Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions loves patterns with tons of lifelike motion in the water. The Bronze Goddess is the creation of Mike Jacobs of Iowa, who designed it to catch smallmouth bass. Unlike many fly tiers–who would like us to believe that . . .
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Video: Understanding Fly-Tying Waxes
In this installment, Tim walks you through the three different kinds of wax used in fly tying. All of them are applied to the thread, but they perform quite differently and offer different results. Whether you’re trying to create a tight, smooth dubbing body, . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Dirty Carrot Nymph
In this week’s great tying video, Tim shows you how to create an orange version that he’s been using to great effect in recent weeks on his home waters in New Jersey. The Dirty Carrot features a mixed-dubbing body and a hard-to-miss hotspot behind the . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Bighorn CDC X-Caddis
The original CDC Black Caddis was tied by David Dill, a former Montana Highway Patrol captain who turned to his passions for fly fishing and fly tying upon retirement from the force. Dill’s fly. . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Create a Neat, Small Head on a Fly
Nothing ruins the look of a good fly worse than a lumpy, overly large head. As Tim notes, one of the keys is using smaller thread, but you’ve also got to be careful how you cut the butts of your wing . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Sulphur Breadline Emerger
When fish are coming to the surface but won’t touch your dun patterns, it’s time to try an emerger, and this easy-to-tie pattern has all the attributes you look for in an emerger imitation: it sits. . .
Read MoreVideo: Understanding Different Types of Fly-Tying Scissors
For most household jobs, a single pair of scissors will do, but fly-tying is a different story. You don’t want to use your finest, sharpest scissors to cut materials that may dull the blades, and some . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Create a Perfect Hackle Collar
Tying a perfect, dense, hackle collar makes a dry fly look great. Tim jokes about how good the flies will look on Instagram, but the dense hackle will also help the pattern float better and sit on the water beautifully. The keys are choosing the right feather and . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Sulfur Klinkhåmer
In this latest how-to video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler demonstrates how he ties a version of the Klinkhåmer to imitate sulfur duns stuck in the film. As usual, there are plenty of great tying tricks for you to . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Caribou Caddis
When most folks consider tying on a dry-fly imitation of a caddisfly, they go right to the Elk-Hair Caddis, the venerable pattern that has surely caught millions of trout since Al Troth invented it in . . .
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