In this week’s great fly-tying video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler shows you how to tie an effective Isonychia imitation that’s meant to be swung. Throughout the East and Midwest, Isonychia mayflies hatch for several months in late summer and . . .
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Video: 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 CDC Micro Caddis
For those times when you just can’t tell what the fish are feeding on, it’s good to have something small and buggy to tie on. This great Micro Caddis from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions is . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie with Gel-Spun Thread
Gel-spun polyethylene (G.S.P.) thread is incredibly strong and slick, which makes it perfect for spinning deer hair, but it can be a huge pain in the butt to use. In this great video, Tim Flagler explains the benefits of using GSP thread and shows you how to . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Flounder Snack
Not many of us fly-fish for flounder, but I think that once you see this pattern in the water, you’ll agree that it will catch a wide variety of species, from bass to trout to stripers. Based on Jeff Blood’s White Death, which is a shiner imitation, this new . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make a Bottom-Up Parachute
Do you struggle to tie good parachute pattern because the hackle doesn’t go on right? Tim’s got the solution. Try repositioning the hook, so you can wrap the hackle vertically, using the tying thread as a guide . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie a Yellow Humpy
The Humpy is one of those classic patterns that’s been around so long that there are several different stories of its origin, but most credit tier Jack Horner, who created the attractor pattern in the early 1940s for the tumbling . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make a Monofilament Weed-Guard
A weedguard makes it possible to fish patterns such as bass poppers through heavy cover without having to clean off the hook after every retrieve. Even some trout streamers can benefit from such a guard, . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Last Chance Purple Haze
Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions has already shown us how to tie two versions of the Purple Haze dry fly–here and here–and now he’s back with a really cool cripple/emerger version that looks super buggy. To a . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make a Split-Thread CDC Collar
This week, Tim shows you how to create a CDC collar by inserting fibers into the split thread, which is then wrapped in front of the fly body. It’s easier than it sounds, thanks to the ingenious use of a chip clip to . . .
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