Daniel Smith – Pheasant Tail Emerger
Håkan Karsnäser – Glodhack
Al Ritt – ARF-Humpulator-Olive
Mike Valla – Catskill dry fly
Pat Cohen – for Project Healing Waters
tied by Ricky Bassett
tied by Scott Stryker
tied by Stig M. Hansen
tied by Paul J. Beel
Filed under Catskill, Deer Hair, Foam, Streamers, Trout flies
The International Fly Tying Symposium is next weekend at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, New Jersey. It’s the largest fly tying show around with a lot of fantastic tiers being present and demonstrating how they do their thing. Head over to the website for more information.
Filed under Fly fishing show
Wiley Coyote
Todd Schotts came up with this simple fly and it has been very successful for him. Todd tied a couple and handed them to me at the Great Lakes Council Fly Tying Expo at the beginning of the month. Todd created this pattern while at the annual smallmouth outing the Michigan Fly Fishing Club has every year.
Todd says it works great for smallmouth and carp. He power paints the eyes himself.
Material list:
coyote tail
cactus chenille
weight
powder coated bead eyes (flame red)
Filed under Carp flies, Smallmouth
Jay Buchner ties “Jay Dave’s Hopper.”
Filed under Hoppers, Trout flies
Tightline Productions with a handy pattern. As always, top notch instructions.
Filed under nymphs
Hook – Curved Caddis Hook (Size 10)
Thread – 8/0 UNI-Thread (Orange)
Rib – Medium Copper Wire (Natural)
Abdomen – UNI-Yarn (Gold)
Thorax – Two strands of Peacock Herl (dyed orange) – reinforced in a thread dubbing loop
Legs/Antenna Horns – Two strands of pheasant tail fibers (pointy ends tied in as legs, and then the rest is folded back to form antenna/horns)
Hackle – Hen Neck Hackle (Honeydun)
Filed under Soft Hackles
Markus has a knack for art. You can see this in the videos he records where he shows off his creative side. I like the way he makes the video and the music come together to give you a certain feeling when watching. To me, this type of fly tying video inspires me to tie!
This is a reversed parachute caddis pattern. Markus says, “As my father turned 80 I made this caddis pattern based on Roy Christies Reversed parachute flies. A simple fly to tye with a great silhouette!”
Filed under Uncategorized
John Terje with another great looking emerger pattern. You will have to learn to weave to get the body correct on this one.
Material list:
Hook: Hends 500
Tail: Krystal Flash
Body: Woven stretch tubing
Thorax: Polyamid dubbing
Wing: Two cdc feathers tied in a loop.
Legs: Coc de leon fibres
Filed under Trout flies
A good looking nymph pattern using a material called Larva Lace.
Filed under nymphs
Tim Flagler shows us how to tie a nifty soft hackle streamer. I like the information he includes about the soft hackle and chickabou feathers. Another professional video from Tightline Productions.
Filed under Soft Hackles, Streamers
