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2019
Date Title Body Image

Small Muddler Minnow

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Tan Tail, Hen Pheasant Wing Quills Rib, Fine Gold Wire Body, Gold Tinsel

Dyret

The Dyret (The Animal) is a great caddis dry fly from Norway, it's a great choice for trout and grayling To support my channel and enter the giveaways head to

Duckfly Variant

Tying a Duckfly pattern for the Irish Loughs

Orange Here

High Country Paradise

This is the high country trout fishing opening day here in New Zealand.

International Fly Tying Symposium 2019!

The 2019 International Fly Tying Symposium will take place on November 23 and 24. The location is Parsippany, NJ, at the Sheraton Hotel. Find more details below!

Mallard and Claret

A true classic, the mallard and claret is a great wet fly for browns, seatrout and salmon.

The way I tie a parachute

The parachute technique is important to know. Parachute flies seem to get strikes when even Catskill style flies do not.

Blue Partridge

This is a Pattern from T.E.Pritts book North Country Spiders.. Materials Used; Hook Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 14 Thread, Blue Pearsall's Silk or Sub

The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques

When a great photographer, fly tyer and instructor writes a book, it’s likely to become a great book

Review of "Live the Stream"

Yes, not only did I see "Live the Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys," but I also got my picture taken with Joe! In this YouTube video, I share some experiences with Mr.

My Best Day Fly Fishing EVER!

SO after fishing the canals with no success i headed to the river. Holy crap did i find some fish. Caught my personal best trout on fly from a river twice in a row, all on a 5wt fly rod.

Tulle Pupa

A great year-round pattern for trout and grayling. A tulle mesh back over a segmented nymph skin body makes a juicy bug for trout and grayling.

Solar Scud

I'll be honest in that I really have no idea what to call this little scud, so we'll just dub it Solar Scud for the bright orange spot and use of Solarez resin.

GHOSTech Strike Indicators

Thanks for viewing this video, in which I share my thoughts on Ghostech strike indicators.

Making your own Substitute Gut

Making your own twisted gut for tying on a blind eye hook for classic salmon flies.

McTeare's Silver Dabbler

Tying the McTeare's Silver Dabbler (Irish Lough Fly)

Gorgeous George

Tying the Gorgeous George (Irish Lough Fly)

Woolly Bugger

One of my favourite Lure especially in cold Season Hook size 8 LS Thread Olive Tail Olive Marabou Body Olive Ostrich Herl Hackle GO Cock Hackle

Piggy

Click the link below here you will find the full materiallist: https://nordicanglers.com/en/material-kit-piggy.html

Shenk's Minnow

Detailed instructions for tying Shenk's Minnow.

Fly Fishing Epic River

Part 2 of the day with Sean, some really nice fish caught including the brown trout at the end that we worked hard for.

Sight Fishing big trout in Tiny Creek!

So This is the second trip Sean and i have done, Sean is a very good angler from south africa learning the ropes here in New Zealand.

My oldest piece of material

I have a dried hare skin, which I have owned for as long as I have tied flies. A lot of flies and a lot of wisdom has come from that skin.

Dry fly fishing in Texas?!

I was really starting to miss the small creeks and dry fly fishing in Colorado.

Professor

The Professor is a Scottish wet fly dating back to the 1800s. Although not that commonly used nowadays, it remains a solid fish catcher and a good middle dropper in a mayfly hatch.

Bob Popovics's Pop Lip

This is a Step by Step instruction for tying Bob Popovics's Pop Lip.

DT Bulkhead

The Dragontail BULKhead in black especially, is number one on my local big river. This tutorial is really shared to show you how I simplify attaching Wiggle/Dragontails and rattles.

Simple Hare's Wool Nymph

A simple fly only using material from a hare's skin or hare's mask apart from the hook and tying thread. Easy to tie and very generic, and a useful fly.

Sight Fishing Trout In Clear Water

So this video was filmed just after the last, when i caught that big brown trout from the backcountry (forbidden river)

Pheasant Tail Jig

Hook # 16 Jig Thread Hot Orange 8/0 Body Pheasant Tail Covered with Copper Wire Ribs Finished with Hare's Ear Dubbing with Hot Spot

High Water Worm

The High Water Worm is a great choice to use when waters get a little colored up after a bit of rain. It is recommended to tie this one as a point fly in tandem with a heavier bead head nymph.

Jeff Blood's White Death

Detailed instructions for tying Jeff Blood's White Death.

Big Pike Tactics On A Fly

In this video we learn the basics of fly fishing for pike from hosts Bill Spicer and Colin McKeown. Flies, tackle, retrieves, and much more.

Muddler Headed Clan Chief Hog

Muddle Head version of the Clan Chief, tied for Lough Carrowmore

Poor Man's Piglet

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

Redfish Crack

Redfish are a fish that are tough on flies, so a redfish fly should be very durable. The redfish crack is an all synthetic take on the redfish slider, so it’s much more durable.

An Italian take on Ora Smith

Italian fly tyer Giuseppe Finardi is intrigued by US Ora Smith's streamers featuring wings made almost exclusively from golden pheasant crest.

Giuseppe Finardi

Italian angler and fly tyer

Carp-It Bomb

In this week’s episode of Tying Tuesdays, watch as Gus ties the Carp-It Bomb Fly!

Czech Nymph

Hook # 10 Grub Thread Light Olive Thin Skin for Shell Back Dubbing Light Olive Rib FlashaBou Tinsel

Rainbow Warrior Variant

A nice looking small nymph for both up and down stream still water and trout in general. Nice little mayfly nymph Click the link below here you will find the full material list:

Indiana Bones

The inspiration for my T-Motion video, Bahamian “Indiana Bones”, materialized inland and at home in Central Oregon.

Isonychia Parachute

Video illustrates how to tie an Isonychia Parachute.

Trout are stupid

A small book that debunks a lot of myths surrounding trout fishing – including the one that trout are cunning and intelligent hunters, able to trick anglers. They are not! Trout are stupid!

Big Fish from a forbidden river!

Yo, so high water bad weather and me being sick has really slowed the opening of the trout fishing season for us down her in New Zealand.

Rio Getter

This fly is a very versatile pattern. It was created by Matt Bennet to fish Rio ciclids.

Llano bug

The Llano bug from what I was told was designed and developed for a river called the Llano River.

Simple Sow Bug

The simple sow bug is a quick pattern that has caught more fish for me than similar bugs with more steps. Its weighted slightly to get down and the color combo is spot on for my local river.

Anorexic Loch Ordie Hopper

This is a great variation on the Loch Ordie. The anorexic version has less presence in the water than the standard and is an ideal bob fly for days with less wind.

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