Flies

In this week's Tying Tuesday, we're treated to a few fun patterns. The first is the Easy Street Midge, from Barry Ord Clarke, of the Feather Bender on YouTube. This little midge pattern has all the looks of a fishy fly, and I can see myself tying up a few for the box. Our next pattern is a fun Yellow Sally imitation from the folks over at Fly Fish Food...

This week's edition of Tying Tuesday features a fun little midge pattern from Charlie Craven. The Massacre Midge looks fairly easy to tie, and it looks like it'll do a good job of catching fish, as well.

In this recent story from Dom Swentosky over at Troutbitten, he shares a tip that I first heard from a Boy Scout leader in my early teens. Dom talks about the importance of planning for your hook set, especially when fishing on smaller water. On big, wide-open rivers, you don't necessarily need to plan for the hook set as thoroughly. On water that's...

If you struggle tying streamers with rabbit zonkers, then you need to watch this week's Tying Tuesday video. The folks at McFly Angler show a simple, effective method for tying in zonker strips, and you'll end up with a great-looking streamer just in time for ice-off fishing.

This week's Tying Tuesday features an interesting nymph that I've never seen before, but it's reminiscent of some old patterns I saw my grandpa tie. The Aftershaft Scud is courtesy of the folks at Savage Flies, and it looks like a great all-around nymph pattern.

With spring finally here in most of the country, it's time for many anglers to head back to the water. The folks over at Fly Fish Food put together a video on the top 5 flies they recommend every angler have in their box this spring.

This week's edition of Tying Tuesday comes to us from Tim Flagler, where he shows us how to tie a cased caddis larva. Whenever I see a tying tutorial for a cased caddis, I'm reminded that I don't fish with these nearly often enough. They should definitely be in your box, especially as we gear up for the first caddis hatches of the year.

Spring has sprung in my corner of the Rockies, which means the mayflies are out in ever-increasing numbers, no longer confined to tailwaters. I fished my local creek this past Friday, too late in the day to catch the hatch, but I saw the remnants of mayflies in backeddies and foam lines. The early-season mayflies in my neck of the woods are a darker, almost...

In this week's edition of Tying Tuesday, we treated to a bit of an impromptu masterclass from Brian Flechsig and Tim Flagler. The two discuss how they found some Hendrickson nymphs on the Mad River, and how that led them to tie up their own imitations of that venerable bug. It's fun - and enlightening - to see the thought process of two accomplished tiers.

This week's Tying Tuesday features an interesting little nymph from Charlie Craven, called the Picky Eater. As its name implies, this bug should help put fish in the net when it feels like they're refusing everything else in your box.