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Category Archives: Fly Tying
Simple and Effective Jigged Yellow Sally Nymph for your Summer Dry-Dropper Setup
Yellow Sallies are a small, yet important summer bug in the Western US. They are often overlooked as other warm weather stoneflies are much larger like Salmonflies, Skwalas, Gold Stones, Shortwing Stones, Etc. These bugs come in a yellow, more … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged dropper, euro, fly fishing, fly tying, jigged, little, Little Yellow Sally, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Nymph, sally, Sally Nmyph, Tying, yellow, yellow sally, Yellow Sally Nymph
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Simon’s Simple Scud
In this video, Simon ties an effective scud pattern or spring creeks, high lakes, and tailwaters. Scuds are aquatic crustaceans that, when present, make up a massive portion of a trout’s diet. Scuds can only thrive in nutrient rich waters, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Eastern Oregon, Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Oregon High Lakes, Stillwater Fishing, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized
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Tagged Fly, fly tying, gammarus, high lake, scud, spring creek, stillwater, Tutorial
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Jigged Split Case PMD: The ONLY Dropper That You Need All Summer
In this video, Simon ties a fantastic jigged PMD pattern that should be a staple in everyone’s summer box. Pale Morning Duns or Pale Evening Duns (PMD or PEDs) are small yellow to cream mayflies that hatch prolifically in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Eastern Oregon, Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Patterns By, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged dropper, dun, evening, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, hatch, Instructional, Mayfly, McKenzie River, morning, pale, ped, pmd, summer
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Egg Laying Snowshoe Grannom Caddis
Fishing dry flies for the grannom caddis hatch can be a lesson in patience. Some would say it is a fool’s errand entirely. If you know what to look for, and can time it right it can be extremely rewarding. … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Patterns By, Proven Spring Fly Patterns, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged Caddis, caddis fly, day, Egg, egg laying, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, grannom, grannom caddis, laying, McKenzie River, mothers, mothers day, spring, Tying
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Starling Grannom Caddis Emerger
The Grannom Caddis hatch is an impressive spring caddis hatch that comes off every year. This hatch can come off in a “blanket” fashion leaving the surface littered with insects. When this happens, it can be hard to convince fish … Continue reading →
May Community Fly Fishing & Tying Night at Falling Sky Brewing with Tying Lessons for Beginners
This coming Tuesday the 19th is our monthly Fly Fishing Community Night. Every month, our local community looks forward to gathering at our favorite brewery which has hosted us for over a year: Falling Sky Brewing. Beginners and experts alike … Continue reading →
Articulated Jigged Salmonfly Nymph Fly Tying Tutorial
Every spring, giant insects make their emergence from our rivers that they called home for the last 3-4 years. Many know these insects for their winged adult form, which brings fantastic dry fly fishing each spring. This hatch typically kicks … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Central Oregon Fishing Report, Eastern Oregon, Entomology, Fly Spotlight, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Spring Fly Patterns, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged articulated, deschutes, deschutes river, deschutes salmon fly hatch], fishing, fishing report, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, hatch, Instructional, jigged, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Nymph, rubberlegs, salmon, salmonfly, Stone, stonefly, Tying
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Jigged Grannom Caddis Pupa
In this video, Simon ties a productive Jigged Grannom Caddis pattern. This fly will work fantastic on a euro rig, indicator rig, or a dry dropper setup under a large chubby. The Grannom or Mother’s Day Caddis hatch can be … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged Caddis, euro, fly fishing, fly tying, grannom, grannom caddis, Instructional, jig, jigged, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, mothers day
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March Brown CDC Bubble Back Cripple
We are still seeing phenomenal hatches of March Browns into April, which isn’t too uncommon. On especially overcast days, March Brown Duns can be found emerging in longer pools with fish sipping them in the tailouts. When these hatches are … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Spring Fly Patterns, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged dry, Dry Fly, emerger, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, Instructional, March, March Brown, pattern, spring, Tying
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April Community Night & Fly Tying Lessons
This coming Tuesday the 21st is our monthly Fly Fishing Community Night. Every month, our local community looks forward to gathering at our favorite brewery which has hosted us for over a year: Falling Sky Brewing. Beginners and experts alike … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Monthly Community Night, Oregon Fly Fishing Clubs and Events, Uncategorized
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Tagged community, community night, Event, falling, fishing, Fly, fly tying, food, fulling mill, monthly, sky, trout unlimited, Tying
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Jigged Dinnerplate March Brown Tying Tutorial
Our weird winter and correspondingly strange spring have thrown our hatches off big time. We are full swing in the March Brown hatch; strange enough, the bugs seem a little late to the party. A few days ago, I was … Continue reading →
Stillborn CDC March Brown Fly Tying Tutorial
The mighty March Brown hatch is our most prolific early spring hatch here in the Willamette Valley. In fact, it is one of the earliest large hatches across the country and even into Europe. The only well known hatch out … Continue reading →
Renzetti Comprehensive Buying Guide & Review of the Finest Vises on the Market
As winter rolls around each year anglers retreat back to the solitude of their tying bench. A sudden surge tying posts flood social media, and boom fly tying season has begun. For those who aren’t tiers yet, seeing this larger … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Salmon and Steelhead Fly Tying Videos, Saltwater Fly Tying Videos, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized, Warmwater Fly Tying Videos
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Tagged apprentise, c-clamp, presentation, presentation 2, Presentation 4000, presentation2000, presention 2000, renzetti, rotary vise, traveler, true rotary vise, true-rotary
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Fly Spotlight: Croston’s Jigged Full Metal Jacket from Fulling Mill
There few flies that are developed as general attractor patterns, but happen to really work for a very specific hatch. One of those patterns is Howard Croston’s Full Metal Jacket from our friends over at Fulling Mill for use fishing … Continue reading →
March Community Fly Fishing & Tying Night At Falling Sky
Please join us next Tuesday the 24th at Falling Sky for our monthly Community Fly Fishing & Tying Night. All are welcome, we can always expect our regulars to show up, but we have had a huge influx of new … Continue reading →