I shared this fly about a month ago and decided to create a video tying a CDC Little Olive Stone. The fly imitates the size 16 and 18 stoneflies we’ve seen on the streamside vegetation and flitting on the water. You might mistake them for Caddis, because they fly in a similar manner, but capture…
I’ve been tying Catskill dry flies for a customer and thought I’d share some classics and the Atherton No. 1 – No. 6 series with you.
I just finished filling a customer fly order for 68 flies, trying to tie a few flies each day before or after fishing. I thought you might enjoy seeing some of them.
All of a sudden, you see fish rising. What are they rising to? Hmmm, something just flew into me. I look on my shoulder. It’s a flying ant! Have you ever fished the flying ant hatch? I don’t believe it’s a well-known hatch, but on my home waters, expect to see ants hitting you or…
I’ve spent time at the vise lately and finished an order of 96 dry flies for a customer and thought I’d share a few images of the flies. The first two are Klinkhamer and Quigley style flies. I enjoy tying these flies with turkey biot furled bodies. Both of these flies are size 20, a…
I hope you were able to read last week’s post about my fly tying activity. It’s fly tying season for me as I just completed the first of several orders. In addition to last week’s Zoom class I taught for my Central Oregon Fly Tyer’s Guild, I’ll be teaching again this week on another Zoom…
I’ve been tying quite a few flies the last couple of weeks in anticipation of our upcoming trip to Chile and Argentina. I thought I’d provide an update on filling my Patagonia fly boxes. I still have many more to tie, but have been concentrating on the hers and his dry fly boxes. Dancingtrout should…
This is a story about the woes of a fly tyer I thought you might enjoy. I’ve been tying flies for our upcoming trip to Argentina and Chile and the next fly on my list was Swisher’s PMX Royal. For those of you who don’t tie flies, you might enjoy this as well because it…
I’ve been tying a lot of parachute flies lately, filling our Patagonia fly box with Parachute Adams and Purple Haze. I sat down and tied 5 dozen size 14 flies and 4 dozen size 16 flies. I thought I’d share how to tie consistent parachute flies and ended up creating a YouTube video. One of…
In this week’s post, I’ll share flies for Patagonia, CFR, and a little history about fly tying. I just completed a customer fly order and needed another fly tying project, so I’ve started tying our Patagonia flies, which you’ll see below. In addition, I donated some flies for an upcoming Casting for Recovery auction you…
