Tricos (genus: Tricorythodes) provide some of the best late-summer action on the Battenkill, so here are three killer patterns from Tightline Productions. (And don’t miss the fabulous. . .
Read MoreVideos: Three Terrific Patterns for “Trico Time”
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Video Tips: How to “Think Like a Surgeon” at the Vise
You might not think that surgery and fly tying have much in common, but Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions makes a good case for the analogy. Nearly every week, we are treated to the. . .
Read MoreClassic Video: How to Tie the Hi-Vis Coachman
I wrote about the Hi-Vis Coachman back in 2011, in a post called “My Favorite Dry Fly for Mountain Brook Trout,” and I was excited to see that Tim Flagler of. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Tungsten Torpedo
Kevin Compton is a fly tier and competitive angler from Cleveland, Ohio, who loves nymphing for trout. He created the Tungsten Torpedo, an attractor nymph that sinks quickly and. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Black Ghost Marabou Streamer
The addition of marabou gives this fly more lifelike action than the Carrie Stevens’s pattern.
I cut my teeth fly-fishing on Maine’s Rapid River for landlocked salmon and brook trout, and it was on that steep, tumbling freestoner that I first fell in love with traditional streamer patterns. Of course, the Rapid begins at Middle Dam, just a lake’s length from Upper Dam, the spot where Carrie Stevens invented her famous. . .
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