 | Tying the Letumgo Minnow
(tube fly)by Raymond Tucker
Tying Difficulty Rating - Medium
Materials (in the order of construction):
HMH Plastic Tubing (Small, 3/32” OD) or hollow Q-tip handle. Cut to 1½” long.
Junction tubing (roughly ½” long)
Thread – Danville’s 6/0 (White)
Keel - Lea ... read more |
 | Tying the Disco Leech
Tying The Disco Leechby Daryn Smith
Recently a FlyTyingForum member posted two flies, wanting to know if anyone knew what the pattern was made with. I have not checked the original post to see if an answer was ever found. I saw a material that is simply called Disco by Bernat. It is a f ... read more |
 | Epoxy Head Clouser
Tying the Epoxy-Head Clouser
By James A. Capes
The Epoxy- Head Clouser has become one of my go-to flies when fishing for northeastern saltwater gamefish such as Striped Bass, Weakfish and Bluefish. It can be tied in varied sizes and colors to match the needs of particular waters, se ... read more |
 | The D5 Wooly Bugger
by Matt Erny
Materials You Will NeedHook: Daiichi 2220 Size 6.Thread: Ultra Thread 140.Tail: One Marabou Blood Quill.Body: FTD (Fly Tiers Dungeon) Hair Web Black Dubbing.Hackle: One Saddle Hackle.Flash: H2O Flash and Hologram H2O Flash from FTD.
Step 1: Tie threa ... read more |
 | Streamer Fishing for Big Trout
by Steve Clark
I debated titles for this piece.
Analogies had no pizazz; Steve's Lessons from getting Skunked with Flies, or Low on Fuel, No Smokes, Zero Fish: The Plight of a Fly-fishing Addict might've worked, but this isn't a laugh piece. There wer ... read more |
 | Working with Rabbit II: Double Bunny
by Will Mullis
In Part One of this series I demonstrated how to tie a Bunny Leech; a very easy, yet extremely effective, fly to tie. The Double Bunny maintains that theme.
The Double Bunny is a deadly fly for any species that eats smaller f ... read more |
 | Tying the Foxee Bastard
by Michael Schmidt
The Foxee Bastard is one of those patterns that was more or less stumbled upon. The name reflects the primary ingredient of the fly, Red Fox Tail, and the fact that it is a "bastardization" of a few other patterns, namely a tan Wooly Bugger, Sp ... read more |
 | Working with Rabbit I: Bunny Leeches
by Will Mullis
Materials You Will NeedHook: Mustad 9674, Size 4.Weight: Gold Cone Head.Tail and Body: Rabbit Strip.Head: Platte River Special Colored Leech Dubbing.
The Bunny Leech is the first in a series of articles I'm writing about flies that inc ... read more |
 | Crocheted Crawdad
Discuss this article at FlyTyingForum.com
by Duane Doty
This is a pattern that I worked on for a few years before it finally came out the way I like it.
It uses a technique called crocheting or weaving, and I will go through step-by-step how to do this.
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 | Tying the Tube Perch
by Nick Pujic
Tube: 1” Plastic tubeThread: Chartreuse UNI 6/0Body: Orange Krystal Flash strands wound around the tube or orange mylar tubing slid over the tube, tied off at both endsOver wing: Yellow and olive Polar Aire, barred with a markerUnder wing: Orange Polar Aire, ... read more |
 | Crayfish Spey Style
If you are anything like me tying 'buggers and Clousers can get a little monotonous to say the least. When tying flies becomes more of a chore than a pleasure I think it is extremely important to break the mold and experiment with new patterns. One way of doing this is to browse through patt ... read more |
 | Mickey Finn
From what t I have read this traditional streamer was named after the infamous drugged drink ("" is a drink that is meant to render its drinker unconscious).Having stood the test of time this streamer, like most, is designed to imitate a baitfish, and once the beginner learns to ti ... read more |
