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2019
Date Title Body Image

Dave's Panic Button

By far my most effective fly for swinging for trout and salmon. This is a super easy fly to tie and very easy to cast with a spey, switch or single handed fly rod.

Landon Mayer's Mini-Leech

Detailed instructions for tying Landon Mayer's Mini-Leech.

Fly Fishing at its best!

Exploring a new Guiding option with My good mate Alex this river produced some awesome rainbow and brown trout which kept the fly rods bent all day thanks for watching.

365 days of Fishing!!

A compilation of all my youtube videos from 2018. Really enjoyed bringing you this content and looking forward to more fishing videos in 2019.

Fluo pink jig

Extended mayfly body tutorial

A simple but realistic extended body technique, that will give any mayfly dun or spinner pattern that little extra.

Lifecycles - Official Trailer

One island, two seasons, three species, three episodes.

Egan's Red Dart

Detailed instructions for tying Lance Egan's Red Dart.

Parachute Zebra Midge

A Zebra midge variant that is an unusual parachute pattern, as it has a plastic glass bubble bead head.

Jelly Bean Scud

The Willy Wonker of Gammarus patterns. A great looking scud pattern that is not only extremely easy to tie, but also a deadly pattern for both fresh and salt water.

Foam Mayfly Emerger

A simple emerger for those larger mayflies that will float all day long!

CDC Elk Hair

Don't let this quick and simple pattern deceive you, this is a great pattern that should have a place in every fly box.

My book register

My books used to be ordered by black magic, essentially a system where I stuffed in new titles where there was space. Things have changed.

Mohican Nymph

A versatile year-round nymph that can be tied in different colours and sizes to match a range of insect larvae and pupae.

Bar Guac Hopper

This pattern, which takes its name from the popular appetizer Guacamole, was inspired by the 'Bar Guac' special at a local fly fishing hangout.

Pheasant Tail Catgut Nymph

The pheasant tail nymph is probably the most (or top 3) most popular nymphs in fly fishing. It is simple, effective, and mimics a wide range of trout food.

Impossible Catch of huge Trout

Almost impossible catch of giant brown trout under extreme difficult circumstances.

Squirmy worms

The Differences in Tippet

Shop the tippet from the video below

The Act Of Killing Trout

Mosquitoes & Mayflies | EP2. Every summer I collect some fly fishing footage but I rarely have a plan what to do with it.

Gold Ribbed Olive Hare's Ear Nymph

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 14 Thread, Uni-8/0 Olive or Black Underbody, Copper Wire or Lead Tail. Dyed Olive Pheasant Tail Fibres

When time stands still

Dan and I venture into a lower North Island back country river in search of "spotted gold" and were not disappointed with what we found.

Fly Fishing Best river in New Zealand!

Teaching my austrailian cusin to fly fish on one of the best rivers in new Zealand. we caught some good rainbow and brown trout. Cheers. Gareth

Elvis Chironomid (Variation)

Chironomids and stillwater go together like hot wings and beer. Any time of year, you can be rest assured to find chironomids wriggling around in the water.

Top Saltwater Flies

An impressing three volume collection of patterns for the most sought after fish in warm saltwater
2018
Date Title Body Image

Grasshopper Valley

Fly fishing with terrestrials in Slovakia at its best.

Somewhere Else

Mosquitoes & Mayflies | EP1

Bleeding Prawn (Stormy Evening)

Hey Thread Heads! The Bleeding Prawn is a steelhead fly pattern designed by prolific fly designer Bjorn Beech. Bjorn is the proprietor of the popular fly shop, The Fly Fisher, in Lacey, WA.

B&W Nymph

The B&W (Braid & Wire) is tied using hollow braid backing line threaded with copper wire.

Low Water March Brown

Materials Used; Hook, Daiichi 2015 size 3 Thread, Uni-8/0 Yellow and Finish with Uni-8/0 Black Tag, Small Oval Gold Tinsel Tail, Golden Pheasant Crest

Orange Pheasant Tail Nymph

Great Pattern all year round. Thread Rusty Brown ,, Hook size 12 L-S ,,, Body P-Tail with Copper Wire Ribs ,,, Hot Orange Thorax ,,, Ginger Grizzly Hen Hackle for Front Legs ,,,

Fly Fishing Grasshopper Paradise

Fly fishing in Slovakia on the mountain creek full of wild brown trout which are hungry for grasshoppers.

Tips for Nymphing: Mending, Presentation, Grip

In Episode 2 of the Educated Angler we bring you some tips on Nymphing. Patrick goes over mending techniques, good presentation, what to look for, grip and more.

9 essentials for every fly fishing trip

Here are what we see at the 9 essentials to every fly fishing trip: #1 - Landing Net #2 - Fly Box #3 - Wading Belt #4 - Tippet & Leader #5 - Split Shots

The dry dropper rig

In this weeks episode of the Educated Angler, we show how to set up a Dry Dropper rig and why it is beneficial. Hope you guys can learn benefit from this, enjoy!

Scud

CDC Loop Wing Foam Emerger

A simple and very hard-to-sink emerger from Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski

Fly fishing for Wild Brown Trout Part 2

Part 2 of the end of season trout fly fishing session.

Fly Fishing for Wild Brown Trout

Catching some lovely wild brown trout on soft hackle spiders

Catch of the Past

Greetings, Catch Magazine followers!

Grizzly Bibio Hopper

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Ribs, Small Silver Wire and Small Uni-Mylar Pearl No.16

Pop Up Worm

The Pop Up Worm is a hybrid of the San Juan Worm and the McTage's Trouser Worm flies.

Cammisa's Stealth Mode jig nymph

Cammisa's Stealth Mode is a jig nymph that pays homage to tinsel-bodied flies with its use of UNI-Mylar.

The Prince

There are quite a few rivers around Iceland claiming the queen crown. But there is only one Prince. Meet the river Hofsá

Raft Fishing Epic New Zealand River

Epic day catching big rainbow trout on the world famous Tongariro river. The only way can fish the upper section Me and buddy Alex had a great day landing close to 30 fish on the fly rods.

Wood Duck Heron

Detailed instructions for tying a Wood Duck Heron fly.

CDC Comparadun

This is a simple mixed wing comparadun that has a really nice effect. With a turkey biot body and a little UV sparkle mixed with the CDC and lemon wood duck in the wing.

Gotcha

Doug McKnight of Yellow Dog Fly Fishing demonstrates how to tie the Gotcha fly pattern. Incredibly simple pattern that has become a standard in most any bonefish fly box.

Fortress Lake

Fly fishing for Brook Trout in British Columbia.

Gallagher Special

Detailed instructions for tying a Gallagher Special.

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