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Category Archives: Fly Tying
YouTube Saltwater Fly Pattern Comment Responses
Warning: this post is so long that it is capable of striking all but the most text-addicted reader as stupid long. Ok, why post it in a world where people tend to prefer sound-bites and bottom lines? It turns out … Continue reading →
Subtle Saltwater Clouser Minnow with Fishient Fish Scale Synthetics
Why not just do one Clouser Minnow and call it good? Because sometimes you can pick up different ideas, materials, color combinations and other inspiration. What you get with this pattern is Fishient Fish Scale and a subtle color pattern, … Continue reading →
Saltwater Fly Tying Video: Using Cure Goo to attach small baitfish eyes on a cutthroat & Coho Fly
This is a fly we have seen before; the point of this video is simply to review the simplicity of using Cure Goo to finish off the fly and secure very small Holographic Eyes. The streamer fly is tied with … Continue reading →
Saltwater Clouser Fly Tying Video for Pacific Albacore with Steve Farrar’s Blend
I don’t recall reading much about fishing Clousers for Pacific Albacore. Why not? Personal experience taught me that our Albacore do indeed take these flies and I recommend that anyone who ventures out to the deep blue carry at least … Continue reading →
Using a Fish Mask and Cure Goo to finish a Coho Bucktail Fly
This Coho Bucktail relies on a single hook. The video emphasizes the process of applying Fish Mask as the head of the fly, but this is a good place to note that there are many occasions where use of a … Continue reading →
Saltwater Anchovy Baitfish Fly Tying Video for Pacific Albacore with Steve Farrar’s Blend
This is a relatively large fly I designed (ha ha) and fish for Pacific Albacore. The fly casts easily, swims true, and has been well received by Tuna, a combination that makes me smile. And smile. And smile. It is … Continue reading →
Patriot Saltwater Clouser Fly Tying Video for Pacific Salmon & Rockfish with Steve Farrar’s Blend
This is a Clouser I sometimes refer to as the Patriot, because it incorporates Red, White, and Blue. Not going to explain that, you’ll either get it or not and it doesn‘t make a difference either way. This Clouser has … Continue reading →
Fly Tying Bench Spring Cleaning
Spring has sprung, and it’s time to finish…or start your tying, as I often do. You walk up to the desk to find the top looking like a blended mess of feathers, fur, and other assorted fly tying materials. Or, … Continue reading →
Blue over Chartreuse Saltwater Surf Candy Fly Tying Video for Pacific Salmon & Rockfish with Bucktail and Cure Goo
Ain’t entirely sure, but I think the Surf Candy fly style is undeservedly under-appreciated on the US Pacific Coast. As I researched saltwater flies, beginning my personal venture offshore, I was struck by the fly’s simple construction, slim profile, and … Continue reading →
Saltwater Rockfish and Ling Cod Clouser Fly Tying Video using Steve Farrar’s blend
We all have favorites and this is my favorite un-conventional Clouser because I rarely see fellow saltwater anglers using orange and black as principle color combinations in their Clousers. I chose these colors with juvenile rockfish in mind but I … Continue reading →
Hot Pink Saltwater Surf Candy Fly Tying Video for Pink Salmon, Coho & Rockfish with Bucktail and Cure Goo
2013 was a big run year for Pink Salmon on the Skagit River in Washington. Everyone, seemingly, who fishes for Pink Salmon touts the wonders of pink flies, baits and lures – so this Surf Candy style of fly stays … Continue reading →
Saltwater Clouser Fly Tying Video for Chinook Salmon and Rockfish with Steve Farrar’s Blend
This Saltwater Clouser fly fishes well in the both open ocean and estuaries. The texture of the Electric Yellow fibers are not as pleasing to my likes as most of the Steve Farrar’s Blends, but it is bright and I … Continue reading →
Saltwater & Puget Sound Shimmer Fringe Pink Clouser Fly Tying Video for Coho and Cutthroat
Surprisingly, this little fly fishes well in the open ocean and in estuarine habitats like Puget Sound and the Frasier River in BC. The fly is small but predatory fish from sea run cutthroat to Black Rockfish know how to … Continue reading →
Hareline Synthetic Quill Body Wrap
Within a few more days it will be official, spring will arrive! Not that some of us will give up chasing chrome native steelhead, in a few more days, but the official pursuit of those beautiful native Redsides will commence! … Continue reading →
Coho Herring Bucktail Tube Fly Tying Video with Steve Farrar’s Blend and Gliss n Glow
This is a big, juicy Bucktail style fly tied on a Tube – a fly intended to stimulate a juicy Herring and induce a savage grab from a Coho in the 15 to 20 pound class. Ha ha. We can … Continue reading →