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2021
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Futsu Kebari x 2

Kurobe Headwaters and Cutcliffe Style Red Head. In this video I take a look at "futsu" kebari - one classic Japanese and one tied in the style of Cutcliffe from England in the 1860's.

Fox Squirrel Crayfish

This simple little crayfish imitation is great for spring smallmouth bass. It's durable, easy to tie and offers an ideal silhouette for the bass.

Stimulator

Stimulators are a classic pattern that just works amazingly. It has been in the boxes of many dry fly fisherman since the 80's, and is still popular today.

Freaner’s Flasher Streamer

A simple and flashy streamer that’s originally designed for smallmouth bass

Fly Tying Tips for a Clean Hook Eye!

In this video, I share tips to keep a CLEAN hook eye when fly tying.

Cold Water Tactics for Sea Trout

FLY TV is back! And what better way of the comeback than to go to Gotland trying to catch a monster sea run brown trout with the fly rod in the cold water? Almost nothing if you ask us...

Buying Saddle Hackle

What to look for when buying coarser saddle hackle - for saltwater and pike flies, for streamers, for salmon flies or other uses

Chief Dan George

This is basically the Clan Chief tied in the Gorgeous George style . Its a great fly for brown trout and sea trout .

The 72

In todays fly tying video Oliver Oelze is back behind the vise with a Killer baitfish pattern. In Olli´s own words: This is the original "72".

Kate McLaren Muddler

Muddlers are my favorite flies to fish with in windy situations. Golden tippet for the tail, dubbing, tinsel and deer hair. I tie on strong wet fly hook.

Bomber

Partridge ambassador Chris Wessel ties a Chartreuse Butt Green Bomber.

Thunder

Here I tie a winged wet fly called "Thunder" as outlined in Ray Bergman's "Trout"

Jig on Jig PT Nymph

Pheasant Tail Nymph Variation.

Ferret Nymph

Caddis larva. Skórzak. Synthetic and natural materials, when used in the right way, can make our work come alive.

White & Blue Scud

UV-resin has become super-popular and can really create some amazing flies - and espicially flies like this White & Blue Scud looks like a million. In this video we have had mr.

Grey Heron (var)

Always a pleasure to tie Spey flies. The bronze mallard for the wings is a fantastic feather to work with. Tinsel, silk, guinea feather and heron hackle are the other materials.

Foam Cricket

A fun and interesting way on how to tie a foam cricket. Charlie Cricket is our Fun with Flies mascot and wanted to share how to tie him like I did for the logo.

Jingle Hammer

Hook - Hanak H330 BL #10 Thread - Fish On UTS Black Tail - Coq De Leon Rib - Stripped Peacock Herl Body - Troutstalkers Possum Natural

Nemo Cruncher

Hi Folks and welocme to my Channel, i hope you enjoy your stay and learn something new.

Downhill Fly or Oak Fly

Downhill Flt or Oak Fly..

WD-40

One of the simplest but most effective mayfly midge larva that you can have in your box. An absolute must for early season fishing!

2-FTF-Fluttering Stone

This is the 3rd addition of our Fly Tying Friday where we tie a LaFontaine Fluttering Stone and an egg-laying version we developed base on the Fluttering Stone.

Dark Hendrickson Wet Fly

Detailed instructions for tying a Dark Hendrickson Wet Fly.

Walt's Worm

Probably the simplest fly pattern in Morgan Lyle's "Simple Flies," Walt's Worm was created in 1984 by Walt Young of Pennsylvania. This is not a bead head version, or Walt's Sexy Worm...

Thread Control and Material Mounting

Thread Control and Material Mounting is subject that's crucial for proper tying. It's so basic that people rarely mention it.

Traffic Light Cormorant

How to tie the ever popular traffic light cormorant, this fly is a deadly pattern on basically most waters for trout , especially the big English midlands reserviors.

Catch the Moment

Slovenia - Big Marmorata(s) Sight Fishing Trip.

7 Year old fly fishes for bass

My son Elijah is learning to fish very well. Finally he is getting the cast down, and loves it when we catch fish. Even if it as a small little community pond, kids love to fish.

Hugh Falkus' Medicine

The late Hugh Falkus’ simple Medicine is a top producing fly for seatrout (sea run brown). It was created for river fishing, but in my opinion it is equally effective in the salt.

Einars’ Vulgata Emerger

This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects

Black Cat

The Black Cats Whisker mini lure- This is one of my variations of this fly. This was pretty successful on Loch Leven back in the day.

C-bomb

In todays fly tying tutorial from ahrex hooks, Morten "coastfly" Hansen is tying the perch fly "c-bomb".

Flexi Ragworm

They are big, they can bite you, some find them quite unappealing and yet, the first big hatches of bag worms are the events all saltwater fiy fishers in Scandinavia look forwards to.

Sooty Olive

A variant of the popular fly traditional Sooty Olive https://fariofly.com/collections/barbless-hooks

Midge emerger

A functional emerger midge pattern with a few nice techniques. Tie it in any size from large buzzers to the smallest hatching or cripple midges in any colour you like. A must have pattern.

Black and Silver Cormorant

A cormorant pattern in black and silver , this is a great pattern on most resevoirs . Its a fly i use regular and its very easy fly to tie .

Takayama Kebari x 2!

Here I tie two traditional flies or "kebari" in Japanese from the Takayama area of Gifu prefecture. Takayama Jun black wool kebari Body = black wool Hackle = black hen cape

DIY intruder shanks

Making intruder shanks from hair pins using a set of looper pliers. It's very easy to create neat and consistent eyes on shanks that will cost almost no money.

Pearl Scudback

Scuds are common in rivers and a much loved food by fish. Year-round fly tied on hooks 10 - 18.

Trout Fishing in Texas!?

So who knew trout fishing in Texas would be so good. I decided to go fish the Guadalupe river for some trout after we had one of the worst snow storms in recent Texas history.

Jim Burchette

Jim Burchette resides in Tennessee spending his days fishing, tying flies, building rods, writing fly tying tutorials.

Red Tag Revisited

I always loved the Red Tag. I have tied and fished this fly a thousand times, but tend to basically do it the same way every time. Not so anymore!

Golddigger

The Golddigger was created in the 1950's by Danish fly fishing pioner Paul Wellendorf. Wellendorf was one of the first Danish anglers to embrace the American style of streamer fly tying.

Red Tag Odyssey

A bunch of pattern descriptions and materials lists for flies inspired by the Red Tag

Winged soft hackle wet fly

A basic winged wet fly technique for all different types of wet flies. The wings are tied with mallard quills wing feathers. Every winged wet fly is a challenge but always a pleasure to tie.

Glove Grub

Tying a grayling grub from a rubber glove in 3 minutes. A quick easy tie using the rolled edge of an old pink washing up glove and a bit of dubbing.

The Olive Cruncher

Just another twist to the ever popular Cruncher pattern. This one is olive and is great fly on most waters.

Soft Hackle Hare's Ear

Soft Hackle Hare's Ear Blog-Post & Recipe: https://blog.avidmax.com/2021/03/02/how-to-tie-the-soft-hackle-har

Micro Chubby Chernobyl

The Micro Chubby Chernobyl is a fantastic attractor dry fly.

CDC Ant

A lovely little pattern, that is tied with only one CDC puff and a few turns of hackle.

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