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2020
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Foam Black Ant

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Body, Black Closed Cell Foam cut to 2mm thick to 4mm wide and Black Glister

Grey & White Mullet Tarpon Bunny

Materials Used; Hook, Mustad C70S D size 2 Thread, UTC 170 White Tail, White Bucktail Mirror Flash and White Zonker Strip Head, Natural Grey Rabbit Zonker Strip

Hatching Pupa

Detailed instructions for tying Ellis Hatch's Hatching Pupa. Tying table by TieCraft: https://www.tie-craft.com

Quick Foam Hopper

You don't need anything more complicated for fishing a grasshopper. This is a quick and extremely easy pattern that everyone can tie. Just change the colour and size you need to match the hatch.

Black Adult Midge (Duck Fly)

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Czech Nymph size 14 Thread, Uni-8/0 White Rib, Small Silver Wire Tag, White Thread Body, Dyed Black Pheasant Tail Fibres

Small Looped Zonker Streamer

So while this rabbit strip (zonker) style streamer is a relatively simple pattern concept, it still takes some effort to tie correctly and you have to get the proportions just right to make it look

Extreme Stickleback

Interested in going on a hosted trip to ICELAND in Summer 2020? Learn more here: http://iceland2020.net/

Copper Wire Nymph

Copper Wire Nymph - Easy Nymph Dressing Hook - Sprite S2175 #12 Bead - 4 mm Tail - Wood Duck Fiber Body - Tying Wire 0.3mm Thorax - Squirrel Dubbing

Grizzly Muddler

A little twist on a well known classic with a couple old but good techniques. One of my most productive streamers, especially for sea run browns. Hook: Mustad S71 # 4

Green Peter

Tying a Green Peter Salmon Fly Muddler with Davie McPhail Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10 Thread, Uni-8/0 Olive

BWO CDC Emerger

One of the flies I must have in the boxes. Easy to tie and extremely effective on all rivers.

Red Fox

Red Fox - Catskill Dry Fly

Holo-Quill Klinkhammer

Holo-Quill Klinkhammer - A dry fly tied by Italian Umberto Oreglini.

Golden stonefly nymph

Forks are a row of insects found in many colors and sizes. Their diversity comes from several subspecies.

Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear

Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear - Nymph

Grey Fox

Grey Fox - Catskill Dry fly

The GFF Interview

GFF gets too little press coverage, so I interviewed myself, and asked myself a number of intelligent questions and offered some equally brilliant answers.

The Texas Gulf

Seems like every time I go to corpus, I don't catch many fish. There must be a curse because I will only catch when its either too dark to film properly or the camera dies.

Dillon Creek Special

Dillon Creek Special Steelhead Fly Recipe Hook: Your choice steelhead/salmon hook Thread: Red 70d 8/0 Tail: 4 strands of gold Crystal Flash and Guinea fowl fibers

Chocolate & Vanilla Chomper

One of the first patterns I tied and fished. The original had a Raffia shell back. This quick and easy pattern is still catching fish for me today, in both fresh and salt water.

Fly Fishing in the jungle

Hey guys, We made it back safe from another jungle adventure from this past February where we had some great shots at unique fish!

Surf Candy

Detailed instructions for tying Bob Popovic's Surf Candy.

Black Gnat

This # 16 wet fly is loosely based upon Halford's original dry that is still used by a great deal of anglers today.

Headband PTN

Tying and Fishing this great early season fly (and a big trout). Jig Off tungsten beads can used to add weight to nymphs tied on standard hooks.

Camp North

Fly fishing for big arctic char in Greenland. Full version film from our adventure in Greenland this summer.

Magic morning fishing

Fishing sea trout when it is no wind can be challenging, they are easy to spook and hard to fool. But if you stumble upon a group of fish, it can be very exciting!

No Waste CDC Caddis

This Caddis utilizes CDC feathers that have been used already on other flies. Many times (with quite a few patterns) you will use just the tip of the CDC feather.

Bladlusarborten – The Aphid Abortion

When the coastal conditions in Scandinavia tease, the Danish coastal fly fisherman Tobias Park finds the tiniest flies from his fly box. The result often surprises...

The Big Red

Fly fishing for seriously big arctic char in the Swedish Lapland. This is a re-edit of Lapland Dreams 3. Please don't kill these beautiful animals.

Orange Bomber

The Bomber is another great dry fly for Atlantic salmon and works both skated or dead drift depending on the location and mood of the fish.

I Fell Off a Cliff!!

Fly fishing new river with super clear water. Trying to keep it fresh on the channel i decided to explore somewhere new.

Open Wound Jig Nymph

We welcome guest tier Rich Ferrara to tie one of his most succesful jig nymphs, the Open Wound.

Durable flies: Wrapping thread

The basic technique of wrapping thread over - and under - materials is a key to getting flies that will hold well

Controlling Fly Tying Thread Tension

A small demonstration of fly tying thread tension and strength.

Legless at the Orange River

This is the story of how Duggie and Mark (two paraplegics) realized their dream of fishing a remote section of the Orange River.

Kiełż - Scud

Scuds are probably the most popular artificial flies used for nymph fishing. They occur in many rivers and in various colors. It depends on us what color version we will make and in what size.

Last Chance Cripple

Last Chance Cripples mimic an emerging mayfly (PMD to be exact) that has a crippled wing or cannot emerge from its casing.

Bead Butt AKA Jennifer Lopez

The Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez is a great little bug for panfish like bluegill/crappie & red ear, that also works for carp, bass and more. It should be in every warm water fly box.

Red Panama

I have chosen this classic fancy French pattern, not only for it's exquisite proportions and artistry, but also for how many techniques there are to be learned in one single pattern: Tippet tailing

Durable flies: Before you tie

One key to durability in flies is to prepare a bit before starting - and choosing the right hook, thread and materials

Durable flies: Why?

How to tie flies that last more than a cast, a trip, a month... heck, even a year. We're starting a series of articles with some tips on tying durable flies – and keeping them intact.

Making a Whip Finish Tool

This tool is useful for fly tying and lure making. I have made a template for the whip finish tool. The template is published on my Google Drive and Twitter.

River Monster Tries to eat catch and bites angler!

Epsic day in New Zealands Backcounty Fly fishing with my mate Dustin trying his new Fly Tied by Catogory 3 flies. Find it here: http://bit.ly/38RXxQv

Secret New Fly Slays Trout

Busy working and have had no time to go fly fishing, Headed out after work to catch a fish on Category 3s new Fly the Habenero.

Cascade

The Cascade is a fantastic fly from Ally Gowans that has probably overtaken the Ally's Shrimp in popularity across Scotland and beyond. It's a real confidence fly.

Spent Green Drake

Another technique for a spent mayfly.

Golden Olive Hare nymph

Fluorescent colors have always had a good effect on fish bites. Nymph can be made on large and small hooks. Color modifications highly recommended.

Rainbow Warrior Nymph

Size in the range 16-10. Weight at the discretion and needs. A very good nymph for fresh fish, but not only.

Swim Coach

The Swim Coach is a new jointed streamer fly from master fly tier Charlie Craven.

Mayfly Emerger

A real quick and effective mayfly emerger that is a great pattern to have when the hatch is on. Just adjust the hook size and colour to match your hatch.

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