Umpqua Feather Merchants: Norman Maktima is an Umpqua Signature Tyer, former member of the US Men’s Fly Fishing team and the current coach of the Women’s US team. Norm works at Los Pinos Fly Shop and guides part time on the San Juan river. Growing up in Pecos, New Mexico, Norm picked up fly fishing […]
Loon Outdoors: In this fly tying tutorial, we will walk you through how to tie the Party Favor — a flashy shad pattern built with UV materials, hot colours, and a unique wing case technique using party balloons. Inspired by a technique from Hogan Brown, this fly was designed with American shad in […]
The soft hackle hare’s ear is a classic nymph pattern for a reason. Its impressionistic nature allows it to look nothing and everything all at the same time. Trout can mistake it for lots of different food items which means that they often do. Eric Naguski (www.riseformsflyfishing.com) is the author of “50 Essential Patterns from […]
The Feather Bender: One of my earliest patterns that has worked well for me over the past 30 years. Fish it dry or as an emerger fished with a sinking poly leader. Pull it under on the retrieve and watch it POP back up to the surface as you stop the retrieve. Hook: […]
Umpqua Feather Merchants: Norman Maktima is an Umpqua Signature Tyer, former member of the US Men’s Fly Fishing team and the current coach of the Women’s US team. Norm works at Los Pinos Fly Shop and guides part time on the San Juan river. Growing up in Pecos, New Mexico, Norm picked up fly fishing […]
If you only need one spinner pattern to have in your dryfly box, this is the one!. We have had the skilled fly tyer and fly fisher Henry Ramsay in the studio to demonstrate his all-time favourite pattern for when the trout are feeding on the hatched mayflies that are in their final stage of […]
Interested in the Mayfly hatch and fly tying with Signature Tyer Paul Procter? This fly tying tutorial is for you. Paul uses the Twinkle Wing Spinner to fool quality trout amidst spinner falls on UK trout streams when wild trout key in on spent Mayfly. Tune in and learn how to tie Paul’s effective Mayfly […]
The hope of finding the first real hatches of the big mayfly lives in the heart of most fly fishers. The day with the large, swarming mayflies and trout feeding greedily on the surface is like Christmas for fly-fishers. A hatch that will bring even the largest and most shy fish to the surface. Here […]
Flytying Tutorial by Andreas Andersson Do you want to get better at deer-hair and learn from one of the very best? We have asked Swedish deer-hair expert Andreas Andersson to give his best three tips for choosing the correct tools – both standard and more specialised and how to prepare and cut deer-hair before tying. […]
In this video, Signature Tyer Paul Procter demonstrates how he ties the Active Mayfly Dun pattern, which beautifully mimics Mayfly adults found during a hatch. This upright dry fly is one of Paul’s must-have patterns for imitating Mayfly duns on the water and is often the go-to pattern Paul will fish after Mayfly emergence. The […]
