Davie Mcphail ties a great nymph pattern, the Olive Quilled Cruncher. This pattern makes use of Dyed Peacock Quill for a great looking segmented body.

My relationship with stripers and squid has been an almost life long affair. I remember summer nights as a kid, jigging for squid under pier lights and trying to “stink ink” my fishing partners. As we lifted up the pale white specters that clung to our jigs, they transformed into erupting black fountains of slimy […]

So, we’ve taken a few weeks off in our “Show us your Bench” series. But with winter lurking, there are tiers all over the northern hemisphere getting back into tying mode. Here is some inspiration. R. Bruce Bolster from Clandeboye, Manitoba writes “We lived for several years in a log house with no room for […]

If you like wet flies like I do, you will of course have read the ‘fly fishing bible’, Ray Berman’s masterpiece, Trout. The book is a timeless classic, drenched in the lore and nostalgia of fly fishing. I’m 34 and tied my first wet fly in 2008. I never saw these things for sale in […]

“This fly was inspired by a popular fashion house which found itself lent to the prole drift. I wanted to take something so typically blue-blood, twist it 180°… and create something modern yet reminiscent of a victorian garish past. The Chav salmon fly is a suggestion of what the british hierarchy had become; a thing […]

I would like to introduce you one of my special CDC dry flies. This fly pattern matches a group of delicate yellow mayflies. It works well in the slow-flowing rivers of the Eifel. It can be fished as a dun pattern on the surface, or as an emerger in the surface film. In either case, […]

Limber up & take a deep breath as Geoff Anderson & Simon Penn chase the permit of Western Australia’s Kimberley coast. Along the isolated beaches of northern Western Australia, Permit seem to do things a little differently. Follow local anglers Geoff Anderson and Simon Penn as they chase these fish down in environments never seen […]

Jindra Lacko shows an 8-step deep fishing caddis pattern. By using a jig style hook, you can be sure to loose less flies as the hook fishes point up. Size and colors can be adjusted for local hatches. Hook- Jig style Bead- 4.6 mm Tungsten Lead- flat lead Tip- UNI Neon thread Butt dubbing- hot […]

At the 2011 IFTD show, Angling Trade ranked the Metalhead Boots by Korkers the “Best Eco-Friendly Product”. But these boots are not only eco-friendly, they are some of the best wading boots on the market. The Metalhead boot comes with a Kling-On rubber sole and a felt sole. Korkers also utilizes “True Fit” sizing, that […]

John Kavanaugh ties his Saltwater Fly Pattern the H.T.A. or Hy Tye Anchovy. This is a FANTASTIC fly pattern that was developed to imitate an Anchovy. This is a huge forage off the North East and Mid Atlantic coasts for the False Albacore. John really nailed this one. It is cheap, easy, indestructible, and a […]