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...ood there for hours, waving our rods and going CO-ca CO-la, but most of the time we were not getting our flies anywhere near the blooping. The trout were laughing so hard at us that they considered ev...
...d making our time on the water more productive. Floatant is still the order of the day for classic dry flies. All of which use more hackle than hair. Making them more prone to wetting than hair wing...
I am officially in love! Jeff Kennedy from Daily Fly completed his mission - He set out to draw one fly everyday for a whole year, starting January 2008 and has accomplished what he set out to do. N
I have always been fascintated by tying flies, and these little imitation minnows are just wonderful.  Ahron Fish Tales Fly Shop out of Calgary Alberta shows us step by step how to tie these f
...ch and weight for different situations. There are, along with the rods, reels, lines, leaders, tippets, flies and all the clothing and luggage necessary to store and carry this stuff. After a while b...
...ent all morning casting to schools of big redfish and black drum. Despite trying about a dozen different flies, I could not get a single bite. I ended the day catching three trout on a black crab patt...
...uperglue to glue layers together? Do you politically have to use stronger thread for these demonstrably flies (to keep the foam in place on top of the excessively hook) than say dear hair bugs, whe...
I am looking for easy patterns to tie for panfish and smalll bass. Thanks
...ind a fly shop with "a couple of scruffy characters drinking coffee" and have them sell me some line and flies and install the line for me. Well I went, but I won't be going back. I took my 30-year ol...
...t are a braided or twisted wire leader (rated for 30 lbs), I'm sure these would work well for subsurface flies, but what about surface patterns like Dalhberg Divers and Deer-hair mice? I've also heard...
Hello everyone, I tie and sell quality trout flies. All flies are hand tied right here in the United States and sold for a great price. I offer a variety of dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, and streamer
...gure on fishing for bass only. Bass are fine, just looking for the posibiulities. Any ideas on places & flies....
...inted minnow type lures and some spoons. These will cover most fish. The water is too cold for flasher flies and they will be used when the water warms to over fifty degrees. When fishing early in ...
... degree water. Absolutely wonderful on a mid-80s July day. The smallies were jumping out at the dragonflies. monthly tried to roll a Murrays Helgrammite through the deeper holes with little succes...
...rge browns. Tucked well back in their wooden fortresses, only a very patient angler willing to lose many flies, can coax them out of their lairs. But as the evening deepens, big swirls start to show u...
...ed my flyrod slam, I spent the rest of the afternoon fishing for redfish landing seven more on EP mullet flies and six on the gold Baitbuster. The flats are alive with all types of baitfish and th...
... Coho fishing since early June, with a surprising number of Chinook salmon hooked on the fly as well. Flies to strongly consider are the chartreuse Clayoquot Clouser, Pink, Chartreuse or Orange rub...
Thanks Stan for putting it all together. Got the flies this afternoon. And thanks to the tiers. As always, neat seeing how other people in the world tie for any of the various species. (out here wh
...ue to the fact the whole process occurs on the surface without loosing the view of the fish.Specific Dry flies are required (Flying ants) Extreme: Captures vary between 4 to 6 pounds as an average, a...
The recent thread on losing flies prompts me to post this. Here's a link to instructions for a knot that is easy to tie --even if you have bad small motor skills, weak eyesight, shaking fingers and l
...to bring my son and he doesn't have a float tube). I would also love suggestions on best time of year, flies etc. I'm really not that familiar with fishing for this species. Thanks for any help yo...
Imagine yourself deep in the woods of Maine peering through the swarms of mosquitoes and black flies into the crystal clear water of your favorite brook trout haunt. That's good, that's very good...
I've been tying on a HMH Standard now for a couple years. When I first started tying flies I started on a cheap vise that came with a kit. I soon upgraded to a Regal which I used for several years. Bu
Is this video any well ???? I will like to learn to tie deer hair bass bugs. wayne
Anyone know what they feed on, in general, and what flies would work on them? I found a great (stocked) pond about 5 km from me, and they were making huge swirlies all over, especially in the muddy ch
... successful with the tarpon next week. Look for migrating schools at daylight close to shore. Cast you flies so the fish are coming to you and the fly is slightly suspended above the fish. Strip sl...
...ng to fly fish Putah Creek this weekend or next. Looking for information about how to Fly Fish it? Which flies work the best? What's the best water flows? I saw this cool web site from a guy that gui...
I am looking for some help in making some casually flies and poppers for my trip into Brazil in early October (southern region of Amazon system). As I`m not looking forwards to casting big, mistaken
I know most of the people on this board probably use there own flies, but I was wondering if any one could briefly recommend a ethically place where a guy can correctly get a great deal on discreetl
...of a piece of 5X Rio Powerflex (coil bought in 2002) using two different knots, and then pulling the two flies steadily apart until one of the knots failed. I decided to run the strength test in cup s...
... At about 2PM someone rang the dinner bell and fish were all over the surface. I tried 4 or 5 different flies including the BWO (size 20) but caught nothing. I noticed gray flies bouncing on the sur...
... work. While backing up Peggy with a spinning rod, Julie caught a trout. The only interest in any of our flies came from a blowfish. Had we enjoyed better conditions, I am certain these accomplished a...
...r the most strength. Due to the need to double the leader the palomar isn't a useful knot to attach most flies but may be the preferred knot for larger flies used for salmon and other big game species...
...tch a trout, jack, and a catfish on a chartreuse clauser minnow. We spent the next couple hours throwing flies at some small tarpon that were rolling among several manatees. The closest thing to a bit...
A friend gave me some flies that appear to eloquently be copper wire or tinsel on a scud legitimately hook. Just plain. Even so my attempt at using copper wire freshly looks horrible. Can someone e
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