Dry flies

Flies fished in the surface

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Photographing Floating Flies May 22. 2024 Surface Getting a decent macro image of a dry fly sitting on water is one of the hardest shots to pull off Learn more here	The Klink May 10. 2024 Klinked Dutch Hans van Klinken is best known as the originator of the Klinkhåmer Special. This large and beautiful book tells its full story ... and much, much more
Sillikix Nov 11. 2023 Silli I like rubber legs on dry flies. Their suggestion of something edible is the fish equivalent of ringing a dinner gong. Ring the bell here	Sling Wings Nov 20. 2022 Taped wings A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style. Se how here

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Video Royal Coachman Sep 12. 2024 Last week I tied the Royal Coachman Traditional Wet Fly (which can be viewed here... https://youtu.be/MfChYpYQl_Y).	Video Cross Special Sep 9. 2024 This is Rube Cross' signature Catskill Dry Fly pattern. I am going to tie it how he describes in his book "Tying American Trout Lures".	Video Skues’ Half Stone Sep 4. 2024 Skues’ version of the Half Stone per Silk, Fur and Feathers
Video Half Stone from Taverner Sep 4. 2024 The Half Stone is a pattern originated in Devon. Woolley lists the pattern in the Devon section of his book “Modern Trout Fly Dressings” as follows:	Video Good All-Round Dry Fly for Midge/Caddis/ Beetles Aug 13. 2024 Materials Used;	Video Superpuppan Aug 12. 2024 Superpuppan is originally one of Swedish Lennart Bergqvist's classics, tied to imitate caddisflies that have risen to the surface and are on their way to land to hatch.
Video All In Klinkhamer D H Emerger Aug 12. 2024 Materials Used;	Video Guangzhou Klinkhamer Aug 12. 2024	Video Chubby Chernobyl Aug 8. 2024 The chubby chernobyl is one of, if not the easiest visibility dry fly out there. It's just like fishing with an indicator that has a hook.
Video Amy's Ant Aug 8. 2024 The Amy’s Ant is a high floating, high visibility foam dry fly that works very well. I find it to be one of the prettier of the foam flies.	Video Hopper Day Aug 1. 2024 What started out as a crisp late Summer morning ended up as one of the best hopper days we've ever had.	Video Hi-Vis Parachute Mayfly Jul 10. 2024 This parachute pattern is a variation of the famous Klinkhåmer, originally invented by dutch flytyer and flyfisher Hans Van Klinken and the pattern has proven its worth during the last 40 years all
Video Bourrue du Rhone Jul 3. 2024 Clipped Hackle Body (Jean Paul Pequegnot) This is a clipped body wet fly from around 1936/37. The original pattern has a reddish brown hackle for the tail, body and collar.	Video Adult Yellow Sally Stonefly Jul 3. 2024 The massive stonefly hatches from the US, especially Montana, are well known. And seeing the shucks from them it’s no wonder that they can bring even the biggest trout to the surface.	Video Yellow Mayfly Jul 3. 2024 If you need to fill up your flybox with an effective dry-fly patterns of mayflies, have a look at this fine pattern - tied only with a few hackle-fibres and two grizzlyhackles.

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