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Para-Hackle Emerger

Nov 26. 2009

A blast from the past Effective anglers carry a myriad of emerger-style flies to take picky trout during hatches. While there are many styles of emergers to choose from, para-hackle style flies may not come to mind first. Tying emergers para-hackle style is a forgotten technique not often taught and even fished less. We at GFF can't understand why!?! Read along as GFF partner Steve Schweitzer walks you through the

techniques for tying a para-hackle emerger.

Nothing...

Aug 29. 2006

...here, nothing there Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there.

Fill up your fly box with nothing here

CDC Mayfly

Aug 19. 2006

Cul de Mayfly A small mayfly, which may be (mis)taken for a dun during the sometimes the concentreted hatches on late August and Septemper evenings. It uses a hollow extended body, parachute hackle and wings of cdc stems to float high.

Get the recipe for a hi-floating mouthful here.

Tying Flies the Paraloop Way

Feb 1. 2003

Hangman My first thought was probably the same as yours - what is "paraloop"? Paraloop is part technique, part style. Take a piece of a parachute, a bit of a thorax dun, and some thoughts of a comparadun, mix, and you'll arrive at a paraloop.

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Video Duo Style Klinkhamer Jan 19. 2021 Whether you call it the duo, New Zealand style, hedged bet or klink & dink, hanging a nymph of of a dry fly is an absolutely deadly method at times.	Video Klinkhamer Jan 3. 2021 Detailed instructions for tying a Klinkhamer.	Video Olive Molly Nov 25. 2020 Stefan Larsson – The Man, The Myth, The Legend! This swedish flyfisher and flytyer is wellknown in Scandinavia for his passion for troutfishing and best of all with a dryfly.
Video Parachute Ant Nov 21. 2020 Being the most prolific terrestrial on just about every river and still water, this extremely simple but effective parachute ant will not only float high and dry, but tick all the boxes for ant fee	Video JG Emerger Variant Oct 28. 2020 One of John Goddard's lesser known but extremely effective patterns.	Video Purple Haze Sep 11. 2020 This extremely popular attractor started life as a parachute Adams with a purple body. There are many interpretations of the purple haze, this is just one of them.
Video Travis Para Ant Aug 27. 2020 Detailed instructions for tying a Tom Travis Para Ant.	Video Five Shades Of Grey Aug 17. 2020 Stefan Larsson – The Man, The Myth, The Legend! This Swedish fly fisher and fly tyer is well known in Scandinavia for his passion for trout fishing and best of all with a dry fly.	Video Parachute Royal Wulff Jul 16. 2020 One of the true classic trout flies and without doubt the best known from the Wulff series, first tied by Lee Wulff in the early 1930's.
Video Sulphur Klinkhamer Jun 10. 2020 Detailed instructions for tying a Sulphur Klinkhamer.	Video Up-Winged Parachute Fly May 15. 2020 Material Used;	Video Coq de Leon Dark Olive Spinner Apr 26. 2020 Whitings Coq de Leon Dark Olive Spinner..

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