One of the unique features of the reduced icicle is the ability to use any flash material and any color flash material on the fly. For example, one can use red LiquiFlash for the body/tail (wing) and then add black LiquiFlash to the white hair. All of a sudden, the world becomes a different place. […]
The Icicle, as I tied it in its previous posting, is the “complete” version with tail, body, and collar. The one I’m posting now is the reduced version in which the body and tail are replaced by a “wing” of pearlescent flash material tied in at the back of the collar position and allowed to […]
Writing about the woodshed made me think about how cold it was a couple of the days that I worked outside, and that reminded me that i promised Roger Lynn I’d put up a post on the tying of the icicle. First we;ll do the full monte version with parts for everyone. Later I’ll post […]
I will be at the International Fly Tying Symposium this weekend, offering a class in tying with spinning loops, demonstrating tying tactics, and presenting programs on fly fishing, including the new program on “Fishing the Film.” Our new book, Fishing the Film will be available and I’ll be happy to inscribe copies. For more info […]
The last two and one-half days have raced by. The third day of the trip, Duane and I explored more areas that we had not fished before, and re-worked areas that we had fished on days one and two. The fish were not super cooperative (when are they ever?), but we did manage 8 landed […]
I has been another very busy week. Our first volume in the Fly Fishing Series, entitled, Fishing the Film is at the printers and we’ve been proofing and approving. llast approval will be today and then off to the presses! In the meantime, I am getting ready for a fishing excursion to Canada to try […]
I asked Terry what flies he was using for muskies and he told me that he was using the patterns of my old friend, Bill Sherer. Bill has long been on the forefront of designs that employ not only size and movement but also the use of the acoustic footprint as well. Predator fish that […]
This is one of my most favorite mayfly dun designs. It sits correctly, the wing has a strong profile, the poly yarn gives the wing a natural sheen, and the fish eat it very well. It’s super easy to tie, and that makes it even more desirable.
I will tying a series of flies over the next few days as samples for Willard Koukkari’s forthcoming book on food organisms I’ll feature these flies in the blog as they are dressed and photographed. Today’s feature event is Thompson’s Foam Beetle. Ken tied it both with and without hackle legs, and it works both […]
The basic construction of this fly came from my knife-making, guitar-playing, piano-tuning, composer, and fishing buddy, John Beth. He’s always got something new and fun to play with, and when he showed me his Sperm & Egg Fly that he catches all his steelhead, and some browns and salmon with, I was delighted. The basis […]