Videos by Matt Thomas

How to tie a Red Flash Emerger Nymph,a small bead head mayfly emerger

A good emerging pattern. Should work on a BWO hatch as well.
Hook: Std Dry #12 - #18
Thread: Dark olive
Body: Olive hare blend
Wing: Deer Hair
Hackle: Grizzly

This fly tying video shows how to tie an Olive Flash Emerger.

This Mayfly Emerger Pattern is great for any trout stream that has mayfly and midge hatches.

How to tie a Dead Head Baetis Emerger. This fly tying video show how to tie a Baetis Nymph that has failed to hatch or is in process.

This easy Stonefly Pattern is perfect for imitating the Golden Stonefly Nymph before it hatches every year in most of my favorite trout streams.

A Simple Stonefly Pattern so effective and easy to tie, it should be illegal. This fly is very realistic and because Stonefly Nymphs are in the river year round, trout bite them on sight.

A Gold Flash Clouser is irresistible to Redfish in the Louisiana Marsh. I use this fly often for redfish that are tailing and busting shrimp on the banks.

The action of this Suspending Carp Fly keeps it in the strike zone for carp that are near the surface or feeding in shallow water.

This Chartreuse Clouser Minnow is one of my go-to patterns for big redfish in the Delta Marsh south of New Orleans.

The Turniffe Crab Fly is a permit catching standard in the waters of Belize, Honduras, Mexico and the Caribbean. I have even heard of a few Keys guides throwing this crab pattern around.

This Deer Hair Tarpon Fly is simple to tie, big bodied and slow sinking. I use this fly in the Keys Backcountry.

A Black and Tan Clouser like this is a go-to fly for the trout streams I fish. It seems that fish have to chase and eat this fly right when they see it.

This effective PMD mayfly pattern is tied with white turkey flats. It is a simple, durable and easy to see dry fly on the water.

PMD Mayflies are the favorite of many, including the trout. This CDC dry fly pattern is tied with a foam body to make it float even better.

This fly tying video shows how to tie a small Olive Clouser Minnow.

This Blonde Clouser Minnow is a real head turner when it is being hustled off the bank out to the boat. Trout can't seem to resist taking a quick bite at this sexy little streamer pattern.

This nymph pattern imitates a sunken Mayfly Spinner. I like to use this pattern throughout the Summer and Fall during the PMD Hatch.

This is one PMD Dry Fly you have got to see! The white post on this foam body, foam wing mayfly pattern is very easy to see because it floats and it is bright white.

A fly tying video showing how to tie a Pearl and Partridge. This Soft Hackle is simple to tie and very effective for trout.

A fly tying video showing how to tie a Black Sculpin Pattern. This cone head streamer is a great imitation of a common food source for trout in the rivers out west.

A fly tying video showing how to tie a Black Stimulator. This attractor dry fly works well as an Adult Stonefly imitation. This Stimulator Pattern includes foam for the under body of the fly.

A fly tying video showing how to tie a Cased Caddis Fly. Most rivers in the country have one or more caddis species for trout to eat.

A fly tying video showing how to tie a Cone Head Zonker Pattern. This big, weighted streamer is tied to catch big fish.