Category Archives: Fly Tying
Saturday’s Shoutout / Planet Trout & Small Fly Funk
This weeks Saturday shoutout goes to Planet Trout and Small Fly Funk. Planet Trout Small Fly Funk If you’re wanting to learn more about fishing and tying small nymphs, emergers and dries, these two blogs are a good place to start....
Saturday Shoutout / Fly Tying Videos by Tightline Productions
This weeks Saturday Shoutout goes to Tightline Productions for their extremely professional step-by-step fly tying videos. Tightline Productions YouTube Channel I’ve watched a gazillion fly tying videos since YouTube came out. As a whole they all seemed about the same in terms of professionalism. That...
Sunday’s Classic / 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...
Sunday Classic / The Flies of Our Fathers
I recently visited my home town in Virginia for a funeral. Although the occasion was a sad one it was the largest gathering of my family in some time and as you would expect there was a good deal of nostalgia and sharing of family...
Stream Side Roadkill
I don’t know what I’m going to tie up with these salvaged black crow wing and tail feathers. It’s all that was salvagable with the majority of the bird covered in maggots and flies. I just felt obliged to swipe a few feathers in the...