Fly Tying Archive

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  • Green Highlander from T.E. Pryce-Tannatt

    Green Highlander from T.E. Pryce-Tannatt

    Green Highlander. One of those patterns you either love or hate. It has an unusual color scheme which is probably the reason why it has become so popular. It’s one the classic flies that I’ve tied the most and it’s a pattern that I like to tie every once in a while to sort of…

  • Muddler Minnow

    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” in parts of Wisconsin. The muddler wasn’t supposed to be that type of firm and clinically cut that we like today but rather…

  • Lion Underwing Step by Step

    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 not to make sense. If you have ever written anything you know that there’s also a big possibility for typing errors. Here I…

  • Nepenthian

    Nepenthian

    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 article did a long step by step on one of the flies, the Nepenthian, for their blog. You can find the full step…