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Tying Bass Bugs

Tricks & tips for spinning and trimming the ultimate hair popper fly.

Charlie Craven

Hydrodynamics 101

How to tie flies using a lift kit, tail creep, and negative weight to make your fly swim the

Jay Zimmerman

Simple and Useful High Mountain Lake Trout Fly-Tying Video Collection

Successful trout fishing at mountain lakes requires using the right flies. Follow along for a

Charlie Craven

Tying the DJL Drake Dry Fly

Step-by-step instructions for tying this extended-body rubber-legged dry fly.

Charlie Craven

Fly Tying: The Finer Points of Attaching Dubbing to your Thread

The act of twisting fur and other fibers around tying thread is a skill that few tiers have

Charlie Craven

Tying the Chewy's Halo Shrimp Fly

Dave Chouinard's “Survive Entry” series gets you to first base.

Charlie Craven

Tying Mayer's Mini Leech Jig Fly

These tying steps are excerpted from the book Landon Mayer's Guide Flies: Easy-to-Tie patterns

Landon Mayer

Fly Fisherman Throwback: Tying Better Flies

Lumps and bumps afflict the work of many tiers, but don't worry; it's curable.

Ted Niemeyer

Modern Midges: 12 Fly Recipes

Fly fishers need patterns to imitate midge larvae, pupae, emergers, adults, and clusters.

Rick Takahashi & Jerry Hubka

Tying Jake Villwock's Roamer Streamer

A great smallmouth streamer, The Roamer can be used for striped bass, trout, steelhead, and

Jake Villwock

Tying the Kamchatka Mouse Fly

A beefy and durable mouse pattern to hunt for large, predatory trout.

Will Blair

Throwback: The Jungle Cock Situation in Brief

If you've ever wondered why the fly-tying feathers of wild jungle fowl are illegal to import,

Eric Leiser

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