Dry flies

Flies fished in the surface

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Softly Softly May 31. 2022 Soft dry The Partridge Parachute Emerger – or PPE for short – is a soft hackle dry fly, all limp and spindly See how to tie it here	Red Tag Revisited Mar 5. 2021 Origins I always loved the Red Tag. I have tied and fished this fly a thousand times, but tend to basically do it the same way every time. Not so anymore! See more here
Swimming Caddis Pupa Nov 20. 2020 Norwegian This ragged looking caddis pupa from the hands of Norwegian Viggo Larsson will work well on both fast and calm water See how to tie it here	Betters' Flies Sep 1. 2020 Dries Fran Betters was a creative tyer and originated several patterns that have become quite famous. Mike Hogue covers four of them in this article. See the original flies here

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Video Coffin Caddis Jul 4. 2022 Materials Used;	Video Egg Laying Fluttering Caddis Jul 4. 2022 Caddisflies are perhaps one of the most important food-sources in freshwater for trout and graylings - both as nymphs and hatched insects.	Video Best Summer Dry Flies Jun 24. 2022 CADDISFLIES Virtual Class, NEXT WEEK!
Article Softly Softly May 31. 2022 Soft dry The Partridge Parachute Emerger – or PPE for short – is a soft hackle dry fly, all limp and spindly See how to tie it here	Video Detached Bodied Balloon Caddis May 20. 2022 Materials Used;	Video Tofting's CDC Mayfly May 20. 2022 The largest mayfly in Scandinavia are the Ephemera Danica and it’s stillwater relative, the E. vulgata. They are the same size, and the Vulgata tend to be a little darker than the Danica.
Video Royal Wulff May 5. 2022 The Royal Wulff is one of those flies that seems like its just to pretty to work properly. However this fly works great!	Video Elk Hair Caddis Apr 21. 2022 Elk Hair Caddis are one of those flies that have been around for a long time, yet still are some of the best dry flies you could fish with. They are a classic pattern that just seems to work.	Video Dun Parachute Apr 18. 2022 Dutch tyer Jan De Haas ties his version of a Dun Parachute.
Video Adams Apr 14. 2022 The Adams Catskill style dry fly is one of the most, if not the most popular dry fly ever created. Just about every freshwater fly shop in America has them for sale.	Video Cutties Crushing Big Dry Flies Apr 8. 2022 Episode 4 - A lighthearted story of a father and son exploring the backcountry in pursuit of cutthroat trout and pure adventure!	Video Golden Olive Dynamite Harry Apr 7. 2022 The Original Dressing of the Dynamite Harry was tyed by Jorgen Danielsson of Sweden...
Video Greenwell Apr 6. 2022 This is a fun old school dry fly. For a professional tying of the fly watch this video by Robert Smith https://youtu.be/i63YwtrHOwo	Video Regan's Mayfly Spinner Mar 30. 2022 A very interesting Mayfly spinner pattern that puts deer hair to good use for both the body and the wing post.	Video CDC Mayfly Dun Mar 30. 2022 An extremely effective Hi-Viz, Hi-floating CDC mayfly dun. This little pattern has a few interesting techniques that help make this a deadly choice on the end of your line during mayfly time.

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