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2017
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March Brown Quill Jingler

One of my favourite River Patterns

Minnow Body Popper Legs

I give a quick step by step tutorial for threading flashabou minnow body through a popper head to imitate the pectoral fins of a wounded baitfish.

Lords of the North

Some times you visit places and people that is captured in your heart forever, Ekaluk River is one of those places!

Fulton's condition factor calculator

A simple tool to calculate trout condition (K-factor), length or weight from the two other numbers.

Sulphur Nymph

Patrick Sessoms of Due South Outfitters showing off one of his go-to spring patterns in NC and TN. It is a pattern that resembles a BWO nymph. This fly is killer in NC and TN.

Fat Head Minnow

This material is awesome to work with. Its a new blend of material made form Fly Tiers Dungeon called "Arctic Wind" and I love it. Lots of flash, and very shiny.

Fly Tying Gadgets: Magnetic Bingo Wand

Fly tying gadgets are addicting, and this video features one of my favorites, the magnetic bingo wand!

Tup's Indispensable

Tup's Indispensable is a fly originated by R.S. Austin in 1890, utilizing a quite exotic material as dubbing.

Snow Day

So, the weather was miserable, and cold. We fished all morning in the snow without seeing the sun. Finally the sun came out, and we actually got a fish.

Chirp, chirp... SLURP!

There is nothing finer than spending a day walking (and swimming!) up a stunning back country river, chasing wily old browns with a couple of mates and a fistful of Cicada's...

CDC Hatchmaster

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly size 18 Thread, Uni-8/0 Yellow Wing & Tail, Dyed Lt.Olive CDC Feather

Tup's Indispensable

Classic Trout Fly. Materials Used Hook: Tiemco, 100SP BL {#14} Thread: Dyneema 55 {Gold} Tips & Hackle: Rooster{Tan} Abdomen: Body Thread, Floss {Light Yellow}

The Best Smallmouth Bass Fly

This is the first of a series of fly tying tutorials I will be posting. This streamer is deadly for smallmouth bass in moving water.

Scruffy Olive Hare's Ear Suspender Emerger

Hook = size 12 or 10 B170 Thread = 8/0 Red Ribs = UV or Holo Tinsel Small Body = Olive Hare's Ear

Spring Colours Quill Buzzer

Tying a Simple & Effective Spring Colours Quill Buzzer by Mak. Very Successful all year around Pattern, Also great for competition

Festival and fish

This is a short story about a trip to Denmark combining the Danish Fly Festival and fishing for seatrout on the island of Fyn.

Singlehanded Speycasting

...with Grandmothers by the fire.

Crease Fly

The Crease fly is an around surface fly for salt water work and freshwater natives. Peter Morse guides us through the tying process and gives tips on how to get a production line going.

Gurgler

Peter Morse ties the Gurgler fly. This fly is a must have fly for top-water fishing for all natives. This easy to tie and easy to cast fly will soon become one of your all time favourites.

CDC Bubble Grannom:Green Tail Caddis

Materials Used; Thread, Uni-8/0 Rusty Dun Tail, Glo-Brite Floss No.11 Flu-Green Wing, Natural CDC Feathers Body, Natural CDC Feather

Chunky-Dunker

I give a detailed step by step instruction on an articulated Wedge Head style fly intended to target Northern Pike, Musky, and other large predators.

Big Olly Dabbler

Irish Wet Fly Materials Used; Hook, Kamasan B830 size 8 Thread, Uni-8/0 Wine Tail, Bronze Mallard Fibres Rib, Flat Silver Tinsel

CDC Spring Olive Dun

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly size 16 Thread, Uni-8/0 Lt-Olive Tail, Whiting Coq de Leon Body, Dyed Yellow Peacock Quill

Semi Realistic Mayfly

This is an easy to tie extended body mayfly that really looks the part. Realistic fly tying is an intimidating undertaking and the process is not very easy to grasp from idea to completion.

Faux Bucktail Popper

I give a step by step instruction on how to tie a Pike Popper using FlymenFishingCo's new Faux Bucktail.

Double Tail Leech

I've always seen black streamers as leech patterns, however many of them are narrow and tall or just plain fat all the way around.

Trout on the 1st cast of the day!

Ok so, literally on the first cast, I hooked a fish and landed him. He wasn't huge, but still a great start to a day.

Clear water dry fly fishing

In the upper parts of the Laagen river in sentral Norway, you will find some fantastic clear water fishing for trout and grayling.

Sulphur Thorax Burnt Wing Style

During this video, I feature guest tyer Bruce Cox, a local fly tying legend in the Pittsburgh area.

Unreal Fly Fishing for Blue Sharks

We had a day off from the week long work grind on the west coast and thought it may be in our best interest to hit some open water.. It payed off big time!

Latitude 55°S - Cape Horn

Members of our LOOP Team visiting pristine trout wilderness at the end of the world!

Carrot nymph

Simple and effective fly for dirty water.

Mini Chubby Chernobyl

This is a fly tying video on how to Tie a Mini Chubby Chernobyl.

A Kinder, Gentler Mop Fly

Detailed instructions for tying a Kinder, Gentler Mop Fly.

Betsy Cross

Catskill Dry Fly: HOOK: Gamakatsu F11B #14 TAIL: Ginger BODY: Raffia, Ribbed with Fine Gold Wire WING: Wood Duck HACKLE: Ginger

Michigan Stone Dry Fly

Michigan Stone Dry Fly: HOOK: Mustad 94842 #16 WING: Deer Body Hair BODY: Yellow Rabbit Fur (I Used Substitute) HACKLE: Grizzly at Hook Bend and in Front of Wing

Ripple Ice Minnow 2

This pattern utilizes some of the new materials from Hareline Dubbin, and makes for a really cool baitfish pattern!

After the Festival

The Danish Festival is over and I'm slowly getting used to talking to people who don't talk about fly tying and fly fishing. It's not easy!

Foxy Shrimp

Materials: Buck tail Crustacean eyes Krystal flash Arctic fox EP 1.5" foxy brush Danville 210 flat wax Special tools:

Bornholm 2017

One week of fishing the island Bornholm. Spinning with a bubble float and a fly.

Sea trout fly fishing

Sea trout fly fishing at Denmark Fishing Lodge with Rodtrip. An emotional video produced in collaboration with the great guys from Rodtrip, Belgium.

9 degrees south - The Land of Giants

Full Film. Follow Keith Rose-Innes and Devan van der Merwe on their quest to hunt the monster giant trevally that roam the legendary Cosmoledo and Astove atolls in the Seychelles.

Swimming Nymph

Hook: Dropped Shank #6 - #12 Weight: .020 Lead Free Wire Thread: Brown Tail: Rabbit Fur/Krystal Flash Rib: Gold Wire Abdomen: Light Hare's Ear

Black Munker

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Foam Body Unsinkable Olive Elk Hair Caddis

One of my Successful Patterns

Steve Culton's Drowned Ant Soft Hackle

The Drowned Ant is a variation of the classic soft-hackle Starling and Herl. All I’ve done is add a few wraps of thread to form an ant-like body segment.

Ghost Stories Trailer

Fly Fishing for Bonefish in the Bahamas is a way of life. The sport and the guides that have made it a big business for the Bahamas tourism are revered members of their community.

Knocking on the door

The Next Generation of fly fishermen are Knocking on the Door of the sport.

Col. Downman Diawl-Bach

Materials Used; Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Tail, Dyed Red Golden Pheasant Rump or Hackle Fibres Rib, Small Silver Tinsel or Wire Body, Dyed Black Peacock Herl

Rivers & Waterfalls of the Otways

Flyfishing our local streams of the Otway Ranges. Along the Victorian south western coastline.

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