I consider this simple fly a good searching pattern when caddis insects are abundant in water. In olive color, this fly imitates swimming larvae, free caddis and even adults who swim to the bottom of the rivers to lays eggs. The important thing here is the silver bead because it imitates the air bubble used ...
This fly catch fish, especially in the places where trout or grayling have enough time to check the flies. This model is not difficult to be tied but needs a little bit more time and more attention during tying steps. Hook: Daiichi 1190 BL - #16Weight: tungsten wireUnderbody: light grey threadBody: Troutline nymph Skin ...
Fumihiko Hirai is a super talented young Japanese filmmaker who made a superb close-up video about water insects. Enjoy his work and watch this video to understand better caddis flies, mayflies and stonflies. https://youtu.be/pjclXosRdyk
Hi guys, here is a nice video from Orvis. it is about catching trout in fast flowing rivers using nymphs and all kind of nymphing techniques: https://youtu.be/k6JYIx1EUoE
I decided to make a video about how I tie a Swimming Baetis nymph. To make this fly is not complicated at all but some friends asked for it so here are the steps. Materials used are simple as possible: the body can be made of yellow thread or of any color in order to ...
The squirrel zonkers are popular for their effectiveness, everybody knows that. These streamers catch trout in rivers and lakes in the same time. They are super easy to tie even by a beginner and only a few colors are needed: grey, olive, black and cream-white. I considered the grey versions a good way ...
The micro streamer made with squirrel zonker is a fly with medium movement in waters (of course if you compare it with a marabou fly) The strong point for these fly is their fantastic profile wich is provided by the wing made of the dense fur from squirrel. If you fish it in rivers, this fly ...
Simple flies, easy to tie, with simple materials should be in everybody flyboxes. Here is a simple model which I consider a great searching pattern for trout fishing. No fancy hot spots, no fancy materials, no fancy recipes! I know that is too simple, almost boring. But is a fly that works great :) your favorite ...
I certainly love dry fly fishing and Danica insects are the Queens :). At the end of May and in June this fly starts hatching and is better to be prepared with a few nice Danica imitations. Having a few of them in your box is not bad at all, sometimes they will save your ...
Baetis as a nymph is a pattern that I love to have it in my box. The insect is very abundance in all rivers from Europe and represents a great source of food for trout and grayling. In certain moments this insect is predominant and that made the fish to feed in frenzy. In ...
