Fly Tying Archive

Tag: trout

  • Bergman Fontinalis

    Bergman Fontinalis

    Bergman Fontinalis. An interesting pattern tied in honor of Ray Bergman as the name obviously suggests. Bergman’s friend Phil Armstrong designed and named the pattern and it’s part of the trout fin series which represent the fins of a brook trout that apparently was a proven bait in the US. To my knowledge it was…

  • Ghost Minnow Step By Step

    Ghost Minnow – Step by step. I thought I would open up the tying process a bit of the Ghost Perch posted previously but instead do it with a minnow coloration. The pattern is basically the same, only different colors and of course without the stripes. It imitates all kinds of minnow and fry species…

  • Perch Streamer

    Perch Streamer

    Ghost Perch I’m always trying out new materials to improve my flies. One element that I constantly felt was missing from my streamers was translucency. No matter how sparse and hollow you tie a fly it would always be pretty opaque in the water due to opaque materials. Couple years ago I was excited when…

  • Royal Coachman Wet Fly

    Royal Coachman Wet Fly

    Royal Coachman. Originally a variant of course from the Coachman wet fly was commercialized and named by the Orvis family in the last quarter of the 19th century. The red band of silk was originally added to protect the herls but the way I tie my herl bodies with a reinforcing thread I think this…

  • 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…

  • Bullhead Diver

    Bullhead Diver

    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 previous ones with having a reversed hook and dumbbell eyes. I usually fish these with quite a short line so castability is not…

  • Mirage Beadhead

    Mirage Beadhead

    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 have a Czech style nymph rig with 2-3 flies. There are of course many go to -patterns but this simple little fly has…

  • Oliver Edwards Hydropsyche Caddis Larvae Variation

    Oliver Edwards Hydropsyche Caddis Larvae Variation

    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 and immediately changed my approach to tying trout flies. Oliver’s hydropsyche caddis larva especially draw my attention and it’s still one of my…