by Step showing you how to tie the June wet fly from Ray Bergman's book Trout (page 434, plate #4).
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1 year 1 week
Sep 24. 2023
Fly Fishing Greenland
For us, the draw of exploration never fades. New places, cultures, and fisheries are the driving force behind the Yellow Dog brand.
When Greenland came on our radar, we weren't entirely sure what to expect—but were quickly blown away by the scenery, the seemingly never-ending rivers, and the thousands of massive Arctic char we could see only feet from the river's edge.
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 24. 2023
Luboš Roza's Rockerka
Fly Tying World Championship Winning Flies. The Rockerka is one of Luboš Roza's most effective flies, and he's won a lot of competitions using it. In this fly tying tutorial, he'll show us the fastest and easiest way to tie it. The entire body is made of CDC because this pattern is meant to float high and long.
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 24. 2023
French Style Tactical Nymph
Materials Used;
Hook,Fulling Mill Jig Force 35045 size 16
Thread, Uni-8/0 Olive Dun
Tail, Whiting Fiery Ginger Coq De Leon
Body, Dyed Yellow Peacock Quill with Herl
Hackle, Dyed Olive CDC
Thorax, Olive Brown Tactical Microflash Dub UV
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 24. 2023
Missing Link
This wonderful little pattern from fly tyer Mike Mercer is a great all-rounder that was originally designed as a crippled caddis fly, but it can be fished successfully under most hatches and conditions. Pay special attention to the proportions and amount of material, as it can be easily overdressed.
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 24. 2023
Copper Depth Charge French Style Nymph
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 24. 2023
Galactic Ant
The Galactic Ant is a pattern that Lance and I kind of dreamed up one day at the front desk. It shares elements of many very effective flies, and is a great option for a high-vis, high floating foam fly that still maintains a small profile. Swap out colors at will to match local insects!
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 22. 2023
Doing a Step-By-Step
This article teaches you how to do a proper series of step-by-step photos of a fly pattern being tied - also known as an SBS.
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 21. 2023
Bobber Stop Worm
Wriggling is a coiling and uncoiling behavior of a larva or worms body. It is a characteristic movement of Chironomids as shown at the start of this video clip and also often seen in the annelids--the phylum consisting of terrestrial and aquatic worms as well as leeches. Chironomid larva and annelids are generally thought to be what the San Juan Worm emulates.
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1 year 2 weeks
Sep 17. 2023
Mörrum - The Best Flies
A really beautiful book about a very important Swedish river and - not least - a group of its most productive anglers and their flies.
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1 year 3 weeks
Sep 17. 2023
Gummityven (Rubber Thief) Grey
Hi there.
Got another flytying tutorial ready and this time with a variant of a favorite. My pattern GUMMITYVEN in a grey version. Translucent and with a lot of feathers and rubber legs to attract the sea trout.
Check it out and preferably even liking and subscribing for more content.
Tight lines, Christian Krogh
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1 year 3 weeks
Sep 13. 2023
Neoprene Beetle
This neat little beetle’s body is made from extruded neoprene cord, which is widely available and a really useful tying material
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1 year 3 weeks
Sep 12. 2023
Simple Yarn Nymph
It’s old and often cited knowledge that trout and grayling find most of their food sub surface. And it’s true. That makes it important to carry imitations of the food items the fish are used to seeing. Caddis nymphs, stonefly nymphs, scuds and of course may fly nymphs. The Simple Yarn nymph is an easy to tie fly and just as easy to adjust in size and colour to match different species.
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1 year 3 weeks
Sep 10. 2023
FISK - scaled-up
This book features some stunning images of fish! It’s a Danish book, but I think it deserves some attention here anyway
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1 year 4 weeks
Sep 10. 2023
Five Fly Fishing Things You Need!
Contact me for my list of Confidence Flies: https://bit.ly/45ZChW2
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1 year 4 weeks
Sep 8. 2023
CDC Waterhen Bloa
Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill size 14 Competition Heavyweight
Thread, Uni 8/0 Yellow
Body, Fulling Mull Euro Nymph Dark Hare's Ear Dubbing or Mole
Hackle, Natural Grey CDC Feather
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
Golden Goby 3.0
Hi
Brand new tutorial for one of my classics and favorites patterns The golden Goby, in an updated version. Easy to tie and kept in the right color for autumn and spring fishing for sea trout. It’s not very exciting to look at or anything special, but gets the job done. A real fishing fly. Durable, translucent and effective. Check it out.
Tight lines, Christian Krogh
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
SloMo Shrimp Salmon
SloMo Shrimp is a shrimp fly that is perfect for coast and fjord flyfishing, and with its foam back has a unique property to hang weightlessly in the water, without sinking or floating on top. Here you get a fly that is suspending and can be fished in slow motion... The fly is still lightly weighted on the underside, which makes the fly always go perfectly in the water.
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
DDH Leech
Detailed instructions for tying Stu Thompson's DDH Leech.
Recipe:
Hook: Heavy wire salmon/steelhead hook (here, a Dai-Riki 899), size 6.
Thread: Black UTC 140 Denier.
Eyes: Medium-sized, gold bead chain eyes.
Tail: Olive woolly bugger marabou.
Body: Olive Arizona Simi Seal dubbing.
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
Under the surface
A little underwater footage I made last summer. I do have some concerns that not all the salmon in the video is wild. But coming from the local open net pens in the area, escaped the pens.
“The greatest gift you can give to another fisherman is to put a good fish back.”
-- Lee Wulff
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
What happened to GFF?
For a painfully long time in August 2023 the Global FlyFisher was dead and gone. Our DNS-provider stumbled and took all their clients with them in the fall.
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
Squirmy Wormy Jig
Here we will be tying the controversial "fly" Squirmy Wormy on a jig hook. Many anglers don't even recognise this one as a fly at all. However the Squirmy is made out of the very flexible Squirmy material and it's very much alive in the water. Then red or pink colour of it remind a bit to normal worms when it gets in the water so I personally don't blame anglers who use it.
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
Zebra Midge
Here we will be tying the fly Zebra Midge by mr. Ted Welling. The fly is originally from the state of Arizona but have become known worldwide. great option for both stream and lake fishing. The fly catches both brown trout and arctic char. Simple to tie and totally worth keeping a few in your box when you go fishing.
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
Black Ghost Mini Rabbit
Here we will be tying a Mini Sunburst version of the famous Black Ghost by mr. Herbert Welch, in my own version I fish a LOT. This fly is a great option for lake fishing but I'd dress is heavier for deeper running water. The fly catches both brown trout and seatrout, and even salmon. Black Ghost by mr. Welch first came out around 1927 and has been tied in multiple versions ever since.
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1 year 1 month
Sep 8. 2023
GFF is still alive!
The site is back and in operation, but the downtime has led to some unfortunate errors, which I’m trying to fix as you read this
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1 year 1 month
Aug 16. 2023
Keeper Kebari
This is a video of Chris Stewart's Keeper Kebari. https://www.tenkarabum.com/keeper-kebari.html
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1 year 1 month
Aug 16. 2023
Synthetic Clouser Minnow
Detailed instructions for tying a Synthetic Clouser Minnow. This is part of a series of Tim Flagler's collaboration with Fly Tyer Magazine. Check out his article about the fly in the Autumn 2023 issue of Fly Tyer Magazine: https://www.flytyer.com/tie-a-better-clouser/
Recipe:
Hook: 2/0 saltwater hook such as an Ahrex SA210 Bob Clouser Signature hook.
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1 year 1 month
Aug 16. 2023
Pro Sportfisher Caddis
Caddis dry flies are a must have in every dry fly box, and in this video we have put danish flytyer and flyfisher Lars Chr. Bentsen behind the vice to demonstrate his bid on a super floatent caddis imitation. Lars tells about the fly. "Using the pre cut and pre printed Caddis Wings from Pro Sportfisher makes is easy and fast to tie a caddis dry fly with a perfect profile.
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1 year 1 month
Aug 16. 2023
Dave's More Bitchin' Bream Fly
This little Charlie style pattern was given to me by @flynomadic999 on a recent trip to Hamamatsu where we ended up fishing black bream. It accounted for one of the best days the guide has ever had with me having 9 to hand. A good day down on Hamanako lagoon is 2-3 fish.
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1 year 1 month
Aug 16. 2023
Golden Woolly Bugger
Detailed instructions for tying a Golden Woolly Bugger.
Recipe:
Hook: 6X-long streamer hook (here, a Lightning Strike ST5), size 8.
Bead: Gold Cylops bead, 5/32-inch.
Weight: Lead-free round wire, .020.
Thread: Wood duck or gold, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Tails: Ginger marabou.
Flash: Gold Holographic Flashabou.
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1 year 1 month
Aug 14. 2023
Do You Know Your Materials? CDC
Another Know Your Materials video, this time it's about CDC. It's just brief introduction. However, as always, use your imagination and respect the nature of the material to get best results...
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Vladimir
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1 year 1 month
Aug 11. 2023
Light Ginger Quilled Diawl Bach
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1 year 1 month
Aug 11. 2023
Gaula Green Park Shrimp
A new twist on one of the most effective modern salmon salmon flies! This Park Shrimp variant has been very popular this season. I have tied this in a small size 12 as I can see it being very effective for low water grilse in tidal sections of rivers.
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1 year 1 month
Aug 11. 2023
Summer Steelhead Intruder Fly
In this video I will show you how to tie a summer steelhead intruder fly step by step. This is a great fly pattern to swing for steelhead in summer or winter to be honest!
Flies & Fly Tying Materials
- https://bit.ly/jerryfrenchsignatureflies
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1 year 1 month
Aug 11. 2023
Eddie's Shrimp
Materials Used:
Hook- Size 8 Double
Thread- Uni 8/0 White
Tag & Rib- Oval gold tinsel
Rear & Front body- Chinese red uni floss
Mid hackle- Sunburst cock hackle
Front hackle- Bright red cock hackle
Finish with a pair of Jungle Cock eyes
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1 year 1 month
Aug 10. 2023
Stephen's Certainty Muddler
Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10
Thread, Uni-8/0 Black
Tail, Olive Marabou
Rib, Blue Holographic Tinsel
Body, Olive Marabou
Hackle, Dyed Hot Orange Grey Partridge
Head, Blue Deer Hair.
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1 year 2 months
Aug 10. 2023
Uke's Brown Bug
Detailed instructions for tying Tom Ukena's Brown Bug.
Recipe:
Hook: Jig hook, here, Lightning Strike JF2, size 14.
Bead: 7/64” gold slotted tungsten bead.
Thread: Rusty brown UTC 140.
Weight: .020 lead-free round wire.
Tail: Medium Pardo Coq de Leon fibers.
Rib: Small sized red Ultra wire.
Collar: Black permanent marker.
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1 year 2 months
Aug 10. 2023
Grizzly/tan shrimp
Hi there
Been busy fishing all summer but now it’s time for a few more tutorials before the fly tying season really kicks in. This time another shrimp- a grizzly and tan shrimp. Hope you’ll check it out and subscribe for more content.
Tight lines, Christian Krogh
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1 year 2 months
Aug 9. 2023
Olive Wooly Bugger Variant
The classic all-round streamer pattern, the Wooly Bugger has been used for species all over the world and has proven its sucess again and again. The long soft tail gives the fly a movement that really can get the attention of predators.
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1 year 2 months
Aug 5. 2023
KHK13 Zonker
This famous Mörrum fly is named after the late Karl-Heinz Kleine, who besides a lot of impressive catches is known for a massive sea run brown at 13 kg – hence the name. A fly made for the early springer-fishing and especially for the fishing in the darkest hours of the day in the search for the biggest fish in the river. This zonker version is a great autumn fly.
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1 year 2 months
Aug 5. 2023
Nyblom Caddis
This popular Finnish pattern, is a Goddard variant with a parachute hackle. I'v been tying these up for a fishing trip in August to the Finnmarksvidda, in the very North of Norway, where caddis flies are most defiantly on the menu!
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1 year 2 months
Aug 5. 2023
Foam Bibio Pomonae
It's that time of year again when old red legs hatches in great numbers! This is a very easy but extremely effective bibio dry fly pattern that has worked for me for decades. Also some very neat techniques for making the hairy red back attractor legs and a segmented foam body.
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1 year 2 months
Aug 5. 2023
Yellow Owl Curlybum Emerger
CDC Feathers..https://premierangling.ie/product/ultra-select-cdc-2-grams-bags/
Materials Used;
Hooks, Fulling Mill All-Purpose size 12
Thread, Uni-8/0 Light Cahill
Tail, Whiting Coq de Leon Medium Pardo
Body, Dyed Yellow Peacock Quill from the Eye Feather
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1 year 2 months
Aug 5. 2023
Copper Hare's Ear Nymph
Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 14
Tying Wire, Veniards X-Fine Copper Wire 0.125mm
Tail, Pheasant Tail Fibres
Rib. Copper Wire
Body, Fulling Mill Euro Nymph Flash Dub Light Hare's Ear UV
Thorax Cover, Pheasant Tail Fibre
Thorax, Natural Grey CDC Fibre
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1 year 2 months