Category Archives: Fly Tying

This instructional fly tying video, Jay Nicholas demonstrates the use of thread dubbing loops for coarse dubbing materials, a great Daiichi hook and two tone Crosscut rabbit. This shorty-leech is very easy to tie and very effective. Dubbed head egg … Continue reading →

Join Barrett Christiensen’s Beginning Fly Tying Class for five consecutive Mondays 6-8pm starting March 8th. No experience is necessary to take the class. Attendees will learn basic fly tying techniques centered around local fly patterns. All materials and tools are … Continue reading →

In this new video, Jay Nicholas demonstrates the Total Domination Egg, a pattern named on the fly after Eugene’s favorite IPA from Ninkasi Brewing. This offbeat egg pattern fishes well under an indicator with a heavy stonefly nymph in tandem. … Continue reading →

Fly fishing purists, do not press play on this video unless you want to catch a lot of steelhead. Fly fishing with a jig under an indicator is freaking deadly and Jay Nicholas shows you how to tie a basic … Continue reading →

Save time tying mayfly tails by creating a tail brush using a hair stacker and a glue gun. Jay Nicholas shows us a production fly tying technique. Moose Body Hair Appropriate Hair Stacker Glue Gun Glue Sticks

Rabbit strips are one of the fishiest fly tying materials around. In these two videos, Jay Nicholas talks about the various kinds of rabbit strips available and what they should be used for. In the second video, Jay talks about … Continue reading →

Another storm is pounding our local waters today and river levels are likely to jump up for the weekend. Must be time to tie some more spring bugs. We love to fish Golden Stone nymphs early in the season on … Continue reading →

Jay Nicholas’s Marabou Simplicity is an easy-to-tie steelhead pattern for winter and summer fish. Jay demonstrates how to palmer marabou in this video and puts together a great pattern for swinging up big steelhead. Jay’s Marabou Simplicity steelhead fly Hook: … Continue reading →

Jay Nicholas demonstrates his version of the Steelhead wooly bugger in this new fly tying video. Steelhead Wooly Bugger Hook: TMC 700 # 2 or Daiichi 2141 # 2 Thread: Lagartun x-strong 150 denier Bead/Cone: 7/32 Tungsten cone or Slotted … Continue reading →

In this new video, Jay Nicholas explains how you should wrap a saddle hackle feather for flies like wooly buggers, wrapping back from base to tip with a counter-wrap of wire. He explains why this process works for a great … Continue reading →

Fly tying tips video: If you’re like me, or Jay apparently, you lose your scissors. You spill glue all over your desk. These things happen when I sit down at the vise. But they don’t have to! Jay lays out … Continue reading →

Jay Nicholas shows you how to use the Marc Petitjean Magic Tool to create awesome steelhead flies. This tool helps Jay mix various materials, like Flashabou, Ostrich, Krystal Flash, Finnish Raccoon and Baitfish emulator — into a single dubbing loop. … Continue reading →

In this new video, Jay Nicholas shows you how to tie the MOAL Leech (Mother of all leeches), created by Derek Fergus. This articulated steelhead leech has excellent action in the water and a short-shank, trailing hook which means major … Continue reading →