BWO’s often hatch in big numbers and sometimes the parachute patterns don’t cut it. This pattern is easy to tie and always has a place in our boxes. This BWO emerger pattern can be tailored to match the mayfly naturals in any river. While fishing a small tailwater in Montana I came across a small […]

Davie McPhail shows how to tie an Olive Pheasant Tail Upright Nymph. This unique fly design allows the hook to fish point up. Be sure to watch Davie’s tips for rigging as well.

This machined bobbin has a hardened steeltip insert and countersunk feed that willallow thread to glide through the tube forthreading and tying. The drag control has alarge adjustment zone for fine tuningthread tension to your personal like. Have an opinion about this product? Share your comments and rate this product in the comment section below

When we put the words “furl, furling and furled” into an Internet search engine, we expected to get something about fly tying. Instead we learned about social networks, wind turbines and sailing. Fly tying was so far down the list we didn’t pursue the search beyond the top couple pages. We had to add the […]

John Kavanaugh joins us again and twists up the Last Chance Cornuta Cripple. This is fly is John’s take on Rene Harrop’s deadly Western pattern. It has been adapted for an East Coast hatch, the Cornuta or Large Blue Winged Olive.

My personal pattern to imitate the winter caddis that we get on our home river of the Farmington. The fly is intended to be skated, but can also be fished dead drift. The fly can be altered to imitate any pupa that is meant to be skated on the surface. Hook: TMC 2499 Size: 18 […]

It started as a simple request for some flies. I had been tying a few steelhead flies for a guide who shall not be named on the Salmon River a year or so ago. As the steelhead season was winding down he was gearing up for his guiding season in the New England area for […]

Shot on the Missouri River near Craig, Montana, “Sipping Dry” attempts to articulate the true essence of dry fly fishing in a setting many consider to be one of the dry fly capitals of the world. The full-length version will be featured in the 2012 Fly Fishing Film Tour (thef3t.com). Hatches Fly Tying [email protected],,USA

Our sister site Flytyingforum.com is loaded with expert tiers and member “Flytire” recently posted a detailed tutorial on the proven Joe’s Hopper. A pattern developed by Art Winnie of Traverse City MI in the early 1940′s, it was originally called the Michigan Hopper. It wasn’t until Joe Brooks in the 1950′s when the fly got […]

The status of Striped Bass is a hot topic on the East Coast of the US. This video passes along some great education and opinions on why they should be granted Gamefish status. For more info visit www.Stripersforever.org Hatches Fly Tying [email protected],,USA