Last week, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions showed us how to tie the Brahma Bugger, a great variation on the venerable Woolly Bugger. This week, . . .
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Video: How to Tie Matt’s October Caddis
This video by Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions offers clear, step-by-step instructions for tying the pattern, as well as important tips that will help you when. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Mole Fly
The pattern hangs in the water like a mayfly struggling to emerge.
Colorado guide Charlie Craven started as a professional fly tier when he was twelve years old, and his patterns are popular throughout the West. He came up with this fly more than a decade ago during a late-night tying session: . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Brahma Bugger
This week, Tim Flagler walks you through the steps for tying a Brahma Bugger, one of the few variations of the Woolly Bugger that offers something really different from the original. Using soft-hackle feathers for the body gives. . .
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Video: How to Tie a Tabou Caddis Emerger
As the former Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Whiting Farms, Steve Schweitzer has had the opportunity to experiment with tons of cool feathers, and his Tabou Caddis Emerger uses two parts of the same. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Classic Royal Wulff
In the 1930s, Lee Wulff was trying to create a dry fly that would stay afloat even in rough water, and the result was the original “Wulff” pattern, the White Wulff. According to fly-fishing historian Andrew Herd, Wulff had so much success with his. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie a Soft Hackle Mayfly Emerger
Soft Hackles are great imitations of emerging mayflies, and they sometimes produce when trout won’t touch a dun pattern. In this great video from Tightline Productions, Matt Grobert, . . .
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Video: How to Tie a Tiny Parachute Adams (with a Twist!)
If you struggle with tiny flies, Tim Flagler has some great tips for you.
The Parachute Adams is among the more popular dry-fly patterns for fly fishermen the world over, and it is often a “go-to” fly for those situations when you want to fish a fly with confidence. The secret to its success is that the fly seems to imitate a. . .
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