[Video] Salmonfly Time!
Once I was a salmonfly… Image by miss grunzke …now I’m just a crinkley shell With the Salmonfly hatch in full swing on many of our western US rivers I thought I’d pay homage to the great winged beasts with this week’s Friday Night Fly Tying Video. In case you have not had the chance to fish this great hatch I’ve also included a little footage of the salmonfly hatch on the Yakima River. Yakima River Salmonfly Hatch Salmonfly Nymphs You might have noticed the Salmonfly is big! This makes them fun to tie and even more to fish because [...]
Categories: Fly Tying, Nymphs Tags: Fly Tying, fly tying video, nymphs, salmonflies, Yakima River
[Video] How to Tie a Tungsten Jig
I have to admit when I came across this week’s Friday Night Fly Tying Video by Chris Michels of Creek Addict I was a little embarrassed. I often use jigs for bass and panfish but I don’t normally think of using Tungsten jigs for trout, at least not on a fly rod. Used extensively in Europe, Tungsten nymph jigs have largely been overlooked by fly fisherman here in the states, myself included, and I think we are missing out. Perfect for Czech Nymphing Tungsten jigs are great for deep nymphing and lend themselves well to some of the euro nymphing [...]
Categories: Fly Tying, Nymphs Tags: Czech nymphing, euro nymphing, Fly Tying, fly tying video, nymphs, tungsten jig
[Video] It’s Hendrickson Fly Time
It’s Hendrickson fly time here in the mid-Atlantic states of the US so for the next few weeks we’ll feature Hendrickson fly patterns including nymphs, emergers, soft hackles, duns and spinners. In tonight’s Friday Night Fly Tying Video by Davie McPhail we feature the Hare’s Ear nymph, an all-time classic that makes an excellent Hendrickson nymph imitation. Active Hendrickson Nymph Prior to emergence, Hendrickson nymphs become very active, as shown in the video clip below from Wisconsin Fly Fisher, and their wing cases will become very dark. A size 12 to 14 Hare’s Ear nymph with black thin skin for [...]
Categories: Fly Tying, Nymphs Tags: Davie McPhail, Fly Tying, fly tying video, Hendrickson, nymphs, Wisconsin Fly Fisher
[Fly Tying Video] Charlie Craven’s Pheasant Tail Nymph
Charlie Craven shows us how to tie a perfect pheasant tail nymph in less than two minutes. Want to know his secret? Practice Makes Perfect You got it – practice! Charlie is a professional fly tier who has perfected his skills by tying up to 20 dozen trout flies a day and has been tying for over 30 years! Charlie is a man of few words in this video but just watching him tie is amazing. His precision and phenomenal thread control skills are off the chart. Charlie names thread control as one of the most important aspects of fly [...]
Categories: Fly Tying, Nymphs Tags: Charlie Craven, Fly Tying, nymphs, Pheasant Tail
[Video] Torrey’s Improved Hares Ear
How do you improve one of the most versatile and effect fly fishing nymphs ever created? Just ask Torrey Collins and Aaron Jasper who demonstrates how to tie the Improved Hare’s Ear nymph in this fly tying video tutorial. It’s All in the Fly Dubbing Torrey Collins is a self-proclaimed fly dubbing fanatic and when asked recently he shared, on TroutPredator.com, his secret dubbing recipe that makes this fly so effective. It’s sorta like a French cooking recipe- the proportions are not exact or absolute. I’ll guesstimate the percentages, but feel free to tweak & make minor color adjustments. 70 [...]
Categories: Fly Tying, Nymphs Tags: Aaron Jasper, Fly Tying, Hares Ear, nymphs, Torrey Collins
Fly Tying Nymphs – A Video Collection
Here a nymph, there a nymph, nymphs everywhere! You’d be smart to start fishing and fly tying nymphs, too! Why Nymphs? Well because nymphs are everywhere and guess what, nymphs make up the majority of a trout’s diet – a vast majority. It’s been said 90 percent of the time trout feed below the water’s surface on aquatic insects, adding other tasty morsels such as crayfish and other smaller fish as they get bigger. So if you want to catch more trout don’t just stand there waiting for ‘the hatch’ to happen – tie on a nymph or streamer pattern [...]
Categories: Fly Tying, Nymphs Tags: Fly Tying, fly tying video, nymphs
Killer Fly Patterns
We’ve added some killer fly patterns to our growing collection of fly tying videos including this Rubber Leg Stonefly by Aaron Jasper of Trout Predator Online. East vs. West Traditionally thought of as a Western style fly, this simple fly pattern is equally effective on streams in the Eastern US and turned my day around a few weeks ago while fishing the Housatonic River in Connecticut. After getting skunked all morning I knew I was onto something when I took 5 fish in 6 casts and 8 trout (both rainbow and brown trout) in about twenty minutes with this stonefly [...]
Categories: Fly Tying, Nymphs Tags: Aaron Jasper, Fly Tying, housatonic river, nymphs, stonefly
