Planning your flies I’m not much of an artist when it comes to drawing or painting but I like to sketch flies to get a better feel for proportions. Especially if I…
Looking through some old photos on my computer.. Man I need to go fishing soon….
Semi-Realistic Caddis Dry Fly New video step-by-step of a fairly simple but realistic Caddis Fly. This is one of my own patterns but it’s basically a variation of the many realistic Stoneflies…
Get Bent! Yeti Coolers is hosting a photo contest with Simms that was titled Get Bent! This picture of mine came in mind instantly and decided to give it a new look…
Alive Shrimp Jesper Petersen’s shrimp pattern for Danish Sea Trout fishing. I had the privilege to tie this fly with Jesper this spring and was really taken with the thought he had…
Silver Grey One of my favorite patterns ever designed for salmon. This time tied with really sparse wing and closer to “classic Finnish style”. Haven’t caught any salmon with it yet but…
The “Black Prince” Major John Popkin Traherne’s flies are recognized by many as the most beautiful salmon flies ever created. Many of them have fullfeather wings which has never been too common…
Prince Nymph Originally called Forked-tail Nymph and originated in 1930’s by brothers Don & Dick Olson. There are many stories about the name of this fly but to my knowledge Doug Prince…