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2017
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Firefly

I give a step by step tutorial on a Micro Sized Flashabou Baitfish pattern perfect for warmwater, saltwater, and trout alike.

Claret Mayfly Bumble

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10 Thread, Uni-8/0 Red Tag, glo-Brite Floss No.5 Flu-Orange

Damsel nymph

An up-side down still water / lake damsel nymph with a weighted abdomen fishes really well with an irresistible swimming action, especially when things are slow.

Partridge & Orange

Traditional Yorkshire Dale Spider Pattern. North Country Spider Wet Fly.

Detatched Body Mayfly with Easy Tail

One of my all time favourite Patterns

Foam & Cone Caddis

A cracking little pattern that always has a place in my trout fly box. The flat deer hair wing and foam head make it fish very realistically even when fished static.

Ally Shrimp

Salmon-fishing legend Ally Gowans invented the Ally Shrimp in 1979. It has gone on to be one of the most popular salmon flies in the world, along with another of his creations, the Cascade.

Salt 365

Two lifelong surfers living in Orange County California, and from opposites ends of the earth, forge a strong, late in life friendship through their shared passion for the obscure sport of saltwate

Koga's Bonefish Shrimp

Detailed instructions for tying Koga''s Bonefish Shrimp.

Moose May Fly

Dry Fly HOOK: Mustad 9671 #12 TAIL: Peccary BODY: Two White and One Black Moose Mane Fibers WING: Calf Tail HACKLE: Brown and Grizzly mixed

Ginger Quill Nymph

Ginger Quill Nymph - Don Martinez

Streamer Chronicles: Erik Griffen

A little backstory...... Every good experiment (like Streamer Chronicles) has to have a control. Erik Griffen is the control of Streamer Chronicles.

Kelly Galloup: Zoo Cougar

Kelly Galloup https://www.slideinn.com/ and +TheSlideinn ) ties his infamous Zoo Cougar fly pattern for us this week.

Swimming Caddis

A great small Caddis nymph. fairly easy to tie, but still a good looking pattern for trout and grayling.

Masked Avenger 2.0

The updated recipe that I currently use for the Masked Avenger. Many of you have inquired for it, so here she is.

Choosing The Right Fly Tying Vise Part II

This is the follow up video to our first piece " Choosing The Right Fly Tying Vise," which describes the differences and advantages to a rotary vs. a fixed head vise.

Mil-Spec Mayfly Nymph

The Mil-Spec mayfly nymph is an easy but realistic mayfly (blue-winged olive, PMD, etc) pattern. * DO NOT USE A CHARTPAK MARKER! It bleeds. Just use a brown Sharpie.

What is a Waddington Shank?

Fly Tying Tip for Tying Intruder Flies and Big Streamers

Grey & Black Mayfly

Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10 Thread, Uni-8/0 Red Tag, Red Holographic Tinsel Tail, Dyed Black Pheasant Tail Rib, Silver Tinsel

Euro Nymphing vs Indicator Nymphing

Devin Olsen: "I was once a dyed in the wool suspension/strike indicator nymph fisherman. You couldn’t convince me there was a better way of catching numbers of fish on most trout rivers.

CP's Body Quill Baetis Nymph

Black and Yellow Tube Fly

Black and Yellow tube fly tied onto the Eumer's 22m teardrop brass tube with nutria and Arctic fox wing.

Hatching Mayfly Nymph

A pattern to represent the larger burrowing mayfly nymphs when hatching.

2016 Fish Reel

Over the course of a year, you learn a lot. You gather knowledge through your experiences and the people you meet.

CdC Wasp

A little black and yellow CdC wasp made with nothing but Cdc and some floss. Semi realistic and floats all day, when the wasps die in late summer early autumn this pattern is a must.

Bunny Bugger

A super simple bugger technique using zonker or cross cut strips that only takes a few minutes to tie.

Make Your Own Squirrel Dubbing

Learn an easy way to cut and mix squirrel fur to make some awesome dubbing! -- Subscribe for more tutorials and gear reviews: http://goo.gl/rk1v29

Fat Head Squishy Streamer - American Shad

As the last two Fat Head Squishy Streamers moved well in the water, this one will also. They are great for doing a sort of walk the dog action, and a semi suspending nature.

Chuck Furimsky's Turbo Tail

In this fly tying tutorial, Chuck Furimsky is our guest tyer and shares his Turbo Tail pattern.

Ernie Smith

The Ernie Smith Wet Fly Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Tail Golden Pheasant Tippet dyed Hot Orange

How to Make your own Dubbing

A close look at the natural insects that make up trout food reveals that insects are usually made up of many different colors.

Finally Landed a Trout on the San Juan River!

If you haven't ever fly fished the quality waters on the San Juan River in New Mexico, you are missing out. Trout are everywhere, and its difficult not to hook a few.

Haynes Fly Fishing Manual

The publisher Haynes is probably best known for their car repair manuals, but also has instruction manuals for many other things, fly fishing included

Big Intruders

Big Intruders For Kings and Winter Steelhead Fair Warning, this is a long one.

Megalolipop

We all have favorites, this is ours. The true go-to. It's the first and last pattern on our lines for damn near every trip out.

Schmidtinator

A custom request turned standard issue.The Schmidtinator is a slight mash up on the megalolipop HD but tweaked for big gold fish instead of big silver fish.

PT aggressive violet

Olive Dynamite Harry

This is a Jorgen Danielsson of Sweden Fly Pattern... Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Czech Nymph/Emerger size 16 Thread, Uni-8/0 Lt.Olive

Rusty Rat

Detailed instructions for tying a Rusty Rat.

Chasing Tail...

A quick weekend respite from the terrible weather we've been having in Wellington this summer.

Clouser Minnow

Ryan ties a slight twist on the popular Clouser Deep Minnow pattern. This is one of our favorite warmwater fly patterns - it's extremely durable, easy to tie, and it catches a lot of fish!

Palomino & Partridge Midge

A midge with a twist. This little dry midge is equiped with a buggy partridge parachute hackle that gives it a spider quality. A great little river pattern.

Double Deceiver Articulated Streamer

Step by step instructions for a variation on the double deceiver. A modern classic, this fly will catch any predatory fish, just adjust the size to suit. Materials Used

Redfin on cane

Fly fishing for Redfin perch in Australia's South West

Torrence's Carp Caller

In this instructional fly tying video Tony Torrence demonstrates how to tie his Carp Caller carp fly.

Tungsten Bead Caddis Larva

Step by step instructions for a simple but effective nymph pattern that works for trout, grayling and other species too. Adjust the size and weight to suit where your fishing.

Polish Pheasant Tail

Step by step instructions for a highly effective variation on the pheasant tail nymph in the Polish style.

Mayfly Nymph

Step by step instructions for a basic mayfly nymph imitation. This is a generic upwing pattern and the size and color can be adjusted to suit the species you wish to imitate.

Studdler

Guest tier, George Marshall, shows us how to tie one of his beautiful Steelhead Muddlers http://shop.flyshopnw.com

Grand Cascapedia Atlantic Salmon

Fly fishing for Atlantic salmon on the Grand Cascapedia River, Gaspé, Quebec.

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