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2020
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Nick Mayer

Nick Mayer's watercolors are large, colorful and stunningly beautiful. Read about his journey from his childhood sketchbook to becoming a full time artist.

Fishing the San Antonio Riverwalk

The San Antonio Riverwalk is a major tourist destination. Probably the top tourist destination for San Antonio. Well that and the Alamo.

Purple Daze

For days when the grayling want a change from pink. A simple to tie purple bug for grayling fishing in Autumn and Winter.

JG Emerger Variant

One of John Goddard's lesser known but extremely effective patterns.

Water Bug Corixa

A little pheasant tail water boatman/Corixa that is super quick to tie and can be fished effectively both wet or dry. Tied only with pheasant tail and moose mane hair.

Lifeboat Dun

The Lifeboat Dun is a great dry fly option for fish that have become a bit selective during a mayfly hatch.

Golden Stonefly

Hook size 12 Thread Rusty Brown 8/0 Dubbing Light Olive Wings Brown Partridge Dyed Yellow Front Hackle of Golden Olive CDC

Stimulator

Our good friend from Sweden - Håkan Karsnäser has been behind the vice again. This time he shows his skills tying his version of the Stimulator, a high-floating imitation of a hatched stonefly.

Smith/Linsenman's Butt Monkey

Scott Smith and Bob Linsenman designed the original Butt Monkey to target Brook Trout in Canada. The result was a pattern that has changed the landscape of streamer fishing.

Woolly Bugger Euro Jig

Detailed instructions for tying a Woolly Bugger Euro Jig. Check out this video from our friends the Jensens on fishing Woolly Buggers - lots of great stuff!

Rhithrogena Germanica Nymph

Another fly with the use of synthetics. They work very well when we want to achieve a copy of a real insect.

Bergman’s Winters

Winters. Classic Winged Wet fly from "Trout"

Sea Trout Fall 2020

Great day catching 26 sea trouts.

Panfish Gurgler

This small top water gurgler is a fly that has caught me lots of fish over the last few trips. There are a lot of little frogs that are hopping all over the place, and they are light colored.

Olive Hot Spot Booby

Watch some cool underwater footage and a full Tying SBS on this Booby Fly, that is kind of a damselfly/dragonfly larvae on steroids ;0) Note how lively it swims, even when it is just standing and w

Orange Jelly Roe

Super easy to tie roe/glo bug pattern. Fabulous for winter fishing for trout, rainbow trout, steelhead and other egg eating fish in rivers and stillwaters.

Albie Whore

Detailed instructions for tying Richard Reagan's Albie Whore.

Taking Twice

We missed this beautiful trout at the first take. Luckily he took again. If you like the videos please consider supporting on Patreon:

Grey Rollover Mayfly

Patsy Deery's Rollover Mayfly is a great choice for blowy days when the fish are up eating duns on the surface. It also makes a pretty decent dapping fly when the mayfly is on,.

Viggo Larsson

Norwegian Viggo Larsson lived in Mo i Rana, a town in Helgeland in Northern Norway

My Favorite Vest

The search for a fly fishing vest is similar to the search for the Holy Grail...never-ending!

Deepwater River Nymph

Great Pattern for Deepwater Hook size 14 Thread Black 8/0 Body Peacock Herls Collars White CDC 2.8mm Tungsten Bead & Wire for weight

CF Baitfish Grizzly

We have had Morten Hansen aka “Coastfly” behind the vice where he is tying a sandeel pattern - the CF Baitfish Grizzly.

Tripod Emerger

Tying and fishing a great dry fly for fast flowing riffles. Tied with a poly-yarn loop wing and legs the Tripod Emerger has three points of buoyancy to keep it afloat in fast water.

My sons first River Trip

Fly fishing on a river has different challenges than just a small lake. I really wanted to take my son out to the river to catch some fish, so he could start to learn how to deal with them.

Olive Brown Scud

Underwater footage and full tying SBS. Scuds are everywhere in salt- and freshwater – and they are active year round.

How to Fish a Corner Pool, Part I

In this great video from Jensen Fly Fishing, Dave explains how to fish the pool below a sharp bend in a river.

Lime George

Tying a Lime George Irish Lough fly

Bjerkreim Fly

Click the link below here you will find the full materialist:

Galloup's Wooly Sculpin

Kelly Galloup's Wooly Sculpin is a single-hooked sculpin imitation that has a near perfect profile when compared to the naturals.

France Fly

Detailed instructions for tying the France Fly.

Galloup's Big Hole Bug

Kelly Galloup's Big Hole Bug is one of the best jig-style streamers around and got its name for its production on the Big Hole River.

Hare's Ear Soft Hackle

A quick and easy Hares ear soft hackle / wet fly that will work just about anywhere.

Ceanis/Trico Spinner

The smallest of the up-winged may flies. Although ideally matched on a # 20-26 hook it is possible to get away with a # 18. A couple of interesting techniques here for the tails and wing.

Klamath Intruder

The Klamath Intruder is one of our favorite Fall steelhead flies. In this video Nick Wheeler shows us how he ties this amazing steelhead fly.

Pheasant Tail Nymph - PTN

One of the most iconics nymphs of all times - The Pheasant Tail Nymph in this video is tied by the skilled Danish flytyer and flyfisher Hanna Bossow Vestergaard.

Ray Bergman Winged Wet Fly

Ray Bergman namesake fly pattern from his seminal work "Trout". In this videos I will tie a Ray Bergman wet fly. The recipe for the video is below.

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.

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