Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail Nymph
Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail Nymph This is a soft hackled "hot spot" version of the Pheasant Tail Nymph. The addition of the soft hackle adds movement to the fly and...
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Hare's Ear Nymph Fly Tying Video
Hare's Ear Nymph Here is another classic nymph that every fly fisher should bring to the stream. The Hare's Ear Nymph can be found in fly boxes around the globe....
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Mercury Midge - Glass Bead Midge Fly Tying Video
Mercury Midge - Glass Bead Midge This is one of the best flies to begin a tying career. These flies are simple to tie. Tying a glass bead midge teaches...
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Ray Charles Sow bug
Ray Charles Sow bug Fly The Ray Charles pattern is a Bighorn River staple. It catches fish everyday of the year on the Bighorn. It works on many other tailwaters....
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Euro Jig Pheasant Tail- Czech Jig Flies
Euro Jig Pheasant Tail European nymphing is gaining in popularity here in the Estados Unidos, as it should. The techniques that have been used in France, Spain, Poland, and the...
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Fly Tying with Hans- Tungsten Skinny Nelson
Tungsten Skinny Nelson The Skinny Nelson is a Baetis nymph pattern developed for the Bighorn River in Montana by Tracy Peterson. It is a simple but deadly fly. It works...
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Bottom Bouncer Caddis Fly Tying Video
Bottom Bouncer Caddis This video features another variation on the Czech style jig nymph. The Bottom Bouncer Caddis fly is a suggestive imitation of a caddis larva or pupa. Fish...
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Yellow Stimulator Fly Tying Video
Yellow Stimulator The Yellow Stimulator fly is one of the best attractor dry flies around. Stimulators are extremely versatile. Use them as alone or with a dropper. Kudos to Randall...
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Hans' Adult Cranefly
Hans' Adult Crane Fly Pattern Craneflies are often overlooked by trout anglers as a food source. Craneflies, both in their larval form and their adult form, can be very abundant....
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Creepy Crawly Stonefly Nymph
Creepy Crawly Stonefly Nymph This stonefly nymph pattern mixes realism, weight, and flash to achieve a balanced and effective fly. The golden pheasant legs add the hint of realistic legs...
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Hans' Sowbug (Sow Bug Fly Pattern)
Hans' Sowbug Hans' Sowbug is an alternative to some of the more common sow bug fly patterns. This pattern has worked quite well on the Bighorn River. The Ray Charles...
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Boat Anchor Scud Fly
Boat Anchor Scud Fishing the Bighorn or other western tailwater? Hate using split shot? Use the Boat Anchor scud fly pattern in place of weight and save yourself the trouble...
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Translucent Midge Pupa
Translucent Midge Pupa aka See-Through Midge This easy to tie midge pupa pattern combines flash into translucence an attractive and fish catching package. Tie it in sizes 16-22. Vary the...
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