| _______________ |  | How to Tie a Puff Daddy Blue-Winged Olive | | Matt Grobert shows how to tie a Puff Daddy Blue-Winged Olive in this week’s featured tying video. “This is one of those times where it really pays to be picky about materials,” notes videographer Tim Flagler. “Matt starts with high quality natural … | | Sun, 25 September 2016, 2:19 | |
| _______________ | | Tippets: Drummond's Water Boatman, Casting in Bear Country | | Guide Tim Drummond's water boatman fly pattern is a must-have for fishing stillwater for trophy rainbows. It originated from fishing Delaney Butte Lakes in North Park, Colorado. Learn to tie this simple and effective pattern in a recent tutorial via Fly … more → | | Sun, 25 September 2016, 1:18 | |
| _______________ | | Tippets: Hatch Magazine Photo Contest, Fall Fly Fishing Tips | | The 2016 Hatch Magazine Fly Fishing Photo Contest is working with bullsugar.org, Captains for Clean Water, and AFFTA to raise awareness of the Everglades water issues and to promote the #NowOrNeverglades declaration. Find more information about how to enter and … more → | | Sat, 24 September 2016, 2:05 | |
| _______________ | | Espiritu Santo Bay Lodge Opening in 2017 | | A new flats fishing destination, Espiritu Santo Bay Lodge (ESB), is being built in the Mexican province of Quintana Roo. The ESB Lodge opens its inaugural season on April 2, 2017, and will provide access flats fishing for permit, tarpon, bonefish, … more → | | Sat, 24 September 2016, 1:04 | |
| _______________ | | Flatwing Steelhead Fly | | by Frank G. Swarner III
AdsenseHook: Daichii 2451 - size 4 shownThread: 6/0Platform (tail base): White Calftail/KiptailTail: 1 pink saddle tied over 1 slightly shorter white saddle featherDubbing: Ice dubbing - Pearl in dubbing loopThroat #1: White Calftail/KiptailThroat #2: | | Fri, 23 September 2016, 7:41 | |
| _______________ | | Six Thousand Flies | | by Russ Forney and Tim Scott
How long does it take to tie 6,000 flies? Grab a calculator and run the numbers: tying at a sustained rate of 10 flies per hour for 15 hours a day, you would need 40 days to tie that many flies. If you bumped production to 15 flies an hour, you could s | | Fri, 23 September 2016, 7:41 | |
| _______________ | | CDC Paraloop Mayfly Emerger | | by John Terje Refsahl
Hook: tmc 2487 #14Body: two pieces of antron yarn, wovenThorax: alpakka dubbingParaloop: cdc paraloop
AdsenseThe paraloop is made with cdc on this one, but i also sometimes combines both cdc and ordinary hackle when making the paraloop. The cdc soft | | Fri, 23 September 2016, 7:41 | |
| _______________ | | The Alaska Chronicles Excerpt | | by Miles Nolte
We have a unique group in camp this week. The ringleader and financier (we'll call him Jake) has been fishing up here with Ken for fifteen years, since this place was only four tents and two guides.
Jake is a very wealthy individual who runs a successful | | Fri, 23 September 2016, 7:41 | |
| _______________ | | Still a Place for Tradition - Hackling Mayflies | | by Dave Wiltshire
I am a fan of the parachute hackle. Easy to tie, durable, lands correctly and with an effective footprint as well. To be honest, most of my hackled dry flies now sport the parachute. On the small streams I tend to fish in the UK, if t | | Fri, 23 September 2016, 7:41 | |
| _______________ | | Eyes for Tying | | by Russ Forney
Winter is fly tying season in northeastern Wyoming. As fresh snow piles up behind the garage and mercury shivers in the thermometer, I am filling boxes and bins with flies for the coming year. The short days and long, cold nights are tailor-made to fly tying; with a c | | Fri, 23 September 2016, 7:41 | |
