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2020
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Coffin Fly

Coffin Fly - Dette '70s Version

Foam Post March Brown

A simple but extremely effective March Brown emerger that can be tied in sizes 10-16. The foam post and parachute hackle give perfect presentation and will float all day long.

Three simple dubbing techniques

This is another very important tutorial, illustrating how the same dubbing can be used in three different techniques for three very different results.

McLeod's Olive

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 14 Thread, Uni-8/0 Olive Tail, Olive Hen or Cock Fibres Rib, Small Gold Tinsel

Grizzly Cat's Whisker Lure

Great Pattern All Year Round Hook size 8 Thread, Chartreuse Tail White Marabou Body Fluro Chartreuse Chenille & Grizzly Hen Hackle Bead 4mm Red

Brown Ostrich Nymph

The Ostrich Nymph is a classic suggestive pattern that has falen from popularity somewhat-it shouldn't have! It can be tied in a range of sizes and colours to suit a variety of situations.

Iain Bain Special

Iain Bain Special Variant (Shrimp Style) This is a link to Iain tying the original Ian Bain Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q42rS6kyI24

Wood Duck Nymph

Detailed instructions for tying a Wood Duck Nymph.

Muskrat Nymph

A little variant of Andre Puyan's famous Muskrat mayfly nymph. Hook: Mustad S60 nymph hook # 8-14 Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown Tail: Moose body hair

March Brown spider

Skykomish Sunrise

Materials Used; Hook, Daiichi 2051 size 3/0 Black Threads, Uni-8/0 White and then finish the head with Black 8/0 Tag, Small Oval Silver Tinsel

Pink Lady

Pink Lady - Catskill Dry Fly Tying Hook - Sprite S1401 #12 Thread - Waxed 12/0 Tan Tail - Ginger Rooster Body - Pink Silk Ribbing - Gold Tinsel

Puterbaugh Caddis Variant

Detailed instructions for tying a Puterbaugh Caddis Variant. Tying table by TieCraft: https://www.tie-craft.com

CDC Bubble Caddis - The Grannom

Materials Used; Hook Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly size 14 Thread, Uni-8/0 Rusty Dun Wing, Natural CDC Feathers and Elk Hair Body, Natural CDC Dubbing

Looking for mice

Size 30 Black Beauty Midge

Midges are small, at least the vast majority of them are. Especially in western tail waters like the San Juan river.

Fly Fishing During Pandemic!

Crazy times where are living in right now, this is potentially the last time I can fly fish for trout in at least 4 weeks. This pandemic is out the gate, hope everyone stays safe and healthy

Adaptive Fly Fishing - trailer

Strategies for Targeting Diverse Water Types - Instructional Film. Digital download available April 6, 2020! Use coupon code: earlybird for 20% off between now and then.

March Brown Extended Body

March Brown Extended Body - Fly Tying

FireHole Number One

FireHole Number One - Catskill Fly Tying Hook - Partridge DB5 #12 (original dressing is 16-18, i tied larger for a better quality video.) Thread - Semperfli Waxed 12/0 Tan

Orange Quill Buzzer

Great Pattern for all Year Round Hook size 10-12-14 Thread Black Body Orange Quill Cheeks Hot Orange Biots

Wickhams Fancy Variation

Hook size 12 Thread Black Body Gold Tinsel Hackle Ginger Grizzly Hen Wings Mallard Primary Wings Tail Red Cock Hackle

Quilled Marabou Cormorant

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Black Nickel Competition Heavyweight size 10 Threads, UTC 140 Black and finish with Uni-8/0 Black Body, Black Thread

Stuffed Olive

Add eyes to your nymphs with this easy method. Compound multi-faceted insect eyes act as prisms and shimmer in different colours in daylight.

Ouest coast

Charlie's Mysis

I developed this fly over two decades ago to match the almost clear Mysis shrimp in the Frying Pan River.

Olive Adult Midge

Materials Used; Thread, Uni8/0 Chartreuse Rib, Fine Silver Wire Tag, Chartreuse Uni-8/0 Thread Body, Olive Bleached and Dyed Pheasant Tail from Veniards

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

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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.

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