Videos by Adam Rieger

This is a fun old school dry fly.

For a professional tying of the fly watch this video by Robert Smith

Golden Ibis as shown in Ray Bergman's Trout.

This is a variation on the competition style France Fly.

The story goes this fly was first used by a young angler in a youth fly fishing competition.

Red Squirrel Gold - Ray Bergman

I love Cutcliffe and his 1863 book "The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Streams". I also love Tenkara.

This is a Roger Woolley pattern. He was a professional fly dresser from the UK who was a big fan of West Country or Devon style stiff hackle wet flies. HC Cutcliffe is perhaps the

Royal Charlie spider pattern a la Hunt circa 1930s. North Country Flies - Yorkshire Spider.

This is tied as listed in Ray Bergman's "Trout".

Mary Orvis Marbury aka "Mom" and Ray Bergman versions.

This is my attempt at Cutcliffe's #26. Like #14 in the video before this is one of the few flies where the body is not fur.

Rooster hackle wet flies? From England? From the mid-1800s? You bet!

Kurobe Headwaters and Cutcliffe Style Red Head.
In this video I take a look at "futsu" kebari - one classic Japanese and one tied in the style of Cutcliffe from England in the 1860's.

Here I tie a winged wet fly called "Thunder" as outlined in Ray Bergman's "Trout"

Here I tie two traditional flies or "kebari" in Japanese from the Takayama area of Gifu prefecture.

Takayama Jun black wool kebari
Body = black wool
Hackle = black hen cape

Winged wet fly with a brown trout resemblance.

Gold mylar body
Tail and Beard - mallard flank dyed wood duck
Wing - bleached merganser quills dotted with black paint marker.

Drowned Fly. Traditional fly from Leon, Spain using Gallo de Leon. This is an attempt to try and tie a traditional Spanish fly pattern from Leon using the famous Gallo de Leon.

The Thorax Dun a la Vincent Marinaro from “The Modern Dry Fly Code”

Jim Wynn was a river-keeper on the Wharfe river in Yorkshire, UK.
He modified many of the classic patterns to include some more modern materials like tinsel and various lacquers.

This is a wet fly pattern from Ray Bergman's "Trout" tied by me (amateur enthusiast).

James Leisenring’s Hare’s Ear

Winters. Classic Winged Wet fly from "Trout"

Ray Bergman namesake fly pattern from his seminal work "Trout". In this videos I will tie a Ray Bergman wet fly. The recipe for the video is below.

Amateur tying of a very old fly pattern called "Queen of Waters". Ray Bergman recipe.