Ed Engle has been a Colorado fly-fishing guide for decades, mostly on the South Platte River, and he built his reputation on imitating small flies to catch big trout. He is the author of Tying Small . . .
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In the latest great fly-tying video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler ties a variation of the venerated Pat’s Rubberlegs, which he has previously featured. The “plus” in the name here . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Stu Thompson
Fly tiers have come already come up with some truly amazing patterns that catch fish Consistently, such as the Mickey Finn, Muddler Minnow, Humpy, Adams, Dahlberg’s Diver, Lefty’s Deceiver, . . .
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In the latest great fly-tying video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler shows you how to tie a buggy, all-purpose pattern that he calls the Major Woody, for reasons that will become . . .
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In the latest great fly-tying video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler ties a variation on an old favorite, the Early Black Stone. Although he’s had good luck with a standard pattern, this year . . .
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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 . . .
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Steve Cobb’s Santa Fly has been a favorite on this blog for a few years now, and he was kind enough to show us how to tie it a couple years ago. That post was such a big hit that I asked . . .
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For many of us, our first attempt to tie a Muddler Minnow was when we came face-to-face with the frustration of trying to spin deer hair on a slippery hook shank. For a novice tier, or even. . .
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The advent of autumn means it’s time for the serious saltwater-blitz season along the Atlantic seaboard. For many salty anglers, Lou Tabory’s seminal book Inshore Fly Fishing unlocked the secrets to casting for striped bass, bluefish, and false albacore from the beach. Tabory has designed many of the best striper patterns, including the Snake Fly shown here. With its. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Bob Popovics and Jay Nichols
The Bucktail Deceiver, in its purest form, is tied only with bucktail, unlike the Lefty’s Deceiver, which traditionally uses schlappen feathers for the tail. Formed from multiple ties of bucktail, often. . .
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