Many moons ago, Skip Morris wrote wonderful book about Tying Foam Flies. In that book he ties a fly he calls the predator. It is a dragonfly larva presentation and tied in such a manner as to be fished along the bottom of the stream. Fast forward a number of years and another gentleman by … Read more
If you have already watched the tying video for the Clouser Darter then you heard me mention that Bob Clouser introduced me to this pattern about 20 years ago. The short version of the story is his Deep Minnow was not working on a particular body of water were it had been on another not … Read more
If you do any streamer fishing for trout or Bass at some point you will come across a Sculpin pattern and find out just how productive they can be. There are many Sculpin patterns being tied these days and I am certain even more are coming in the future. Today’s video is all about an … Read more
One of the first videos I published here at Dressed Irons was on one of my all time favorite fishing flies; The Rubber Legged Dragon (RLD) by Carter Nelson. I delineate between “fishing flies” and “tying flies” because some flies are more fun at the vise than on the water and vise versa. The Rubber … Read more
Years ago I ran across the Gartside Soft Hackle streamer and it has become a favorite fly to fish and tie. There are a number Jack Gartside’s patterns that I like to tie but for most of the warmwater fly fishing that I do the Soft Hackle streamer gets tied the most often. If you … Read more
I first ran across the Black Gnat from Larry Dalhberg’s DVD on Panfish & Bass. If you enjoy fishing for Panfish and Bass I recommend the DVD it is worth the expense and has some great information in it. The image will take you to Amazon where you can purchase a copy. On the DVD … Read more
This is the last “panfish” fly in the series I have been doing for the past few weeks. I use the term panfish loosely because the Faux Flying Ant is a wonderful trout fly (or so I think, we’ll find out). This fly came into being when a follower asked if I knew of any … Read more
This weeks tying video is the Gill Getter. I have been doing a series of Panfish flies for the past six weeks and the Gill Getter is the second to last fly. Like many Panfish flies, the Gill Getter has some weight to get it down and rubber legs to attract the fish. It is … Read more
In my last post about the Bully Bluegill Spider I mentioned that way back in the day (the old days of the ’80s and the ’90s) there was not a lot of info on Panfish flies. Along with the book mentioned in that post there was another fun and interesting book published in 1992 by … Read more
Back in 1999 Terry & Roxanne Wilson published a wonderful book on Bluegill Fly Fishing & Flies. For many people in the Midwest the Bluegill, or rather the Panfish (the entire family), is a often targeted fish. We have lots of warm water around here and there are many fisherman who caught their first ever … Read more
Catching Panfish on the surface is what most people think of when they think of “bluegill” fishing. Who doesn’t like spending a lazy warm evening around the pond casting rubber spiders or small poppers to hungry fish. The only problem is the bigger fish tend to stay down deeper during the hotter months. All fish … Read more