About a year ago tier and outfitter Ray Schmidt came up with the idea of an “Iron Chef” – like contest for fly tiers. With other AFFTA members, he put together the concept of the “Iron Fly,” the first timed…
This week’s 30-Minute Fly Art features the Irresistible, which artist Jeff Kennedy describes as “one of those patterns that has bits and pieces of other great patterns combined into one fly. The deer hair makes it float like a cork…
Yes, they are mostly predictable. But as Bob Messeroll points out in The Missoulian, a mass of fallen Trico spinners is enough to get anyone’s adrenaline flowing. “Usually by noon or so, the water will be littered with spent trico…
We purchased the new Orvis iPhone “Ultimate Fly Fishing Guide” App ($24.99 less a $10 gift card) for fly fishers last Saturday and after having a bit of trouble getting it downloaded (it’s a little less than 400MB in size)…
“My choices were obvious, if somewhat painful. I could get a second equipment bag to store the overflow — kind of a tackle-bag annex — or do the unthinkable. Maybe it was time to look through all those boxes and…
Michael Yelton ties a Drowning Cicada in this week’s instructional video. He demonstrates how to tie a “cripple” variation of a Cicada, one that sinks a bit further into the film and shows more of a target to hungry fish….
Largemouth bass fly fisher Bob Pool has a reputation for tying big files — and catching big fish. “The greatest mistake fly fishers make when they try to catch largemouths, Pool says, is they downsize far too much. They wind…
This week’s 30-Minute Flies art by Jason Borger and Jeff Kennedy focuses on the Bomber, a pattern that has proved its worth as a waking and skating fly in places a far apart as Nova Scotia’s Margaree and the Deschutes…
What does a Prince Nymph imitate? Is it a stonefly or isonychia nymph? Or is it a cased caddisfly? No matter. It works in almost every trout water you’ll fish. Tim Flagler’s excellent video shows in high definition how to…
The Sulphur Sparkle Dun is the subject of the latest tying video from Michael Yelton. Authored by Craig Mathews of West Yellowstone, Montana, the Sulphur Sparkle Dun is typically fished in slow to moderately slow waters, and can imitate everything…