Category Archives: Flies
Guide to Dry Fly Wings
Fly fishers are known to agonize over matching the hatch—color, size, genus and species are just a few of the particulars. However Brian Schmidt, Fly Production Specialist for Umpqua Feather Merchants, suggests to Tim Romano at Field & Stream that … more
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The Evolution of Feathers
Even if you are not a fly tier, you use feathers in one way or another. And understanding their source can really up your game at the vise. But we often forget just where those feathers come from and their … more
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Video: How to Tie a Yellow Humpy
Matt Grobert ties the venerable Yellow Humpy in this week’s featured fly tying video. As videographer Tim Flagler says, “It floats like a cork, imitates a variety of mayfly species, and if nothing else makes one heck of a strike …
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Video: Spectrum Response UV Spray
It seems that this year more than ever fly anglers and tiers are buying into the theory that UV enhancement products like Spectrum Response UV Spray and Spirit River’s line of UV tying materials can up their chances of catching … more
Video: Tying the Al’s Trico
Al Miller was an expert tier who spent many years studying the insects of central Pennsylvania’s streams and spring creeks. He may be best known for his Al’s Rat and Al’s Trico patterns. This week Tim Flagler shows how …
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Video: How to Tie a Yellow Sally Stimulator
Matt Grobert demonstrates how to tie a Yellow Sally Stimulator, a terrific summertime pattern that imitates an adult Yellow Sally or Little Yellow Stonefly. These flies often appear in faster, turbulent current, where this Stimulator pattern floats well and is …
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Video: Tying a Saltwater Popper, Part II
Tim Flagler finishes up his demonstration on tying saltwater poppers by showing how to attach and mask eyes before painting, as well as how to use the COPIC Marker Airbrush System to apply color. He goes on to show how to …
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Famed Fly Tier Bill Gallasch Dies at 98
Bill Gallasch, who tied flies for Joe Brooks, Lefty Kreh, Bing Crosby and other notable anglers, died on June 26 in Richmond, Virginia at the age of 98. His fly-tying career started as a hobby and grew into “Bill Gallasch … more
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Video: How to Tie a Saltwater Popper, Part I
‘Who doesn’t like to fish a saltwater popper?” asks Tim Flagler as he begins part one of a video demonstration on how to tie his favorite version. This first installment shows how to insert the hook correctly and permanently and …
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Fly Tying in Rongai
In many ways, the Rift Valley town of Rongai has about what you’d expect to find in an African village, aside from the fact that it has a growing fly-tying business. In a hut on its outskirts, Peter Sigei instructs … more
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