Filo Bugger – Phil Rowley
From Phil: “I love stillwater patterns that move and breathe in the water. Mobile patterns suggest life and trout find them hard to resist. Aftershaft or filoplume feathers to some are one of my...
View ArticleHarrop’s CDC Ant – North 40 Fly Shop
From North 40 Fly Shop: “Ants are one of my favorite summer dry flies to fish. The CDC Ant is a simple, yet effective fly pattern. I often tag an ant behind a Chubby Chernobyl or a hopper pattern,...
View ArticleSunken Trico – Jim Misiura
It’s Trico time, so check out this nicely tied Sunken Trico by Jim Misiura, who always does a great job of explaining while he ties. From Jim: “The months of July through September is the time to look...
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Quill and wire body Klinkhamers – Demuth Fly Tying
The latest Klinkhamers tied by John and Katie Demuth are exquisite! The addition of wire wrapped around the body makes them great ties. On the first, John mentions the hot pink Fluoro Fiber tag makes...
View ArticleThe Ant Acid – Kelly Galloup
From Kelly Galloup: “The Ant Acid has become a go-to terrestrial pattern for anglers across the country. As a searching pattern I am not sure there is anything better, and as an ant imitation, I am...
View ArticleDouble Bubble Hopper with Barry Ord Clarke
From Barry: “One of my “secret” patterns that has worked really well for me over the years, it almost makes fishing easy! Not representing anything in particular but just one of those flies that bring...
View ArticleHares Ear Wet Fly
Tim Flagler shows you how to tie a Hare’s Ear Wet Fly. He shows you a good way to tie in your wings correctly on this very effective fly. Materials list: Hook: Sproat bend down eye Hook Theard: 70...
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Comparadun explained by John Bonasera
John Bonasera also known as CatskillJohn has a very interesting post on Instagram a few days ago. He explained the origin of the Comparadun and tied some up. A post so good it deserved to be posted...
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Bugs tied by Travis Toller
I’ve followed Travis for some time on Instagram and noticed that he is an incredible fly tyer. So I wanted to feature him here on FrankenFly. Read below to get to know Travis and check out a few bugs...
View ArticleDelta wing caddis with Barry Ord Clarke
From Barry: “A delta wing caddis with an interesting body technique that can be put to good use in many other caddis patterns. With split wings and a segmented body, that is still encased in the...
View ArticleDeer Hair Caddis Fly by Davie McPhail
Davie McPhail shows how to tie a simple caddis fly. It’s a good one! Materials list: Hook, Fulling Mill Short Shank Special size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Rusty.Brown Rib, Fine Copper Wire Body, Peacock Herl...
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Signature Flies of Tim Neal
Tim Neal hails from Michigan and has been tying flies for 62 years. He is a well respected fly tyer in Michigan. Not only is he well versed and ties classic Michigan dry flies that are famous there,...
View ArticleSpectrumized Hendrickson Soft Hackle
Rich Strolis shows how to tie a Spectrumized Hendrickson Soft Hackle. Nice little bug! From Rich Strolis: “A demonstration on how to tie this rather simplistic yet deadly imitation. The design...
View ArticleAK Best Spent Caddis
Tim Flagler describes how to tie AK Best’ Spent Caddis. What a really nice little pattern. I might tie some of these myself. Materials list: Hook: Fulling Mill FM50 size 16 Thread: Tan UTC 70 Denier...
View ArticleKryptonite Caddis
Lance Dean shows how to tie this unique caddis fly pattern. The use of a knot and some UV has a very nice effect. From Lance: “In my opinion the extended abdomen of Juan Ramirez’s Kryptonite Caddis...
View ArticleMugly Caddis
Tied by Charlie Craven. From Charlie: “The Mugly Caddis is a pattern I developed after my first evening on the Henry’s Fork. I had fished to sporadically rising fish all evening with little success....
View ArticleEmergen-C Emerger
Jake from The Fly Fiend shows how to tie a nice little emerger pattern. Materials list: Hook: Firehole Outdoors 516 -size 14 Bead: 3.5mm Slotted Tungsten Bead black nickel Thread: 70 denier Fl. Orange...
View ArticleSulphur Klinkhamer
Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions shows how to tie a Sulphur Klinkhamer. He mentions that he found this pattern to be effective in all phases of the hatch. Materials list: Hook: Partridge...
View ArticleDeer Fly – Tim Neal
Tim Neal once again shows how to tie an effective Michigan dry fly pattern. Tim mentions that the Deer Fly is an excellent summertime searching pattern. I posted about this fly several years ago here...
View ArticleFly Tying With Marc Petitjean – MP41 Dry Fly
In this fly tying video Marc Petitjean is showing how to tie an MP41 Dry Fly. The video is by 54 Dean Street, Italian exclusive distributors of Petitjean Fishing Equipments. “MP 41 is one of the most...
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