From Nomad Anglers:
“A very productive fly pattern for fly fishing steelhead in the Great Lakes. Erich from our Grand Rapids fly shop demonstrates how to tie this effective pattern. Please contact us if you have any questions or need the materials. How to tie the Rabbit Strip Hex pattern by Nomad Anglers.”
www.nomadanglers.com
Materials list:
Hook: TMC 105 Size 4
Thread: Dark Brown UNI-Thread 6/0W
Wing Case: Mottled Bustard Natural Thin Skin
Eyes: Black Mono Nymph Eyes medium
Tail: Golden Variant Rabbit Strip
Fluff near tail: Pheasant Rump
Flash: UV Pearl Ice Dub
Dubbing: Hareline Cream Dubbin
Hackle: Grizzly Saddle Hackle
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Here are some of the photos I took at the Edison Fly Fishing Show. With the exception of the Scott Stryker photos on the bottom, he took those. I noticed when I returned home and looked at the photos I took, I had missed a lot of people and things that I wished I would have taken a picture of. This was the first time I have attended this large show and I think I was a bit overwhelmed, plus I was talking to many different people. So I missed a ton of stuff. I’ll see if I can do better next time. However, I had a wonderful time and really enjoyed it! Hopefully all of you will enjoy the photos I did take.
Bob Popovics and me
Pat Cohen flies
Pat Cohen
The new HMH TRV with an HMH Tube Tool in the jaws.
Steve Wascher flies
Steve Wascher flies
Thomas Baltz
Fly tied by Eric Snyder
Dette Trout Flies sign, wonderful history
The banner at the HMH booth.
Dave Rothrock
Jacob Morrison
William Anderson and Eric Kelley. These guys can tie a great soft hackle. They also had my Mama’s Cornbread fly on hand!
Michael Albano
Michael Albano tied flies
Paul Rossman flies
Paul Rossman
Joe Calcavecchia flies
Joe Calcavecchia
Wish4Fish products
Ken Tanaka of Wish4Fish
New Wish4Fish sling packs.
FishPond booth
Catskill fly tyer, Dave Brandt
Eastern Trophies Fly Fishing booth
Smallmouth at ETFF booth
Rick Kustich
Rick Kustich on his HMH Spinner Vise tying a tube fly.
Here is the newest fly tying video from Tightline Productions featuring the video work of Tim Flagler and the tying in this one by Matt Grobert.
NOTE:
I just arrived back from The Fly Fishing Show in Edison, New Jersey and I finally had a chance to meet both Tim Flagler and Matt Grobert in person. It was wonderful meeting these two and they are both class acts! If you haven’t been following Tim’s fly tying videos, you either might be living under a rock or you are possibly new to the sport. His videos are top-notch, professional quality, he does terrific tying, and you will learn a lot!
Matt Grobert has been tying something like 30 years and is spot on, one of the best fly tyers out there. I’ve followed him myself for a long time.
So anyway, I wanted to give a shoutout to these two guys, because they have taught me a lot over the years and I love their videos and flies!
I’ll be working the HMH Vises booth at the Edison, New Jersey Fly Fishing Show this coming weekend, Jan. 26th, 27th, and 28th. I’ll also be tying flies in the booth on Friday. This is one of the largest shows or the largest fly fishing show in the country. So you don’t want to miss this one!
HMH Vises will have there new HMH TRV for sale plus classic HMH Vises for sale as well. I’ll be at the booth to help you with questions about the vises or you can try one out. I’m looking forward to meeting a lot of fly fishers in person. Come by the HMH booth and say hey!
-Paul J. Beel
Bluegill Belly Beans
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In this video, Kelly will show you how to tie one of the most popular streamers of 2017: The Mini Dungeon.
Natural Mini Dungeon Recipe:
Thread: White GSP 100
Back Hook: Daiichi 2460 #6
Tail: 1 Plume of Cream Marabou on the bottom and 1 plume of Natural Grizzly Marabou on top
Body: UV Tan Ice Dub
Hackle: Grizzly Varient or Barred Dark Ginger is ideal but standard Grizzly hackle is just fine
Rib: Small Gold UTC Ultra Wire
Wing: 1 Plume of Natural Grizzly Marabou
Front Hook: Daiichi 2460 #4
Tail: 1 Plume of Natural Grizzly Marabou
Body: UV Tan Ice Dub Hackle: Grizzly Varient or Barred Dark Ginger is ideal but standard Grizzly hackle is just fine
Rib: Small Gold UTC Ultra Wire
Wing: 1 Plume Natural Grizzly Marabou
Legs: Rootbeer/Orange Tipped Hot Tipped Crazy Legs
Eyes: Small Double Pupil Lead Eyes (Yellow)
Head: Natural Deer Hair
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If you are not aware of what buzzers are, the Essential Fly had a good description of them and how to fish them. Here is a brief explanation and then a link to the Essential Fly where they explain how to fish them along with other buzzer details.
” Most typically they imitate the midge emerged. A bloodworm is blood red at the bottom of a lake, it moves slowly to the surface changing colour, often black but it can be brown, olive or other colours. In its journey to the surface of the water the buzzer fly pupa throws out breathers and often moves up and down, not directly upwards to the surface. It reaches the surface film and has to break through, often hanging in a "j" shape below the surface film. When it finally breaks through it emerges into a midge in just 30 seconds!”
https://www.theessentialfly.com/blog/fly-fishing-with-buzzers.html
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This past weekend I was tying at the Heartland Fly Fishing Festival in Lebanon, Indiana. See my earlier post on the details of the show. Anyway, it was a great show and I really enjoyed it! An Indiana fly fishing guide friend of mine, Jeff Conrad, came over at one point and told me I should take some time to go talk to Chuck Kraft. Chuck started guiding back in the 80’s and before that designed some nice flies to get him started. He guided in South America and spent a lot of time guiding the James, New, Shenandoah and Jackson Rivers in Virginia. Chuck has even fished with Lefty Kreh and Bob Clouser.
So I of course took the advice of my friend, Jeff, and I’m glad I did. Chuck was such a nice guy to talk with about fly fishing, tying and guiding. He even came over to my table before his fly tying demo and we had a nice chat about a flash product he uses on his Kreelex fly called Kreinik and his Clawdad fly.
He definitely made an impression on me as I watched his fly tying demo and I went back over to Chuck’s table after his demo and wanted to buy one of his Clawdad’s and he insisted I just take it and not pay him, even though I tried several times, until he said, “I’m not going to take your damn money!” Haha, that cracked me up!
So, below is a video of Chuck tying his Kreelex fly that uses the Kreinik Flash I mentioned above. You can find the Kreinik Flash at the Eastern Trophies Fly Fishing which is ran by a friend of Chuck’s, William Heresniak.
Chuck was telling me he literally designed the Kreelex in his sleep before heading to Chile to guide for a few months. This fly is a very popular streamer even now, out west. So check it out!
To read even more about Chuck Kraft, head to this website which briefly explains Chuck’s history: https://easterntrophies.com/who-is-chuck-kraft
From Eastern Trophies Fly Fishing:
“This is one of Chuck’s best flies he ever developed and is deadly on Freshwater and Saltwater species. Since 1996 this fly has literally caught almost every fish you could think of from Smallmouth to Dorado, to Trout to Musky. It has won fishing tournaments and was outlawed in certain fly fishing tournaments for being too effective. Simple to tie and if we had only one fly to fish for anything it would be the Kreelex.”
