Terrestrials

Insects that ought to stay on dry land

Terrestrials - videos

Video Micro Beetle Jul 12. 2012 Here's a great small beetle imitation. Great for small mountain lakes, streams etc.	Video Shark Taco Hopper Jul 11. 2012 Fun little pink hopper with a cool dorsal fin indicator. In this fly tying lesson video tutorial see how an extended body hopper is tied.	Video Foam Cricket Jul 6. 2012 Here's a fun cricket pattern to tie. It uses the River Road Creations foam cutters.
Video Foam Beetle Jun 28. 2012 The foam beetle fly pattern is easy to tie, but remains one of my top producers during the summer months. Trout love to eat beetles (and ants) that are blown into the water.	Video Winged Ant Jun 4. 2012 Hook: Partridge SUD #14, Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black, Abdomen: Yorkshire Fly-body fur, black (or substitute, such as Wapsi SLF), Thorax: Yorkshire Fly-body fur, black (or substitute), Legs: Moose	Video Chewee Cranefly Larva Dec 12. 2011 Craneflies are under represented in most fly angler's boxes. In my local streams cranefly larva are incredibly effective, especially in the spring when water flows rise.
Video The Fish & The Fly 3 Terrestrials Nov 25. 2011 This is dry fly fishing at its best. Terrestrials are land based insects - grasshoppers, beetles, Daddy Long Legs etc.	Video Wasp in 194 seconds Oct 27. 2011 Tying killer wasp pattern for "los chubbitos" (that'¨s chub for the rest of us). Excellent tying video from Lithauania.	Video Parachute Humpy Ant Sep 9. 2011 This is a fantastic fly from Scott Sanchez. Got this pattern from his book "A New Generation of Trout Flies".
Video Davie's Black Cricket Aug 20. 2011 Tying Davie's Black Cricket by Davie McPhail.	Video Ryan's Fire Ant Jun 24. 2011 Fly Tying with Ryan - Ryan's Fire Ant. Ryan Gabert ties one of his favorite summer time patterns. Trout seldom pass up the chance to eat an ant.	Video Cicada madness May 20. 2011 Fly fishing New Zealand.