This nymph pattern is a mix of a pheasant tail nymph, a brassie, and a red-headed stepchild. I took my favorite parts of each of those flies and mixed and matched until I came. up with something simple to tie, but attractive enough to catch plenty of trout. I love the red krystal flash wing, […]
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The Black Death is a must-have fly pattern when fishing for Tarpon. Though it looks large and messy when dry, it slims down into a sleek-profile baitfish imitation in the water. Its light weight makes for a soft landing on water, crucial for these spooky fish. Another benefit of the slim profile is the large
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This Czech Nymph is a beautiful scud or shrimp variation, and is sure to attract fish with its red hotspot in the middle of the body. Is that blood? Eggs? Let the fish decide, either way, they’re sure to attack. This fly was tied by Jan Wittner of Prague. Check out more of his flies
This wonderfully creative variation of the classic Pheasant Tail Nymph was tied by Jan Wittner, based in Prague. Using a barbless jig hook and an oversized bead, this would be a great fly for fishing deep pools, especially with that orange hotspot! Check out more of Jan’s flies on his Instagram account: @jwflytying
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This is just one of many variations of a scud pattern. Here I use olive and hare’s ear dubbing, with an olive scud skin and mono for the segmentation. A brown permanent marker on the top of the scud back adds some realistic coloration. These are super successful in spring creeks where there are lots
Made to imitate a Caddis. Sits low on the surface and floats very well. Two variations made to complement each other. Lady is made with a tread base of waxed thread on a stronger wire dry fly or wet fly hook. Then a thick wing of McFlylon is added with a strong pinch wrap. After
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I can’t remember where I first saw a fly similar to this, but the thing that made me want to tie it is how versatile it is. You can easily fish this as a dropper, an emerger, or even a dry fly if you tied it on a lighter hook. The fly is pretty simple
This is a variation on a classic wet fly called the starling and purple (or snipe and purple). In this version, we use holographic tinsel for the body instead of purple thread, and purple dubbing instead of black dubbing. We also use a slightly different hook shape, for no other reason than we like the
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The Booby fly isn’t really a fly at all, it’s more of a category of flies. There are certainly as many varieties of boobies as there are wooly buggers, and we’re not just talking size and color. Some people tie these very simply with a marabou tail, some silver tinsel, a marabou body, and the
“This fly I created is the best of both worlds, while it’s extremely buggy it’s also realistic, with a 3.8 mm tungsten bead it puts itself in front of a fish quicker.” – Karson Eskeland CDC is a wonderfully buggy feather that can be dubbed in a dubbing loop, wrapped like hackle, or tied on
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