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Grandma’s Coat – tied by Mark Willigar
This fly is made to be as colorful as that old coat your Grandma used to wear, at least when I was a kid, my grandma had one. I’m not sure what inspired me to tie it in this particular way, maybe the...
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Howell’s Trip Saver™ – Kevin Howell
Hook: Tiemco 5262 size 8-16 Tail: X-small or Small Brown Rubber Legs Abdomen: SLF Whitlock Blend Red Fox Squirrel Thorax Thorax: UV Black Ice Dub Hackle: Hungarian Partridge Collar: 4-5 strands Pearl...
View ArticleThe Kevin’s Stonefly™
I thought this was a good follow-up to Howell’s Trip Saver from yesterday. So you get a dynamic duo from Kevin. Hook: Mustad 79580 6-14 Underbody: lead wire .015—.035 Thread: Black 6/0 Uni Thread...
View ArticleThe Grumpy Frumpy by Clark “Cheech” Pierce
I was actually surprised I had not made a post yet featuring The Grumpy Frumpy. This wicked cool pattern belongs to Clark “Cheech” Pierce who together with Curtis Fry run the FlyFishFood.com website....
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Aaron Marzec – Part II
I wanted to add a second part to Aaron’s post from yesterday to show off more of his flies. There are some beauties here! Aaron comments on each below. Wulff Porcupine Bumble Hump Here is my “Wulff...
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R.A.B. – Allan Fish
Allan hails from Greenwood, Indiana which is not too far from me. He is good friends with renown fly tyer and bamboo rod builder Tony Spezio. From what Allan tells me, this is a good one to have in...
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Four new flies in FrankenFly Online Store!
I’ve added one streamer and three more classic Michigan dry flies to the FrankenFly online store. Each are explained in this post. Order now to make it in time for Christmas! Click here to go to the...
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Tying Off-Body Flies: an introduction – Tom Deschaine
Tying flies where a large portion of the body extends beyond the hook has always presented problems not only for the beginning tyer but also for the experienced. There are two basic ways to tie these...
View ArticleSimple Snowshoe Emerger
Tightline Productions just released a new fly tying video last night. This one is on the Simple Snowshoe Emerger. This is a neat little pattern and Matt Grobert does a professional tying job once...
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Woolly Bugger – Andy Satanek
The major key to the Woolly Bugger’s success for catching fish is this pattern imitates a wide vary of food sources … baitfish, crawfish, hellgrammites, leeches and nymphs (damsels, stoneflies). When...
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Shotglass – Shea Gunkel
I was reminded of this pattern this morning while browsing Facebook. Shea is one of my newest friends on Facebook and so this reminded me to get information posted about this pattern, because it’s a...
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Hammer Creek Super-Ball
This is a really cool nymph pattern from Hammer Creek Fly Fishing called the Hammer Creek Super-Ball. I love the look of this pattern, so it makes me want to ask for nymph skin for Christmas this year....
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Beadhead Mini Woolly Bugger – Andy Satanek
The Beadhead Mini Woolly Bugger. A host of advantages accrue to the angler targeting panfish (bluegills, pumpkinseeds, redears, crappies) who actively moves the Beadhead Mini Woolly Worm in low-light...
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‘Bumbling’ Through Autumn… by Tom Deschaine
I’ve always had a fascination with bee patterns. To that end I created a couple of patterns in years past and fished them with a moderate degree of success. But they weren’t as productive as I...
View ArticleParachute Blue Wing Olive
Great looking Blue Wing Olive by the gang at The Catch and The Hatch. It is a good idea to always have some Blue Wing Olives in your box because the hatches happen often. Check this one out. Materials...
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White Miracle
Here are some easy and quick midge patterns … along with being very effective for creek and stream trout sent to me by Andy Satanek. White Miracle is kind of an appropriate name for this time of year....
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Pink Matuka Spey – Ken Chandler
This one is brought to us by guide Ken Chandler in Ontario, Canada with Ken Chandler Fly Fishing Adventures. The Pink Matuka spey can be a tricky fly to tie the first time, so be patient and take your...
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Steve Dally’s Lap Dancer
Dally’s Ozark Fly Fisher partner and guide Steve Dally demonstrates his predator seducing Lap Dancer in trophy brown trout sizes. Like all our White River trophy brown trout guides, Steve was seeking...
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Fox Squirrel Nymph – Holsinger’s Fly Shop
This fly is a great generic nymph and a perfect substitute for a hare’s ear. You can also look us up on the web at holsingersflyshop.com for all your fly tying and fishing needs. Holsinger’s Fly Shop...
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b smo’s “Ragg Wool” Cranefly Larva
Brian Smolinski of Lund’s Fly Shop came up with this simple cool cranefly larva pattern. He slathers us with details below! Over the years I would get a few requests here or there for a cranefly larva...
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