Dry flies

Flies fished in the surface

Dry flies - articles

Article Sling Wings Nov 20. 2022 Taped wings A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style. Se how here	Article Matching the BWO hatch Oct 20. 2022 Mayflies Flies fitting the "Blue Winged Olive" description are important in almost every river in the trout fishing world More BWOs here	Article Stealth Stonefly Sep 20. 2022 Foam This is a dual purpose stonefly pattern tied on a jig hook. It can act both as a dry fly and an indicator See how to tie it here
Article Softly Softly May 31. 2022 Soft dry The Partridge Parachute Emerger – or PPE for short – is a soft hackle dry fly, all limp and spindly See how to tie it here	Article 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	Article Swimming Caddis Pupa Nov 20. 2020 Norwegian This ragged looking caddis pupa from the hands of Norwegian Viggo Larsson will work well on both fast and calm water See how to tie it here
Article Betters' Flies Sep 1. 2020 Dries Fran Betters was a creative tyer and originated several patterns that have become quite famous. Mike Hogue covers four of them in this article. See the original flies here	Article Euro BWOs Revisited Apr 14. 2020 Imitations In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions. Much more here.	Article Moulin’s Deer Hair Parachute Feb 21. 2020 Technique Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one. See more here
Article The March Brown Legacy Nov 17. 2019 Historic The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries. Its history is told here.	Article Tying better flies Jan 16. 2019 Swiss/Norwegian Fabien Moulin aims to tie some really good looking flies, and ponders a bit about how to improve as a fly tyer. Read Fabien's thoughts here.	Article The Mighty Green Drake Nov 20. 2018 Summer pleasures The large mayflies are a summer phenomenon, but it might be worth reading up on off season. Get ready here.