A while ago, we posted an article by Tom Rosenbauer on his most successful fly pattern, the Rabbit’s Foot Emerger. The immediate response from readers was, “Show us how to tie it!” Luckily, our friends from Tightline Productions were on the . . .
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Video: How to Tie the Dedeaux Snake
Here’s another “guide-fly” lesson from Alvin Dedeaux of All Water Guides. (Or, as he calls them, “super easy to tie, down and dirty, quick and easy, fish-catching guide flies.”) As Alvin says, he doesn’t want to create flies that are complicated or take a long time . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Bugmeister
The Bugmeister is one of my favorite large dry flies because it floats well, even when you’ve dropped a beadhead nymph off the back of it, and it’s easy to see in rough water. The pattern. . .
Read MoreVideo: Get Ready for Spring with Matt’s Monster Bugger
A while ago, we posted an article by Tom Rosenbauer. about fishing big streamers during the high, cold water of early spring. In his discussion on choosing patterns, Tom argued that “flies that . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the March Brown Emerger
Since it’s the first of March, it seems like a good time to start tying March Browns–even though these mayflies don’t start hatching until mid-May in some parts of the country. On a fishless evening on the Battenkill a few years ago, I had the opportunity to . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the WD-40 Plus
Tim Flagler, of Tightline Productions, has already taught us how to tie a standard WD-40, a pattern invented in the early 1980s by guide Mark Engler as an emerging-midge imitation for use on . . .
Read MoreStep-by-Step: How to Tie the Perfect Santa Claus Fly
A couple of years ago, during the holidays, I scratched out a sketch of a fly that I thought might be a fun tie for the Christmas season. The first few Santas to come off the vise were so hideous . . .
Read MoreClassic Video: How to Tie the Ginny Midge
If you’re going to have to tie tiny flies, like size 24s, it helps if they are simple and easy to create. In this video, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions walks you through the steps to create. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Squirrel and Herl Bugger
Everybody loves the Woolly Bugger, and a lot of streamer fishermen swear by patterns tied with zonker strips because of the great pulsating action these flies display in the water. So what if you combined the two and threw in some peacock herl for good . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Fur Ant
A few summers ago, our interns were complaining that they weren’t catching as many brook trout as they thought they should from a local freestone stream. I suggested that they try adding. . .
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