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2021
Date Title Body Image

Caddis Pupa

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Pine Squirrel Cormorant

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Greenwells Bloa

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Banana Zonker

Top producing fly for large Scandinavian fresh run salmon. This tube fly is tied by Danish Bo Nielsen, and is his version of Swedish Micke Andresson’s Bananen or the Banana Fly.

Orange Tube with black woolhead

Large dark tube fly tied by Henrik Kure Nielsen.

Large CDC Olive Mayfly

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Small Dark Olive Parachute

A basic parachute dry fly tied by Scottish Davie McPhail. Materials Used;

Caddis Fly

The Feather Mechanic ties the Caddis Fly from the book "The Feather Mechanic" by Gordon van der Spuy. www.thefeathermechanic.com

4 species in one day

So I wrap up the final day fishing at six lakes in Utah with an amazing day! I caught so many fish I couldn't believe it.

Polyknot Caddis

Tying a great caddis/sedge pattern with just poly yarn and ribbon. This is a great fly for fishing on its own as a dry fly or in a duo with a nymph tied to the eye of the caddis.

Most Powerful Trout Ever!

I took a week long fishing trip out to 6 lakes in Utah, just outside of salt lake. I drove from my house in San Antonio Texas, and stopped half way at my cousins house in Farmington New Mexico.

Super Stretch Caddis Pupa

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Simple Banana Tubefly

The Banana Fly - originally tied by Swedish flyfisher and tyer Mikael Andersson has a gained large success all over Scandinavia.

Mantis Shrimp Variant

The grand-old-man in saltwater-flyfishing and -tying Bob Veverka created the famous pattern The Mantis Shrimp.

Polar Magnus

The black and grey colors of the grizzly combined with at pink collar is the key-ingredient of the famous Polar Magnus - one of the most popular flies for the danish coastal flyfishing for sea-run

Spey Baitfish

In todays tutorial Oliver is tying up a super nice baitfish! In Olli´s own words:

Omoe Brush - Omø Børsten

This fly imitates ragworms and is particularly catchy in spring, but it is also successful on summer nights. This fly has to be fished slowly and calmly.

KLG Sulphur Frenchie

Detailed instructions for tying a KLG Sulphur Frenchie.

The San Juan River 3 years later

I am so happy to have been able to take a trip back to the San Juan River. The San Juan is where I got my start videoing my fishing adventures.

Behind the scenes at the Airflo factory

I traveled to the UK with a buddy of mine, Tim Rajeff, to create a short film about how Airflo fly fishing lines are created in the U.K.

CDC Upright Spinner

An allround pattern for imitating spinners is a must-have for the dryflyfisher.

Floating Nymph

With the mayfly season just around the corner, it is like christmas for dry-fly fishers at the moment.

Blue Quill Parachute

Detailed instructions for tying a Blue Quill parachute style fly.

Hare's Ear Parachute

Detailed instructions for tying a Hare's Ear Parachute fly.

Cutcliffe’s Wet Fly Formula

I love Cutcliffe and his 1863 book "The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Streams". I also love Tenkara.

GFF Survived!

Some of you may have noticed that it’s been awfully quiet here lately. Covid was here…

Exe Fly

This is a Roger Woolley pattern. He was a professional fly dresser from the UK who was a big fan of West Country or Devon style stiff hackle wet flies. HC Cutcliffe is perhaps the

Flyfishing French Alpes

Rabbit Crack

So earlier this week I made a review video on a dubbing brush table I recently got. In the video I showed a sped up video of me tying this fly. Here is the full video.

Big Fish in the City

The titel says it all! Enjoy the video :)

Brand New Brush Table

I got this brand new dubbing brush table from Oasis Benches. They have been out for less than a month at the time of this video.

Gulf of Mexico Fishing in a Tropical Storm

I was able to make another fishing trip down to Corpus Christi Texas to do some gulf saltwater fishing for redfish and speckled trout.

Grannom/Greensleeves Soft Hackle

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Fishing For Huge Pre Spawn NZ Trout

Fishing back down in the south island of New Zealand for some Huge rainbow and brown trout.

Mickey Foam

Elegantly and slowly sipping trouts are the image most flyfishers get when we speak of trouts feeding on the surface. But what we often forget is, that trouts are predators and even cannibals.

Burnt Flame Scud

Scud in both saltwater and freshwater is an important pattern to have in the box. It is a rich food-source, and the flyfisher and tyer knows it often can do the trick.

Siligum Caddis

Fly tying and fishing a cased caddis imitation. Glass embroidery beads make an easy neat head and silicone legs add a bit of movement on this one.

Hair Wing Dun

A new series of videos for those that are new to fly tying, to accompany my new book, 'fly tying for beginners' out later this year.

UV Zonker

A new series of videos for those that are new to fly tying, to accompany my new book, 'fly tying for beginners' out later this year.

Hare's Ear Nymph

A new series of videos for those that are new to fly tying, to accompany my new book, 'fly tying for beginners' out later this year.

Pheasant Tail Nymph

A new series of videos for those that are new to fly tying, to accompany my new book, 'fly tying for beginners' out later this year.

Flying Ant

A new series of patterns for those that are new to fly tying. Here I am showing techniques that may look challenging, but are totally achievable with a little patience and practice.

Rusty Spinner

Detailed instructions for tying a Rusty Spinner. This is part of a series of Tim Flagler's collaboration with Fly Tyer Magazine.

Long Chenille Fur Fish

In todays fly tying tutorial Oliver Oelze is tying his Long Chenille Fur Fish

Caddis Pupa

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F-Fly

Detailed instructions for tying Marjan Fratnik's F-Fly.

Hedgehog Daddy Long Legs

A high floating daddy longlegs can be a key fly on a windy day on the lake.

Royal Charlie

Royal Charlie spider pattern a la Hunt circa 1930s. North Country Flies - Yorkshire Spider.

Blue Holographic

Perdigon flies are pretty simple flies to tie, yet very effective. They are tied on jig hooks with tungsten slotted beads to make it swim hook point up.

Liquorice Allsort

The liquorice allsort is essentially a claret bumble muddler variant that originated in Scotland's central belt and has become popular among loch fishers as far afield as the Shetland islands.

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