Once again, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions has produced a video for fly tiers who shy away from creating tiny patterns. This caddisfly-larva imitation looks great and is sure to catch plenty . . .
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Video: How to Tie an Isonychia Soft Hackle
In this week’s great fly-tying video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler shows you how to tie an effective Isonychia imitation that’s meant to be swung. Throughout the East and Midwest, Isonychia mayflies hatch for several months in late summer and . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the CDC Micro Caddis
For those times when you just can’t tell what the fish are feeding on, it’s good to have something small and buggy to tie on. This great Micro Caddis from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions is . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Flounder Snack
Not many of us fly-fish for flounder, but I think that once you see this pattern in the water, you’ll agree that it will catch a wide variety of species, from bass to trout to stripers. Based on Jeff Blood’s White Death, which is a shiner imitation, this new . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie a Light Cahill Parachute (with a twist)
In this week’s great fly-tying video Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions shows you how to create an elegant, very clean Light Cahill pattern that can imitate both a dun and a spinner. One of the keys to the fly is the polypropylene post, which is very . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Water Walker
Wyoming guide and fly-shop owner Will Dornan came up with his famed Water Walker pattern to imitate the stoneflies of the Snake River Valley. The pattern looks great from the trout’s view: it has a slender body and sits low in the water like the . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie a Pine Squirrel Streamer
Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions first taught us to tie a Pine Squirrel Streamer almost a dozen years ago, and since then, he’s demonstrated two more complicated versions: the Pine Squirrel Trout Spey Streamer and the Balanced Pine Squirrel . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Pat’s Rubberlegs
In our weekly fly-tying videos from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler demonstrates the best way to tie a specific pattern teaching us useful skills that make us better tiers overall. This week, however, he’s switched to “down . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie Just Another Euro Jig
Rather than follow an established recipe, creative fly tiers will often experiment at the vise to see what they can come up with on their own. That’s exactly what Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions did when he first tied the Just Another Euro Jig: He . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Grannom Caddis Pupa
American grannoms (Genus Brachycentrus ) are caddisflies that provide some wonderful springtime hatches, often emerging alongside mayflies. (Click here to read Ted Fauceglia’s excellent rundown on grannom hatches.) Trout often focus on the . . .
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