In this video, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions talks about how difficult it can be to make tails with biots because the materials are slippery and hard to control on the hook. But of course, . . .
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Video: How to Tie Flies with Foam
The latest how-to fly-tying video from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions is chock-full of tips and tricks that will make working with foam much easier. If you love making high-floating flies, terrestrials, attractor patterns, etc., then you’ll probably want . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make Round-Rubber Hopper Legs
Grasshopper patterns are staples from June through October, depending on where you live. Casting these big, visible flies is a fun, visual game that’s the highlight of the season for many anglers. Actually tying hopper patters elicits less excitement, and . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Speedy Sparkle Purple Haze
The Purple Haze–invented by Bitterroot guide Andy Carlson almost two decades ago–has become a staple pattern for many Western anglers. Six years ago, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions showed us how to tie the standard version of the fly, but . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Choose Deer Hair for Comparaduns
Do you struggle to tie Comparadun wings? It might be the deer hair you’re using. In this video, Tim shows you how to choose the right hair for the job. There are several options that work well–they stand up, flare, and stay on the top of the hook shank. To . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Create an Easy Extended Body
You may have seen mayfly patterns with extended bodies and wondered, “How do they do that?” It looks complicated and scary, but in this video, Tim explains a simple method that uses a standard sewing needle and a piece of stretch tubing. You’ll be . . .
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 . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie a Cased Caddis Larva
Cased caddisflies can be found in a wide variety of streams, and you can often see their little houses attacked to rocks or logs on the streambed. These insects do get knocked loose and become part of the “behavioral drift,” where they are available to trout. . . .
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