 | Byrd's Gillbuster Byrd's Gillbusterby John Ridderbos Materials You Will NeedHook: Mustad 9672 #10.Tail: Zonker Strip.Body: Tying thread.Weight: Brass or lead dumbbell eyes. Tying Instructions: Step 1: Tie in rabbit strip; it should be about the length of the hook shank. Adsense Step 2: Thoroughly wrap the hook ... read more |
 | Humbug Humbugby John Ridderbos Materials You Will Need Hook: Mustad 3906 #10.Shellback and thorax: Black Chenille.Body: Yellow ChenilleLegs: White round rubber. Tying Instructions Step 1: Tie in black chenille. Adsense Step 2: Tie in yellow chenille. Step 3: Wrap forward yellow chenille to a ... read more |
 | Whitlock's Red Fox Squirrel Nymph Whitlock's Red Fox Squirrel Nymphby John Ridderbos Materials You Will NeedHook: Mustad 3906B #12Head: Bead to match hook sizeTail: Squirrel fur from back of squirrelRib: Orange pearl flashabouBody: Squirrel belly furThorax: Fur from back of squirrel skinHackle: (optional) Brown India He ... read more |
 | Sunken Firefly Sunken Fireflyby John Ridderbos Material You Will NeedHook: Mustad 9671 #14.Wincase: Black 1/8th Kreinik Ribbon.Butt: Fluorescent Yellow Kreinik Braid.Body: Peacock Herl.Wings: 1/8th Mallard Kreinik Ribbon. Adsense Tying Instructions Step 1: Tie in the wingcase/shellback. Step 2: ... read more |
 | Sparrow Discuss this article at FlyTyingForum.com Sparrowby John Ridderbos Materials You Will Need Hook: Mustad 9672 #10Tail: Marabou from bottom of a Pheasant rump featherBody: Olive Rabbit dubbingHackle: Pheasant rump feather (I prefer the ones with the iridescent blue silver feather)Head: Philo ... read more |
This week’s typing tip is in response to a question by Hatches reader, Nick S. from Boise, ID. Nick wanted to know if we had any suggestions for a small, lightweight fly tying vise to use streamside, or on backcountry fly-in/ hike-in fly fishing trips.
GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS, FALCON), November 1997
Binding Type: Hardcover
Retail Price: $16.95 at the Hatches Store
ISBN: 1-55821-067-9
“The trout’s biggest advantage is selectivity, and we can counteract it only by knowing the insects that make up his diet. This is the reason for the study of stream entomology by the angler, and it is often the weak link in his skill.”
-Ernest Schwiebert
Trout Stream Insects: An Orvis Streamside Guide is by no means a new book. However, since it was first published in 1990, it has successfully been introducing novice …
Called the “bobbin of bobbins,” Marc Petitjean’s “Thread Through Bobbin,” aims to solve a few classic design limitations of standard bobbins.
Sand Creek is a pretty little piece of trout water that harbors some very fussy fish. Clear water in a small creek demands a quiet approach; casting from the bank is a good strategy when fishing small flies to springtime trout. Photo by Russ Forney
Springtime in Wyoming can be pretty elusive. Just when the first flush of prairie wildflowers sweetens the air, the next storm buries them under a foot of snow. Somewhere between the first Meadowlark and the last new calf, winter finally begins to relax its icy grip. …
With rubber legs showing up in more and more fly patterns, one common problem fly tier’s are facing is that they get in the way when tying a whip finish knot. In this week’s Tying Tips, Hatches Magazine staff member Alex Cerveniak shares three quick and easy ways to keep those rubber legs out of the way.
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