The well known French emerger "La Peute" is a fabulous wet fly well known for how simple and efficient is. A version of it, as a nymph, is super simple and efficient for fishing in ginger clear waters. In the last 2 years I make it using dubbing because I noticed that trout love more ...
I was able to recover an old post (which was hacked many years ago). Now I have uploaded it here on the blog: I decided to start making a short guide based on my experience to be used to all beginner fly tiers. There is a lot of info on web, also in books, and I’m ...
I love this pattern. I love it both for the simplicity in which it is done but also for its efficiency. The CDC is a truly magical fly tying material and offers you countless possibilities to make incredible flies. It is a fly that any beginner can make, it floats well and looks very good no ...
La Peute is of French origin and has become known in the fishing world for its efficiency. Recently (a few years ago), I tied this fly in the form of a nymph. Out of curiosity, to see if it is effective. I was surprised by how many fish I caught. Now I do it frequently ...
Here is a simple video about how I make a zonker streamer. Nothing fancy, just a simple and easy streamer. The fly is made for fishing with intermediate and sinking lines and for this reason no weight was added. I used a fish heads to decrease the tying time and to provide a better balance. https://youtu.be/wtlLVpYDI-Q
Here is a small video about making nymph gills. I started more than 10 or 15 years ago doing them, it is fun but it takes around 8-10min to make a fly. Quite time consuming! Anyway it is interesting a pleasure to make it if you have the proper materials. I prefer to use Troutline ...
At the request of some beginner fisherman friends, I decided to make a short and informative article on how to make an Euro Nymphing Indicator. Forget those big, American things that float like fishing bobbers. Forget the fluffy things made of all kinds of materials. They have nothing to do with European-style nymph fishing. They are ...
Black, white and dirty white or cream are the most effective streamers. Of course there are moments when other colors are more effective. But in general, all fisherman should have these colors. One of them is those tied with weasel, to be precise, it's Siberian weasel which has a nice cream -dirty white. This color is ...
I really like zonkers, especially the small ones. That's why I made a small article about them, about the features and some tricks that I learned over time. I'm not a fanatic fisherman which use streamers all day long, I have a lot to learn, it's clear, but I like to make various comparisons and ...
I'm working to select the range of furs for zonkers. I personally use natural cream, natural grey, black, white and white barred from squirrel, weasel, muskrat and from rabbit. But are guys who are interested in all kind of colors. I want to start the dyeing process after we will get the skins from ...
