Black Gordon Spey I found this pattern from Bob Veverka’s book Spey Flies: How to Tie Them. There’s a plate of Steelhead Speys by Oregon tier Brad Burden and it’s one of…
Black Ranger I tied this as a quick fishing fly with no material prep like forming crests. They will eventually take their place in the water so the prep is just for…
Orange Heron One of the most famous Syd Glasso patterns that he used especially for winter Steelhead in the Pacific Northwest. I use featherwinged streamers quite a lot for Trout so I…
The Classic Salmon and Sea Trout Fly Compendium – Grewcock & Carne This massive book that features basically all published and some unpublished classic salmon flies compiled by Barry Grewcock with the…
50 photo step by step instructions on how to tie Trahernes Nepenthian I wrote an article on Chasing Silver Magazine about J.P. Traherne and his salmon flies and in addition to the…
Semirealistic Foam Golden Stonefly dry fly I was fortunate enough to get to fish the Deschutes river this spring when the big salmonflies and golden stones were hatching and tied quite a…
Fly Tying Archive now also on Instagram You can find us @flytyingarchive on Instagram and see our latest posts there on the sidebar to the right. The content will differ a bit…
Deerhair divers for Pike Pike season is fully starting here as the waters keep getting cooler and the big pikes come to the more shallow parts of the water. From time to…