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Category Archives: Fly Tying
Bead Head UV Yarn Egg Pattern Fly Tying Video
This Winter Steelhead egg pattern can be used alone in shallow water, or dropped off a heavier egg pattern like a Lowly Glowly or a UV Yarn Steelhead Egg. Numerous color combinations can be effective, one could change the bead, … Continue reading →
UV Yarn Steelhead Egg Pattern
Winter Steelhead season is here. Early fish have been reported in the Alsea, Umpqua, Siletz and many other rivers. In this short video Barrett demonstrates how to tie an alternative to the Lowly Glowly (one of our most productive egg … Continue reading →
Jay Nicholas’s Blue Comet Chinook Salmon Fly Tying Video
The south coast is still fishing decent for Salmon. When water conditions cooperate Chinook Salmon will be available through Christmas. Blue is a killer color for fall Chinooks as well as Winter Steelhead.–CD Chinook Salmon Comet Blue Hook: Daiichi 2141 … Continue reading →
Jay Nicholas’s Blue Chinook Salmon Comet Fly Tying Video
One of the secrets of salmon fishing with a fly? Sometimes Pacific salmon like blue! Check out how to tie and fish Jay’s unweighted, short-shank comet.
Ramone Salmon Killer: Fly Tying Video
Jay Nicholas ties a classic West Coast salmon pattern, the Ramone Salmon Killer. You can vary how much material you use with your flies — fuller in high muddy water, sparser in low clear conditions. Jay’s variation uses flat braid … Continue reading →
Winter creeps in…
Looking over at my desk right now, I have pieces of schlappen, craft fur, and Ice Wing Fiber getting sucked into my laptop air intake. There are UV yarn glo-bugs mixed into my medical bills. I can’t find my checkbook, … Continue reading →
Jay Nicholas’s Gray Ghost Clouser Chinook Salmon Fly Tying Video
A sparse clouser minnow with a little bit of flash, and a little gray will work on pressured fish in clear water. When the Elk and Sixes on the South coast get low and clear this is a good one … Continue reading →
Jay Nicholas’s Elk River Estuary Shrimp Chinook Salmon Fly Tying Video
Jay says he has often caught chinook salmon in the estuaries that have small gray shrimp in their bellies. This shrimp fly is designed to imitate those forage critters. Jay Nicholas’s Elk River Estuary Shrimp Hook: TMC 811S Saltwater Fly … Continue reading →
Jay Nicholas’s Chinook Salmon Surf Fly Tying Video
Jay Nicholas demonstrates how to tie another salmon pattern. Surf or estuary this pattern can be a killer “mini baitfish” pattern for fresh Chinook or Coho salmon.–CD Jay Nicholas’s Chinook Salmon Surf Fly Hook: Gamakatsu SL12S Thread: White Lagartun X-Strong … Continue reading →
Winter steelhead season approaches!
Gentlemen, start your engines! We’ve updated our steelhead fly pattern library page, gathering up instructions on how to tie dozens of killer winter steelhead flies. Check ’em out.
Jay Nicholas’s Baby Boss Chinook Salmon Fly Tying Video
This is a low, clear water fly. Chinook salmon see really well, so sometimes a small, drab fly is the ticket. Super fast and easy to tie. Jay Nicholas’s Baby Boss Chinook Salmon Fly Hook: C14S #2 Thread: Lagartaun X-Strong … Continue reading →
Jay Nicholas’s Chartreuse Chinook Salmon Clouser Fly Tying Video
One of the classic streamer patterns of all time. The Deep Clouser Minnow catches everything from Barracuda to Smallmouth Bass. Jay demonstrates how to tie his Chinook Salmon killer Clouser in the video below.–CD
Horner’s Shrimp Fly Tying Video
Low water fly fishing for Chinook Salmon can be amazing. Having long leaders, clear sinking lines and drab or sparse patterns often is the answer when all the standard comets and Clousers have been run through the pool. The Horner’s … Continue reading →
Fish Skull Anchovie “Emperor Nelson”
Coho and Chinook salmon love to eat a variety of baitfish. In this video Barrett ties an anchovy pattern with a fish skull to add weight and profile. Numerous variations of this pattern would be effective.–CD Fish Skull Anchovie “Emperor … Continue reading →
Rainbow Bead Rubber Legged Possie Bugger Fly Tying Video
The Possie Bugger has been our favorite trout nymph locally for years. We have taken it trout fishing all over the west, southern hemisphere and even tied a bonefish version. We have yet to find a fish that won’t eat … Continue reading →