Archive | March, 2010

Video: Tying the Jock Scott

March 30, 2010 0 Comments

This isn’t really a tutorial video, but I really enjoy watching a craftsman, however young or old, at work! Here we have Torben Kondrup tying the classic Salmon fly, the Jock Scot, at Randers Fly Fair which took place in February of 2010 in, I believe, Denmark. Really beautiful tying here (camera work isn’t bad [...] Read more
Category: Fly Fishing Video, Lessons & Tutorials, Salmon, Salmon Flies
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Video: Alberta, USA, Fly Fishing for Trout

March 30, 2010 0 Comments

Here we have a really fun video of fishing in South Western Alberta, USA, for trout using Nymphs, Streamers and Dry Flies too. While I’m not sure my farming friends would be too happy at the animal husbandry on display by the dog early in the video, I’ve got to say I envy having this [...] Read more
Category: Fly Fishing Video, On Location
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The Gray Ghost Streamer – Fly-Tying Tutorial Video

March 30, 2010 0 Comments

Streamer flies will be more familiar to North American fly fishermen, who use them to devastating effect in the large rivers throughout the continent, though they are increasingly becoming popular fished in a wide variety of locations, for a variety of salmonoid quarry, not least because the movement and flashes with such flies, fished at [...] Read more
Category: Streamers
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Fly Fishing Books: 50 Places to Fly Fish Before You Die, By Chris Santella

March 29, 2010 0 Comments

I have a love-hate relationship with this book, after I was given it for my birthday a couple of years ago. The problems it causes me? Well, simply put, this book makes me long to fish all of those places I have yet to visit with a rod, and many that I have yet to [...] Read more
Category: Fly Fishing Books
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Small Bullet Head Caddis – Fly Tying Video from Davie McPhail

March 29, 2010 0 Comments

I’m going to be putting a few more of Davie McPhail’s excellent Fly-Tying tutorial videos onto this site over the coming days and weeks as there’s lots of excellent patterns, tied really well, and in a way to which I really couldn’t wish to add anything. So I won’t! Simply watch the video below to [...] Read more
Category: Dry Flies, Fly-Tying Lessons & Tutorials, Lessons & Tutorials
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Fishing a Team of Three Nymphs Upstream – Tying your Droppers

March 29, 2010 3 Comments

I mentioned the other day that one of my favourite techniques – one which was taught to me by the great Oliver Edwards when I was in my early teens, fishing the River Ure at Masham – on Northern rivers early in the season (April / May / June) is fishing a small team of [...] Read more
Category: Fly-Fishing Techniques, Nymphs
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Fly Tying Tutorial Video – How to Use a Bobbin Cradle

March 29, 2010 0 Comments

This is a really simple lesson for the absolute beginner Fly Tyer: how to use a bobbin cradle. I just used to hook my bobbin onto a screw when I first started tying as a child (actually tying flies in your hands was more popular too…), but nowadays I use the more fancy sort of [...] Read more
Category: Fly Fishing Video, Fly-Tying Lessons & Tutorials, Lessons & Tutorials
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The Blood Worm – Fly-Tying Tutorial Video

March 15, 2010 0 Comments

The Blood Worm is a great little pattern for reservoirs or stillwaters, as it mimics midge pupae which is often found in such places, and is a staple foodstuff for the brown and rainbow trout. This little tutorial video below will show you how to tie the blood worm. You’ll need a hook with a [...] Read more
Category: Buzzers, Fly-Tying Lessons & Tutorials, Lessons & Tutorials
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Pheasant Tail Nymph (PTN) – Fly-Tying Tutorial Video

March 12, 2010 0 Comments

Another must have under the surface fly is the Pheasant Tail Nymph (PTN), which, when fished upstream in a fast flowing river for brown trout is often a deadly pattern, as it is retrieved slowly on a figure-of-eight in a small still water. Below we have a tutorial video which takes you through tying the [...] Read more
Category: Fly-Tying Lessons & Tutorials, Lessons & Tutorials, Nymphs
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The Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear (GRHE): Fly-Tying Tutorial Video

March 11, 2010 0 Comments

Another day, another fly-tying tutorial video from the excellent David Cammiss – today we have the Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear (often abbreviated to GRHE for obvious reasons!) which is another ‘wet’ fly designed to be fished below the surface. The gold ribbing adds ballast to the fly, making it a good top-dropper fly for you Read more
Category: Fly-Tying Lessons & Tutorials, Lessons & Tutorials, Nymphs
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