Muddler Minnow step by step Don Gapen invented this legendary pattern for the Nipigon river in Canada. It was supposed to imitate Cockatush minnow which is a sculpin and called a “muddler”…
Bullhead Diver I use quite a lot of Sculpin patterns that use different zonker and muddler head combinations. This one is the latest addition to the line and it differs from the…
Mirage Beadhead. After posting the Hydropsyche Larva varation last week it got me thinking what is the fly I mostly use with it since I rarely fish it alone. Instead I usually…
Hydropsyche Larva When I first laid my eyes on Oliver Edwards’ book Flytyers Masterclass my life changed. It was a real eyeopener to me on what could be achieved with fly tying…
Hi-Vis Bomber Salmon dry flies were the last thing on my tying list at the moment but I visited the guys at Helsinki Spey Clave and they had dyed some premium Calf…
Jock Scott Needs no introduction and we’ve even featured this pattern here before but a different Pryce-Tannatt version of it. Because the notes included with the pattern in Kelson’s book The Salmon…
The Lion Here’s the finished fly from our last post that dealt with the underwing construction. For the main wing I tied the bigger portion of it as a mixed wing but…
Step by step of tying an underwing on the Lion. There’s lots of ways to interpret a classic salmon fly pattern. Some have weird words used in them or things that seem…