Nick Groves’ Polarceiver Fly Will Smash Smallmouth Bass and More… Nick Groves’ Polarceiver combines Peacock Herl and Polar Chenille into an easy-to-tie articulated streamer. With a Fish-Skull Fish-Spine for increased swim action and a Fish-Skull Baitfish Head to help the fly get deep and add a realistic head profile, the Polarceiver will quickly make its way to the […]
The Mohawk Sculpin, Created by Cheech Pierce of Fly Fish Food, Is a Super Fun and Easy Sculpin Pattern To Tie With its wide profile and short stature, the silhouette of the Mohawk Sculpin is a perfect match to the real thing and is sure to trigger predatory attacks. The extra-heavy Fish-Skull Sculpin Helmet helps the Mohawk […]
Scotty and Raz Talk Jack Fly Fishing, Saltwater Stories, Bonefish Coming Back to the Florida Keys, and More! Raz Reid has had plenty of adventures through his fly fishing career. Raz has held 19 fishing world records since 1985, and before taking up fly fishing during his time in Australia, he was an […]
Taking the Classic Deer Hair Diver to the Next Level By integrating the new Fish-Skull Chocklett’s Articulated Micro-Spine system into a well-established pattern, Braden Sherwood has designed a total winner – in fact, he won the Micro-Spine fly tying contest with this fly pattern. The added movement and taper through the spines in this smaller diver pattern is […]
Poppers Are Fun… and They Catch Fish! We thought it would be even more fun to articulate the head of the popper with a Big Game Shank to get more movement out of the popper while throwing tons of water with the Double Barrel Popper Body. The Articulated Double Barrel Popper can be sized up or […]
This Frog Imitation Fishes Super Well… and Looks Like It Will Hop Out of Your Fly Box on Its Own “Ken Capsey’s Japeto Frog is easily one of the most fun flies I have ever tied!” –Brian Wise The target species for the Japeto Frog is bass (smallmouth, largemouth, spotted), but pike, musky, […]
If you’ve ever crossed paths with Dave Grossman, editor and co-publisher of Southern Culture on the Fly, you know he’s certainly an entertaining character. What is Southern Culture on the Fly? As described on by Dave on the fresh new SCOF website: “Like a train hurtling recklessly down the mountain, SCOF has been defining […]
“As an Older Fly Fishing Guide and Fly Tyer, I Am Always Interested in a ‘Better Way To Build a Mouse Trap.’ “Sometimes I make small changes to fly patterns I have used for years, sometimes I go for the start-from-scratch model and create something unlike anything I have seen before.” “Fly tyers tend […]
The Guide’s Easy Go-to Suspending Fly for Targeting Predatory Fish in Saltwater and Freshwater Everything You Need to Tie 6 Glass Minnow Flies Designed to be quick and easy to whip up in your fly tying vise, the Glass Minnow Guide Fly is a lightweight, nearly weightless, imitation perfect for those fishing situations in which […]
Scotty and Mike Talk Fly Fishing Bonefish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, and More! Mike Smith, the man, the myth, the legend! Mike first met Flymen founder and CEO Martin Bawden in the early days of Flymen and has been a huge part of Flymen ever since as a fly designer and lead smallmouth guru […]