Monthly Archives: May 2020

May 27, 2020 · 9:18 am

Tying The Sump with Kelly Gallloup

From Galloup’s Slide Inn:
“Kelly came up with this pattern for the Jackson Hole One Fly Competition that takes place every year on Idaho’s snake river. The flies are not allowed to be bigger than a Size 6 with a 3X long shank for this contest, so he needed a fly that looked big on a smaller hook. The grizzly hackles give it the barring in the tail and the grizzly marabou on the wing give it the desired profile and bulk that I like in a big fish fly.”

Materials list:

Hook: MFC 7052 #2
Tail: Yellow Marabou on bottom and Olive Marabou on top
Flash: Copper Flashabou
Kicker Tails: Grizzly Olive Hackle Tips
Body: Olive Cactus Chenille
Hackle: Olive Grizzly Variant Schlappen
Rib: Gold Ultra Wire
Wings: Olive Grizzly Marabou or Olive Barred Marabou
Eyes: Large Yellow Double Pupil Lead Eyes

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Filed under Streamers

May 23, 2020 · 1:50 pm

Emergen-C Emerger

Jake from The Fly Fiend shows how to tie a nice little emerger pattern.

Materials list:
Hook: Firehole Outdoors 516 -size 14
Bead: 3.5mm Slotted Tungsten Bead black nickel
Thread: 70 denier Fl. Orange
Tail: Natural Pheasant Tail
Rib: Uni Products soft wire -small black
Body: Natural Pheasant Tail
Wing: CDC
Dubbing: Hare’s Ear
Hot spot: Ice Dub – Hot Orange

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Filed under nymphs, Trout flies

May 18, 2020 · 8:55 am

Mugly Caddis

Tied by Charlie Craven.
From Charlie:
“The Mugly Caddis is a pattern I developed after my first evening on the Henry’s Fork. I had fished to sporadically rising fish all evening with little success. Meanwhile, another angler, slightly downstream seemed to be hooked up every time I looked his way. I cornered him near dark and with a sharp jab to the back of the head, put him to sleep for a few minutes while I inspected his pattern. The fly he was using was both disappointing and offensive to my fly tying sensibilities. It was merely a no hackle elk hair caddis pattern tied with a poorly dubbed body. The dubbing was too long with strands hanging out all over the place and the wing was too sparse. I hated it.
I went back to my room and tied up a few variations of the poor guy’s fly and proceeded to use them for the rest of the week with great success.
Once I got back to Colorado, I sat down and perfected the pattern. The Whitlock SLF blend dubbing is a perfect match for this scraggly bug and the CDC underwing provided more movement and better flotation than the elk hair on the original.
I believe this pattern imitates a stuck in the shuck caddis, trapped partially in the nymphal shuck. The long fibered dubbing imitates the struggling legs of the natural and traps air bubbles to closer mimic the emergent caddis.
I fish this fly both dry and wet. I will often let it swing under at the end of the drift and hang for a second or two before recasting. The Mugly can draw some incredibly aggressive strikes and it is important to remember to drop the rod tip to avoid breaking the fish off on the strike.
I think of the poor guy I cracked every time I use this pattern and send him a silent thank you. It’s the least I could do.”

Materials list:
Hook: TMC 100SP-BL #12-20
Thread: 8/0 Camel Uni
Abdomen: Whitlock SLF Dubbing Brown Stone Nymph
Underwing: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Hair Natural Cream/Tan
Overwing: Comparadun Deer Hair
Thorax: Whitlock SLF Dubbing Brown Stone Nymph

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Filed under Trout flies

May 14, 2020 · 9:09 am

Kryptonite Caddis

Lance Dean shows how to tie this unique caddis fly pattern. The use of a knot and some UV has a very nice effect.

From Lance:
“In my opinion the extended abdomen of Juan Ramirez’s Kryptonite Caddis sets this caddis apart from other imitations.
Although its not the first time a fly pattern has used knotted Amnesia as an extended abdomen, it’s use on the Kryptonite Caddis makes this imitation truly stand out.
The Kryptonite Caddis is an awesome caddis pattern that is a pretty easy tie.
Go get a spool of Amnesia monofilament and tie up a couple dozen of these cool little patterns for your fly box.”

Materials list:

HOOK: TMC 2488 #16
BEAD: 3/32″ – Black
THREAD: 8/0 UNI-Thread – Black
UNDERBODY: Holo- Tinsel – Black
ABDOMEN: 15 lb. Amnesia Monofilament – Fl. Green
COLLAR: CDC – Natural Dun & Krystal Dub – Dark Hare’s Ear

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Filed under nymphs, Trout flies

May 12, 2020 · 9:14 am

Southern Culture On the Fly – #35

New spring edition of Southern Culture on the Fly is live!

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Filed under emagazine

May 11, 2020 · 10:06 am

Baby Lobster – Steve Yewchuck

Steve Yewchuck with an awesome baby lobster fly. Steve is very creative and is always coming up with cool designs. This baby lobster which can also be fished as a crayfish caught my eye, so I asked Steve for more details. See below. You can follow Steve on Instagram @envisionflyworks. Follow this link to see Steve’s Instagram.

Materials list:

Hook Partridge universal predator x 3/0 slightly bent up eye
Weight XL dumbbell and 5 wraps of .035
Shell is a painted glue on nail
Eyes MFC KK’s crustaceans eyes
Body/legs Just Add H20 Brushes
Claws/antenna Cohen’s creatures crayfish , claws separated with a clump of deerhair
Raidzap uv resin for added 3D details

Steve said, “The fly was designed with the need of a baby Lobster pattern to fish for Northeast Stripers but can easily be fished as a crayfish pattern. The pattern can be downsized or upsized very easily. The weight on this one is actually XL dumbbell and 5 straight pieces of .035 along the bottom of the shank as the keel. Like a triangle not wraps.”

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Filed under Bottom Bouncer

May 6, 2020 · 9:53 am

Crawbody Crayfish – Gig Harbor Fly Shop

Gig Harbor Fly Shop located in Washington is known primarily as a salmon/steelhead style fly shop. This is why Blake mentions in the beginning he is tying for bass. Of course, we have no problem with that around here! But Blake does a nice job of showing how to tie this pattern, so check it out.

Materials list:
Ahrex Trout Predator TP650 Hook
Lead Eyes
Bucktail
UV Estaz (size 2) or Life Flex (size 2/0)
Crusher Legs

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Filed under Largemouth, Smallmouth

May 4, 2020 · 9:50 am

Darth Wader – Stuart Foxall

Since it is May the 4th, I thought it would be appropriate to post a pattern which name is based from Star Wars. This is Stuart Foxall tying his Darth Wader Intruder.
It is brought to us by Deneki Outdoors. They have a very nice blog where they post many of the patterns they use in Alaska, The Bahamas, and Chile. So head over there to check it out.

From Deneki:
“Renowned fly tier, fisherman and friend of Deneki, Stuart Foxall, is back with Jay Bartlett of Fly Fish Adventures to share another fly tying video, this time of the dark destroyer of salmonids. I must admit, this intruder style fly has one of my favorite names for a pattern.”

Materials list:
articulated shank
dumbell eyes
purple intruder wire
purple dubbing ball
fox fur dubbing loop
purple and blue holographic flash
black rhea or ostrich feather barbs
pearl flash
pearl flatbraid body
black cock hackle
black hen or pheasant rump wings

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Filed under Intruders, Salmon