Small Baetis nymphs are delicate flies designed for clear water and careful presentations. This type of pattern comes from the old French style known as nymphe à vue, a technique where the angler spots the fish and presents the nymph directly in front of it. Later, through competition fly fishing, this style became more widely ...
This Hi-Vis CDC Emerger is a simple and effective fly developed and refined through years of fishing. It is not just a copied pattern, but a practical emerger designed to solve two important problems: how the fly sits in the water and how easily the angler can see it. A good emerger should sit correctly in ...
Ok guys, here is a nymph I have been enjoying tying more and more lately. A friend of mine who is going to Lapland asked me for this pattern, so I thought I would share it with you too. It is basically a slim, heavy perdigon-style nymph combined with natural pheasant tail barbs. I think it ...
In the last few weeks, we have been very busy in the workshop. We received a new batch of white CDC feathers and, because many of our popular colors were out of stock, we had to focus most of our time on CDC dyeing and dubbing production. This is a good moment to show you what ...
I have already presented a few emerger-style flies on the blog, and you can find them by browsing the older articles. Today I want to say a few words about one of the most effective CDC emerger styles: the CDC shuttlecock emerger. These flies are simple, but this is exactly what makes them so useful. They ...
I know that Squirmy Wormy style materials are often controversial in the fly tying world. Some anglers love them, others avoid them completely. Personally, I don’t consider myself a purist. I enjoy tying and fishing all kinds of flies: nymphs, emergers, wet flies, dry flies and streamers. At the same time, I also enjoy lure fishing, ...
The Vespertina Mayfly is one of those small, delicate insects that can create very special moments on the water. It is not a large mayfly, but its elegant silhouette, soft colours and fragile movement make it an important pattern to observe, especially when trout are feeding carefully near the surface. This fly is tied in a ...
Hi guys, Here is a simple visual collection of dry fly sedge patterns for fly tying inspiration. These flies imitate adult caddis and are excellent choices for trout and grayling, especially during evening rises or when sedges are active on the water. Some of the flies in this gallery were tied by my good Slovak ...
f I had to make my first steps in nymph fishing and choose only two perdigon nymphs, I would start with one brown perdigon and one olive perdigon. Why these two colours? Because brown and olive are among the most natural and effective colours in rivers. Many aquatic insects have brown, olive or olive-brown tones, from ...
The Pheasant Tail Nymph is a fly with many variations. Today I would like to present one that I use and trust even more than the classic model with peacock herl. I like this version because it is slim, close to the silhouette of real insects, and extremely efficient in gin-clear waters, like those in Slovenia. ...
