Tip: Gold tinsel Tail: None Hackle: Ginger tied palmer Ribbing: Gold tinsel Body: Pale yellow floss Wing: None * This photo of the Ginger Palmer has a light ginger hackle; the color plate painting is dark ginger.

Highlights the phenomenal fly fishing destinations on the African continent. 43 min. Presented by Safari and Film Africa. Follow the crew as the Pony Trek through the Kingdom of Lesotho on the roof of Africa in search of big wild river trout. Fishing completely virgin waters and some better known rivers, this film is inundated […]

Lucian Vasies shows his Bomber Baby Fish. A fly built with spun loops of deer hair, it is a great alternative to stacking and spinning hair. Lucian makes use of a Xpert Vosseler Tool to hold the materials straight and even in the loops. Hooks: Daiichi D2220#8 Tying Thread: UniThread 6/0 red Tail: Marabou Body: […]

There are many different versions of the Stimulator, in both a range of color and sizes. While is a stonefly imitation, many anglers fish it as a searching pattern or when caddis are present. Davie McPhail’s instructions and insight are valuable to both the beginner and experienced tier of this pattern. Hatches Fly Tying [email protected],,USA

While “grip and grin” photos are nice and often appropriate, I prefer to seek out and capture a variety of visual opportunities which present themselves as part of the whole experience of being on a favorite stream or lake. I am continually amazed and draw inspiration from the plethora of top quality angling photographers I […]

The dry fly has been evolving for more than 100 years. It started in England, crossed the Atlantic, and then took the world by storm in the Catskills. Despite the fact that the Catskill-style dry flies are still widely used today, Catskill patterns are plagued by issues that fly tiers have been trying to overcome […]

When it comes to Spey flies you can’t get away from the name Alec Jackson. Most recognizable in the series of Daiichi brand hooks that he developed. As I sit at my vise and tie spey fly after Spey fly, his name keeps flashing in front of me. I keep asking who is Alec Jackson and how did he get his name on every pack of these elegant and beyond durable hooks?

Shot in Mexico, Alaska, British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Florida, NW territories of Canada and a few surprise locations. This fly fishing film is about places that are off the beaten path. It is about people that live the fly fishing lifestyle, not to be a name, but because fly fishing is part of their […]

A few years back I joined a fly swap on Drake Magazine’s forum. Since it was my first swap, with people from all over the country who target any number of species, I found myself a little perplexed as to which pattern to tie. Since the streamer was to go to quite a diverse group […]

Mouthful of Mufasa…what a beautiful site! Since I got the prototype skulls to work with at Somerset I have been working with the Flymen Fishing Co Fish Skulls to come up with a pattern I can effectively streamer fish, and the Mufasa has been my most sucesssful articulated pattern with the Skull to date. Fished […]