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2012
Date Title Body Image

#153 - Break Water Smelt

Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Streamer Hook #1 8xl Thread: Black Body: Silver flat tinsel...

Rafting, fly-fishing

Hectic but nice raft trip and fly-fishing May 30th 2012

Palometa!

A short vid of Oliver and me flyfishing for Permit in Ascension Bay, Mexico

Ginger Tups

Hook: Grip 14723BL #14, Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, antique gold, Hackle: Hen, pale ginger, Tail: Hackle barbs, pale ginger, Abdomen: Tying silk, Thorax: Tups mixture

Epic Dragon Fly hatch on the Ottauquechee River Vermont

Caught a few trout during a dragonfly hatch on the Ottauquechee River in Central Vermont

Summer Nymph

Flymage Fly Tying Video Series: Chapter #7 Summer nymph. By Mikel Elexpuru. In Spanish but with subtitles.

Fly Fishing Lesotho

Nick and Warren explored small streams in Lesotho in search of wild rainbow trout. It was a fly fishing trip, a bulls party, and an adventure...and it was nothing short of epic!

Muddled Spratley

Hook: Partridge BIN #10, Thread: Uni-thread 8/0, black, Rib: Polar flash, gold, Tail: Grizzly barbs, Body: Yorkshire flybody fur, black (or any semi-coarse black dubbing), Underwing: Cock pheasant

#152 - Hippie Lomac

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Mustad B-17 #2 Thread: Black Tag: Gold embossed tinsel Tail: Peacock sword Body:...

Overgrown

Fly fishing for wild brown Trout on an English Stream. The story of an evening well spent on my favourite overgrown little stream. Armed with a 4' 8" split cane rod and a few mayfly patterns.

New Teaser 3 AITUE

The teaser 3 of 4 of the next Conservation and Flyfishing video of the Patagonia

Hatch Q&A

We posed a series of questions to Nick Reygaert, the filmmaker behind the fabulous video Hatch, which shows a row of different "hatches" around the world. Hear about (video) gear, tight schedules and future plans.

#151 - Lady Dawes

Tied by: David Mac Originated by: David Mac Hook: Martinek Carrie Stevens hook #1 10X Long Thread: Black Body: Silver Mylar tinsel, size 10 Rib:...

Tarpon Toad Fly

A classical "flat head" tarpon fly, which is found in many variations

Lake O Shrimp

Hook: Partridge Jardine Living Nymph Hook (GRS7) #16 (see note), Thread: Uni-thread 6/0, camel, Body: Argentinean hare, light brown, Shellback: 1mm dense foam, brown, Rib: Tying thread, Note: The G

#150 - Cast Hope

Tied by: Selene Dumaine Originated by: Selene Dumaine Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 8xl #4 or #6 Thread: White Body:...

Fly Minute - Is always like this!

This is more a short video about the trout fishing in the highlands of southern Brazil. It shows "rare" situations in our fisheries. ;) ... So let's have fun with them.

Yucatan's Tarpon Flats

We shot this down along the north and gulf coast shorelines of the Yucatan Peninsula. Expansive flats, crazy action, good friends -- all good stuff!

Ora Smith Streamers on Auction

Here is a lovely set of Ora Smith originals on auction. They come wrapped up in an Arne Mason leather fly case. Ora Smith Tandem Streamers

Fishing Dry Flies In The Autumn

Fishing dry flies during the autumn is one of my favorite things to do. Fall colors, bright, crisp but warm days of late September and early October are the best.

#149 - Coho Blue-zer

Tied by: Cory Koenig Originated by: Cory Koenig Hook: Vision 1/0 2xl Thread: 6/0 white Tail: 2 light blue hackle tips flanked by navy blue hackle tips...

#148 - Ginger

Tied by: Don Ordes Originated by: Don Ordes Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook Thread: Black 6/0 Tag: Silver holographic tinsel...

Lough Melvin MayFly (DryFly)

Materials Used; Hook, Kamasan B405 size 12, Thread, Light Cahill Uni-8/0, Tail, Dark Fibres from the back of a Chartreuse Bucktail, Rib, Cahill Thread Coloured with a Brown Marker Body, Cream or Ca

Red Butt Bomber

A Red Tag w5th a bead

#147 - Twizzler

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Thread: Black Tail: Lady Amherst pheasant crest Body: Black floss...

Elk Lake Special

A large and bushy fly

Essential Edwards

You can now enjoy Oliver Edwards' great videos, hang prints with his flies on the wall and even buy his patterns to fish with.

#146 - Kansas City (TCC)

Tied by: Don Soar Originated by: Don Soar Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 8xl Thread: White Tag: Gold flat tinsel Tail:...

Reverse Hackled Dry Fly

Hook: Tiemco 102Y #15, Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black, Hackle: Grizzly, Tail: Grizzly barbs, Body: Muskrat; mole, dyed chestnut - mixed Note: A generic hackled dry fly, to illustrate the Reverse Hack

Double Down Shrimp

Great fly for sight fishing any fish that eats Shrimp!

CCG Glass Sand Eel

Figured it would be fitting to kick off Memorial Day Weekend with a saltwater pattern. Here is a very simple representation of a sand eel for you Striper Fishermen out there.

#145 - Black Beauty

Tied by: Monte Smith Originated by: Jim Deren Source: Forgotten Flies, Schmookler & Sils (1999), Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials Volume 2,...

A Drift Inside

Recently, we joined Göran Andersson of LOOP for a float trip down Oregon's Deschutes River.

Itu's Bones Q&A

Get the fascinating story of the video Itu's Bones when Carl McNiel, the man behind the video, answers our questions and tells how the whole thing started and developed.

Gangsters of the flat

The Winning entry for the inaugural SFA SA Fly fishing film & photographic competition 2012 saltwater edited category.

Bunny Diver

a bunny diver that will work for many species that take a fly on top, both fresh and saltwater. I hope the video will show the techniques that I use.

#144 - Santiam Sunrise

Tied by: Robbie Hiltz Originated by: Monte Smith Source: Tying Classic Freshwater Streamers; Klausmeyer Pg 95 Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Tag: Gold oval...

#143 - Bev's Best

Tied by: Barry Phillips Originated by: Barry Phillips Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook Thread: White 70 denier Tag: Flat gold...

#142 - Champ's Special Streamer

Tied by: Bob Petti Originated by: Frank Congdon Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing: Bates Pg. 253 Hook: Sealey & Sons unknown #5 Thread: Black...

Early fly fishing in Saxnäs with Conductfly

Flyfishing for trout and char in Ransarriver with Conductfly crew, constisting of Markus Mossberg, Viktor Alfredsson, Jacob Eliasson and Patrik Adamsson

FM Tube Fly Brown

Montana Fly

Tying the Montana Nymph

#141 - Sidewinder

Tied by: Eunan Hendron Originated by: Eunan Hendron Hook: Martinek Carrie Stevens hook #2 8X Long Thread: Black Tail: 3 slips each, left and right,...

AITUE / Teaser 2/4

The teaser 2 of 4 of the next Conservation and Flyfishing video of the Patagonia

#140 - Jim Warner's Smelt

Tied by: Jim Warner Originated by: Jim Warner Source: Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon; Dick Stewart & Bob Leeman 1982 pg.38 Hook: Mustad 94720...

Sparkle Pupae Jig Variant

A variant of the classic "Lefontaine's Deep Sparkle Pupae" tied on a Hanak H400BL Jig hook.

Firebead Soft Hackle Sowbug

This is a pattern that some crafty fly tier on the Bighorn River came up with. It works like hotcakes in the spring, especially on tailwaters like the Bighorn.

3 Patterns of the Blue Winged Olive

BWOs Materials List; Hook, Partridge of Redditch Barbless size 20, Thread, Veevus Olive 16/0, Tail, Coq de Leon Fibres, Bodies, Turkey Biot or Finese Dubbing dyed Blue Winged Olive, Hackle, Natural

#139 - Primary Smelt

Tied by: Ken Craigue Jr. Originated by: Ken Craigue Jr. Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer Hook #2 8xl Thread: White 210 denier Tag:...

Carrie Stevens Black Ghost on Ebay

A rare Carrie Stevens Black Ghost is available right now on eBay. I think the price tag is a bit on the high side without a card and signature, but...

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