Summer is slipping into fall and that means streamers for Smallmouth Bass. Soon the bass will be feeling the water temps coming down and they will start looking for nice meaty opportunities to hopefully build up a little for the cold winter months. One of my favorite fall streamers is the Murdich Minnow. Actually, it
In last weeks video, on the Black Turkey, I mentioned that the Black Turkey is very similar to the Leadwing Coachman. After doing that video I realized many tiers might
Like most things in life, there is always more than one way to accomplish many things in fly tying. Instead of dubbing you can use chenille, instead of direct dubbing
When I was asked awhile back to tie a leech pattern or two one of the first flies I thought of was John Barr’s Slump Buster. Although, maybe not a
Probably the most well known and most popular fly ever created is the Woolly Bugger. It is certainly one of the first flies that most people tie when they start
The Electric Leech is one of those flies that is good fished deep as a leech or swung in the mid-water column as a baitfish. Not all together different from
From time to time I get requests to tie a certain pattern or style of fly as well as demonstrate a certain technique. I try to honor these requests, when
Summer is slipping into fall and that means streamers for Smallmouth Bass. Soon the bass will be feeling the water temps coming down and they will start looking for nice meaty opportunities to hopefully build up a little for the cold winter months. One of my favorite fall streamers is the Murdich Minnow. Actually, it
In last weeks video, on the Black Turkey, I mentioned that the Black Turkey is very similar to the Leadwing Coachman. After doing that video I realized many tiers might
Like most things in life, there is always more than one way to accomplish many things in fly tying. Instead of dubbing you can use chenille, instead of direct dubbing
When I was asked awhile back to tie a leech pattern or two one of the first flies I thought of was John Barr’s Slump Buster. Although, maybe not a
Probably the most well known and most popular fly ever created is the Woolly Bugger. It is certainly one of the first flies that most people tie when they start
The Electric Leech is one of those flies that is good fished deep as a leech or swung in the mid-water column as a baitfish. Not all together different from
From time to time I get requests to tie a certain pattern or style of fly as well as demonstrate a certain technique. I try to honor these requests, when
If you have been tying flies for any length of time and fishing them longer you have probably run across a Jack Gartside fly. Jack Gartside developed a number of
Wrapping up soft hackles (for a while) with the Craven’s Purple Soft Hackle. I generally refer to it as the Craven’s Soft Hackle as you can change the color of
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I have mentioned in a number of videos this winter, as well as posts, that I will be attending a Tie-A-Thon this spring in Elkhart Indiana. A number of people
Having been doing videos for almost two years now and teaching classes much longer I have found that one of the most frequent questions I get from people concerns where
March 15, 2020 I have been meaning to get this article out for about the past five weeks. Unfortunately, life sometimes gets in the way of the things we WANT
After introducing and teaching people how to tie flies over the last 18 years I have answered many questions about constructing flies. Most are about specific patterns, or maybe a
Written by Ian Anderson Background The Prince Nymph is one of the first nymphs I was introduced to when I started nymphing. It is a extremely versatile pattern
Written by Ian Anderson Background The PA Ant was developed many years ago to fill the need for a quick and effective ant pattern for fishing the spring creeks
