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2020
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Green Machine

One of the great Canadian surface flies for salmon and steelhead. As you are probably aware I'm a sucker for deer hair patterns and this is one of my favorites for salmon and sea run browns.

Sofa Pillow

hook mustad 9672 sizes 4 to 10 thread 6/0 denville brown tail red goose quill segment body red floss wing red fox squirrel tail hackle brown saddle hackle

Easy Gammarus

Tie Simple & Catch more Fish Hook size 10 Lead Foil Thread Light Olive 6/0 Clear Stretch Elastic Ostrich Herl for Body

The Most Effective Midge

This is my favourite Pattern, I have had some great days fishing with these Midge Size 12-14-16 works really well, especially in first 3 Seasons

Atto Nymph

Tying and fishing a small effective nymph for trout and grayling. A very quick and simple tie. All you need is a couple of inches of organza ribbon, a sharpie pen and a bit of squirrel dubbing.

Bully Bluegill

A great fly pattern is one that is not only effective, but also very easy to tie. This fly is just that.

Una - The One

A Fly Fishing & Conservation Documentary. "This film is more, much more than the ordinary fly fishing film [...], this film is a shout to the world!" - lemouching.com

Grizzly Candy

Flybuilding instead of flytying… using only UV-resin to secure the materials instead of tying thread you will get a super strong fly and avoid the trouble with a whip-finisher… A very simple f

Carrot Nymph

Very Successful Pattern for a Brown Trout & Grayling Hook size 14 Bead 3mm Tungsten Thread Hot Orange 8/0 Tail Grey Partridge Body Orange Spanflex

Attaching leader to fly line with a handshake

Handshake connection to attach a leader to fly line. Do it the correct way! Perfection loop - https://youtu.be/idhu1CJ6nDg

Small CDC Comparadun

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry size 16 Thread, Uni-8/0 Lt-Cahill Tail, Coq de Leon Fibres Body, Light Olive CDC Feather

Douglas Salmon Camp Swinger

Detailed instructions for tying the Douglas Salmon Camp Swinger. Douglas Outdoors: https://douglasoutdoors.com

Chartreuse and Silver Flashtail Beast

The scandinavian fly-fisher and fly-tyer Morten Valeur - and one of the persons behind Ahrex Hooks - love flyfishing for perch, where his flies and techniques have been refined for three decades.

Transparent Quill Nymph

Synthetic materials offer many possibilities.

Flashback Stalking Chomper

This variation on an old stalwart is a great stalking bug that remains popular for sight fishing small still waters.

South Texas fishing with a 3wt

I went fishing with my new Risen 3wt fly rod. The Genesis rod and new Armor 2 reel. Great setup for under $200! This thing performed wonderfully on the bass, sunfish and Rio Grand cichlids!

Midnight Purple Dog Nobbler

Ok... I have a thing for purple and black flies and jigs.

Flash Back Pheasant Tail Nymph

This is a Great Pattern for Large Still Water & Lake, also for Rivers just add a bit more Weight,

Barney Google Midge Pupa

The Barney Google is a fly originally tyed by Richard Walker and from his book Fly Dressing Innovations, it represents a phantom midge.

Rough Olive

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Mad Magenta

Fontalis Fin

The Fontalis Fin is a classic American wet fly, presented in Ray Bergman’s book Trout. Easily recognized by its bright colored wings in orange, black and white.

Western Coachman

The Royal Coachman is a dry fly I have fished before, and absolutely love! I also love the Royal Wulff as well which is very similar with a different tail.

Queen of Waters

Amateur tying of a very old fly pattern called "Queen of Waters". Ray Bergman recipe.

Catching Ridiculously Big Mega Trout on Fly!

Day 2 fly fishing for and catching giant mega trout. we landed just over 100 lbs this day [some fish didn't make the video]. Ridiculous fishing for amazing trout

Perdigon

So the perdigon fly has become very popular in recent months, and for good reason.

Sandwich Spider

A versatile lightly weighted spider pattern.

Whisky Muddler

This little muddler is a real fish catcher. More compact than the traditional whisky fly, this still causes plenty of disturbance but is more likely to elicit a positive eat.

Large Mayfly Nymph

A nice pattern for most of the larger mayfly nymphs. Not only an easy but semi realistic tie but an extremely effective pattern with some good techniques that can be used for other nymphs.

Euro Hooker

This fly came about when I was trying to make a 'Euro' version of Charlie Craven's Two Bit Hooker. I'm not saying it's as good as the original, but it sure does catch a lot of fish.

Black Ge' Fly

It is pike-time… and this time we have had Jesper Lindquist behind the vice.

Fly Fishing for Giant Mega Trout in the Snow!

First video from my down south series. Fishing for and catching giant mega trout on the fly fishing rods from a crazy good river.

Mega Trout caught Fly Fishing!

2nd Part of Day 1 fly fishing for mega trout, we catch a few Giant rainbow trout to round off the day. NZ Fishing FLIES: https://bit.ly/32s25w6

Kate McLaren Muddler

The Kate McLaren is a great fly in its own right, this muddler version just adds a bit more fish pulling power.

Quill Jig River Nymph

This is a great River Pattern Hook size 16 Jig with 2.8mm Tungsten Slotted Bead Thread Glo-Brite no12 & Black Body Dyed Yellow Quill from the Eye

Hot Hare's Ear Suspender Buzzer

This suspender buzzer is a great choice for those dull overcast days where the UV index is high, the fluorescent material really pops in those conditions helping the fish to pick the fly out.To sup

Pheasant Tail Shuttlecock

The shuttlecock is one of the most popular still water dry flies with good reason.

Green Peter Octopus

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Making Orkney Peach Dubbing

As promised here's the video of how to prepare your own Orkney peach dubbing.

Watten Warrior

Although it hails from Loch Watten in Caithness, the Watten Warrior is effective anywhere you're fishing wets for browns.

Yellow Tip

Billy Quail's yellow tip is a simple but very effective little fly for calmer conditions.

Doobry

The Doobry is an excellent bumble style attractor pattern that is loved by both wild and stocked fish. Certainly it should be in your box if fishing the lochs of Western Scotland.

Reverse Jam Hitch

Wayne Luallen demonstrates a reverse jam hitch, a hitch that will add less thread and bulk to you flies.

Mayfly Wet

Heres an older pattern for a wet mayfly that can still hold its own today.

CDC Emerger Mayfly

A superb little CDC generic mayfly emerger that ticks all the boxes when the hatch is on. Tied in most sizes and colour combinations this is one of my top trout flies.

Simple Caddis Larva

A very simple yet functional caddis larva that can be tied in various colours and sizes.

Morrish Mouse

THE fly for predatory nighttime feeders...

Purple Haze

This extremely popular attractor started life as a parachute Adams with a purple body. There are many interpretations of the purple haze, this is just one of them.

Franke Shiner

Detailed instructions for tying Floyd Franke's Shiner.

Thunder & Lightning Var.

In this video Lars Chr. Bendtsen ties his hairwinged version of one of the most classic salmon flies.

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