This week 5 years ago

Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear - Nymph

Grey Fox - Catskill Dry fly

Seems like every time I go to corpus, I don't catch many fish. There must be a curse because I will only catch when its either too dark to film properly or the camera dies.

Dillon Creek Special Steelhead Fly Recipe
Hook: Your choice steelhead/salmon hook
Thread: Red 70d 8/0
Tail: 4 strands of gold Crystal Flash and Guinea fowl fibers

One of the first patterns I tied and fished. The original had a Raffia shell back. This quick and easy pattern is still catching fish for me today, in both fresh and salt water.

Hey guys,
We made it back safe from another jungle adventure from this past February where we had some great shots at unique fish!

Detailed instructions for tying Bob Popovic's Surf Candy. For the full story in Fly Tyer magazine visit

Tying the Black Gordon Atlantic Salmon Fly with Steve Andrews

This # 16 wet fly is loosely based upon Halford's original dry that is still used by a great deal of anglers today.

Tying and Fishing this great early season fly (and a big trout). Jig Off tungsten beads can used to add weight to nymphs tied on standard hooks.

Fly fishing for big arctic char in Greenland. Full version film from our adventure in Greenland this summer.

Tying the Green Widow Atlantic Salmon Fly with Steve Andrews
Another popular pattern around the rivers of Nova Scotia, this fly has hooked a number of fish in all conditions.

Fishing sea trout when it is no wind can be challenging, they are easy to spook and hard to fool. But if you stumble upon a group of fish, it can be very exciting!

This Caddis utilizes CDC feathers that have been used already on other flies. Many times (with quite a few patterns) you will use just the tip of the CDC feather.

When the coastal conditions in Scandinavia tease, the Danish coastal fly fisherman Tobias Park finds the tiniest flies from his fly box. The result often surprises...

Fly fishing for seriously big arctic char in the Swedish Lapland. This is a re-edit of Lapland Dreams 3. Please don't kill these beautiful animals.
Music by Swedish Pastorale:

The Bomber is another great dry fly for Atlantic salmon and works both skated or dead drift depending on the location and mood of the fish.

Fly fishing new river with super clear water. Trying to keep it fresh on the channel i decided to explore somewhere new.

We welcome guest tier Rich Ferrara to tie one of his most succesful jig nymphs, the Open Wound.

A small demonstration of fly tying thread tension and strength.

This is the story of how Duggie and Mark (two paraplegics) realized their dream of fishing a remote section of the Orange River.

Scuds are probably the most popular artificial flies used for nymph fishing. They occur in many rivers and in various colors. It depends on us what color version we will make and in what size.