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2021
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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.

Foam Hawthorn

When it comes to fly fishing this is one fly that works. If you're fly fishing for river or lake fish then you need this dry fly.

Salmon Shrimp

The king of the river - the mighty salmon is the stuff dreams are made of for many fishermen - and women - around the world.

Sedgehog Bibio

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Olive Quill Nymph

The fly was made on the Hanak H310BL # 12 hook. The combination of materials allows for very interesting effects and the addition of fluo orange, which is always attractive.

Ally's Shrimp

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Fontanalis Fin

This is tied as listed in Ray Bergman's "Trout".

Sucker Spawn

Tie the SUCKER SPAWN...a FAVORITE winter fly!

Blanco River and Guadalupe State Park

The Blanco and Guadalupe River are two rivers that are close to San Antonio where I live. I had not fished the Blanco River State Park before so I decided to head up there and give it a try.

Shenk's Sculpin

An oldie but a goodie, Shenk's sculpin is a deadly little streamer pattern that works for trout and bass anywhere you find sculpins, bullheads, miller's thumbs or similar small minnows.

Olive Irish Ace of Spades

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Spent Early Smoky-Winged Caddis

Detailed instructions for tying a Spent Early Smoky-Winged Caddis.

CDC Emerger

In todays fly tying tutorial Morten "coastfly" Hansen is tying up a CDC emerger. Colors are endless in this allrounder so feel free to adapt this to match the hatch in your homewater!

Fern Fly (Moth)

Mary Orvis Marbury aka "Mom" and Ray Bergman versions.

Soft Hackle Dry Fly

This is a really interesting dry fly that ive tied quite a few times for a customer of mine named Andrew.

Simple Squirrel Zonker

Zonkers and wooly buggers are my two go to streamers for trout... I believe in them that much that i rarely tie any other of them. Of course, i have couple of variations on each.

Magic Fly

The color "salmon" has within the last few years gained massive popularity. It has proven to be a successfull color for many patterns.

Cascade Turbo Tube

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Super Simple Cicada

Detailed instructions for tying a Super Simple Cicada.

Lunn's Particular

Classic Dry Fly Tying. Please Subscribe & Follow me on my other Socials.

Quill Gordon

Detailed instructions for tying a Quill Gordon dry fly.

Furled Chimarra Caddis Larva

Detailed information for tying a Furled Chimarra Caddis Larva fly.

Diamond Bait

Trout and other predators hunting baitfish in shallow waters can be tricky. You need a baitfish-imitation with minimum of weight and the realistic and lively look of small baitfish.

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