Soft hackles and spiders

Spider flies, soft hackle wet flies

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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	Red Tag Odyssey Mar 5. 2021 Patterns A bunch of pattern descriptions and materials lists for flies inspired by the Red Tag See them here
The North Country Fly Mar 25. 2015 When it comes to books, there's nothing I like more than focus. A book that has a well defined subject and covers in depth rather than broad has my vote already before I have opened it.	Mart's CdL Hen Caddis Emerger Sep 10. 2013 Soft Martin Westbeek's Coq de Leon Hen Caddis Emerger has soft contours and soft materials that suggest the movements of an insect struggling to break free. See how to tie it here

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Video Silver Goat's Toe Nov 27. 2024 A popular fly in the North and West of Scotland, the Goat's Toe, is fairly easy to tie, and its variants, like this one aren't much different on that front.	Video Partridge and Soft Hackle Oct 22. 2024 Great wet fly...has segmentation and a variegated hackle and a bit of shiny thorax. All of which attract fish. Hope you tie this simple fly and have fun fishing.	Video Grouse & Gold Sep 23. 2024 Materials Used;
Video Yorkshire’s Trinity Cutcliffe Style Jul 17. 2024 The famous spider patterns tied in stiff hackle versions.	Video Plover Spider Mar 27. 2024 This pattern is one of many from Austin Ridsdale’s Journal 1931 (North Country Spider). A photo of a few pages of this journal were shared online by Robert Smith.	Video Black Wet Spider Mar 13. 2024 Simple black wet spider with pink head.
Video Leisenring’s Pale Watery Dun Wingless Feb 29. 2024 This is #10 of Leisenring’s 12 Favorite Patterns from “The Art of Tying The Wet Fly”	Video Leisenring’s Iron Blue Nymph Feb 17. 2024 This is my tying of the Iron Blue Nymph per Leisenring’s “The Art of Tying the Wet Fly”. This pattern is #12 in his list of his 12 favorite flies.	Video Leisenring’s Tups Nymph Feb 11. 2024 This is #11 of Leisenring’s favorite 12 patterns and the first of two nymphs.
Video Leisenring’s Light Snipe and Yellow Jan 31. 2024 This is #9 of Leisenring's 12 favorite patterns as listed in his book.	Video CDC Soft Hackle Wet Fly Jan 19. 2024 CDC Soft Hackle Wet Fly.. Materials Used;	Video Leisenring Iron Blue Wingless Jan 18. 2024 This is #8 of Leisenring’s Favorite Flies Here is the recipe from his book.
Video A Soft Hackle Wet and a Caddis Pupa Jan 15. 2024 Materials Used; Partridge and Orange..	Video Leisenring’s Blue Dun Hackle Jan 4. 2024 Leisenring’s 4th Favorite pattern and the 2nd of two dun patterns.	Video Spider Partridge Special Jan 3. 2024 Here we will be tying the fly XXX. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing. The fly catches both brown trout and arctic char.

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