Category Archives: Fly Tying
Mora’s Dorado Streamer: Video
Dorado streamers are an exercise in elegance. The first time I tries tying streamers for golden dorado I made a mess of it. I imagine that is a pretty common experience for anglers tackling this apex predator for the first time. Coming from a background of...
The Fusion Warrior
If Lance Egan’s Rainbow Warrior and my Fusion hooked up and had a beautiful baby, what would it look like? Wyoming winters are long, really long. These conditions can be challenging to endure, yet they provide ample time for creation behind the tying vise. After...
Halfback Nymph in High Water
Looking for a great high water nymph pattern that will consistently fool trout? Try tying on a halfback nymph, it's an oldie but goodie that has produced big fish for me countless times over the years. The buggy profile of the halfback nymph does a great job...
The Incredible Ethical Egg
By Herman DeGala When I started fly fishing years ago, I was told that fishing egg patterns was indicative of questionable angling ethics. What I discovered was that it was not so much the flies themselves, but how they were used. I don’t fish to spawning...
We All Have Our Vises, Mine’s a Regal
I made my first tying vise. I know what you're thinking, but this vise was not a pair of hemostats duct taped to the back of a chair. I grew up in a machine shop and own two metal lathes and a host of other...