Dry flies

Flies fished in the surface

Dry flies - all content

| All Dry flies content | Articles only | Blog entries only | Videos only | Reviews only |
Video

Grunter (Variant)

Jul 22. 2017
This fly was originally tied by Grant Luke from Scotland, the fly was tied back to front so the partridge hackle was tied first behind the eye followed by two ginger cock hackles, four cdc plumes p
Video

Chernobyl Ant

Jul 18. 2017
Chernobyl ant with rubber legs and a new and easy parachute techniques for foam flies.
Video

Cream Variant

Jul 18. 2017
Detailed instructions for tying a Cream Variant.
Video

Brown Trouts on Dry Fly!

Jul 12. 2017
Brown trout on Dry Fly Fishermen: Umberto Oreglini & Marco Rapino
Video

Fran Betters' The Usual

Jul 11. 2017
The late Fran Betters has created some of the most notable trout flies in the fly tyers arsenal. The Ausable Wulff, Haystack and The Usual are among the famous flies.
Video

Hairy Drake

Jul 11. 2017
The Hairy Drake is another old Earl Madsen fly pattern. Especially useful for daytime fishing during Brown Drake and Hex season.
Video

CDC "F" Red Tag

Jul 7. 2017
Materials Used: Hook: Tiemco, 103 BL {#15} http://amzn.to/2sxIZ3m Thread: UNI-Thread 8/0 {Black} Tag: UNI-Floss or Silk Floss {Red}
Video

Dry fly fishing in the Swiss alps - Part 2

Jul 6. 2017
Enjoy wilderness fly fishing for brown & brook trout!
Video

North Cascades Fly Fishing - Rushing Waters

Jun 23. 2017
There is a wilderness river in the Pacific Northwest that starts in the highest glaciers and flows through tall, uncut timber.
Article

Narova Foam Beetle

Jun 23. 2017
Beetle Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski's Narova foam dry fly is an easy and robust pattern template for terrestrials, beetles in particular
See how to tie it here.
Video

Renegade

Jun 22. 2017
Detailed instructions for tying a Renegade.
Video

Nalle Puh

Jun 21. 2017
Widely regarded as the national fly of Finland, Simo Lumme's Nalle Puh or also known as Winnie the Pooh is a wonderful egg laying caddis pattern with a rather unusual but effective winging techniqu

Pages

More content
 

Since you got this far …

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.

See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.