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Nov 2016 - All - Editorial, videos, user submitted content
Nov 2016 - All - Editorial, videos, user submitted content
Tying knots in Daddy legs
This is an old but still good and quick method for tying the knots in pheasant tail fibres for crane fly and hopper legs. Its like riding a bike once learnt never forgotten!
Mega Jerk
Pike Fly Tying. I give a step by step instruction on how to tie the Mega Jerk articulated pike/musky streamer.
Hatching midge
A very simple pattern with a not so well know hackling technique, try this pattern and I am sure you won't be disappointed.
Pira
For many years one of Latin America’s most exciting game fish was kept a secret in its heartland.
Spinning deer hair in a dubbing loop
Another deer hair technique that shows you how to make spun deer hair bodies with the use of a dubbing loop.
Hardy - the past the present and the future!
Hardy is perhaps the most wellknown fly fishing company in the world. Leading the development of fly fishing tackle since 1872.
Hairwing Black Dose Variation
A Variation of a variation best describes this one. A black wing steelhead fly with a bit of natural flash on a heavy iron salmon hook.
Hairwing Brora
this is a copy of Davie McPhails Hairwing Brora tied on a 1.5 Alec Jackson hook
Submitted by:
flytyer57
Fly Fishing Tennessee
After Class Activities Ep. 2. Me and OG Wild Fly crew member Dave hit up the Watauga river in Eastern Tennessee after a stressful day of classes. We got a few beasts to the net in the process.
Catching Permit and Tarpon at Tarpon Caye Lodge
We travel to Southern Belize to chase the permit and tarpon of Tarpon Caye Lodge 15 miles off the coast of Placencia.
Swimming Crane Fly Larva
Guest tyer John Mlakar ties a great pattern known as the Swimming Crane Fly Larva and then shares some of his personal variations (which I highly recommend looking into!).
Grizzly Bi Color
Hook: Std Dry #14 - #20 Thread: Tan Tail: Ginger Hackle Body: Beaver Body Hackle: Natural Grizzly Hackle: Brown Grizzly
Hen Back Caddis
Hook: Std #14 - #18 Thread: Brown Body: Brown Wing: Hen Hackle Tip Hackle: Dark Dun
Way of The Fish
Kicking around Northern BC in the Fall of 2016, talking fishing and swinging some flies. A Corbie Fieldwalker Film www.corbiefieldwalker.com www.vimeo.com/corbiefieldwalkerstudio www.instagram.c...
Chasing Tarpon Near Tampa Florida
Come on along as we hook and land tarpon near Tampa Bay Florida.
PT STF Fishspine
Tied by Per Tofting. Super lively baitfish imitation, inspired by Blane Chocklett's Game Changer. Per use this fly for sea trout fishing in saltwater.
Point Up Zonker Sculpin
This fly is made to mimic a sculpin. Sculpins are a common food source for large trout and other large predatory fish in lakes and rivers.
Poly weld para
This is yet another parachute technique with a twist! A very satisfying method of finishing a traditional parachute hackle that also equips the pattern with a quick sight indicator.
Salmonids in estuaries
A personal journey from a kid fly fishing off log booms to a marine ecologist and author of a book on trout, salmon and char in estuaries around the globe.
Read the story here
CDC Dominator Variation
This is a pattern that can be tied in a number of different colors and used in a bunch of different situations.
Regal Revolution Fly Tying Vise Review
Review of the Regal Revolution fly tying vise.
Muddler Minnow
Fly tying tutorial of a simple sparse variation of the Muddler Minnow pattern. Materials Hook - Partridge Patriot single Thread - Black Tail - Bleached elk Body - Opal mylar with a silver rib
Improving your hackle pliers
This is a priceless little trick for improving the grip of most hackle pliers substantially!
Red Quill - Mallard Slip Wing
HOOK: Gamakatsu F11b #14 WING: Mallard Slip Quill TAIL: Brow Cock BODY: Peacock Quill Dyed Red HACKLE: Brown
Home made rod tubes
While going through my archive of pictures, I stumbled over a series from 2005 where I had documented an evening's project of making some quick and dirty rod tubes to use for storing and transporting ...
See the photo instructions here
Tummy Dancer
In this episode of Tie TV, Daniel Bergman shows us how to tie the Tummy Dancer. This fly is a great all round streamer for a bit slower water, tied as in the film.
Sculp Daddy
I tie a Sculpin/Bottom Dweller I designed and go through step by step on "how to". The Sculp Daddy is an 4.5" articulated pattern designed for Trout, Bass, and other fish eating predators.
Dyret (The Beast)
This pattern has proved itself now over many years and has become a must have pattern for most trout and grayling fishermen in Scandinavia.
Do me a favor: go fishing!
Yeah, I know it's winter in the northern hemisphere, but a friend's recent passing and an old picture got me to write this.
Hairwing Brora
Materials Used; Hook Alex Jackson Spey size 1.5 Threads, Uni8/0 Pink and Black Tag, Uni-Tinsel X-Small Oval Silver Tinsel & Uni-Floss Hot Pink Tail, Golden Pheasant Crest dyed Sunburst or Natural
The Lost Salmon Flies of Balmoral
If you are into classic salmon flies - like the real classics - and like to divulge in their history and origin, this is a book for you.
Grayling Flies
A thorough work on a very specific subject: flies tied for grayling fishing. This popular fish has long been in need of a dedicated book, and this is the answer to the grayling fishers prayers: a very large number of patterns targeted at grayling. Nicely illustrated with plenty photos.
Megan Boyd
A short, enlightening and entertaining biography of the renowned Scottish salmon fly tyer Megan Boyd, a tyer who still inspires many salmon fly tyers and whose influence can still be found. Letters, anecdotes, photos and much more.
Andros | Bones
Bonefishing in Mangrove Cay, Bahamas with the incomparable Alvin Greene | Alec Peterson and Dan Zazworsky
Northwoods Musky
A beautiful fall day up north for meeting the fish of 1K casts.
Boss
Small version of the classic Boss. Originally the body material was floss or wool, but chenille is a great alternative if you want a fat profile.
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