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Category Archives: Fly Tying
Tungsten Ice Prince joins “Local Hall of Fame” Ranks with Possie Bugger, Mega Prince
The Tungsten Ice Prince nymph pattern has been a tremendous fish catching fly this late summer fall season. It employs a Tungsten Bead and Hareline Dubbin’s best selling dubbing Ice Dub. It is a simple twist on a standard pattern … Continue reading →
Fly Tying UNIBOBBERS Have Arrived
Having trouble keeping your fly afloat? The Unibbober is the answer! How many times did a fish come up to your indicator this year and clobber it, leaving you wishing it had a hook in it. Again the Unibobber is … Continue reading →
Jay shows you how to really fill a Bugger Beast
The fall chinook version of the Cliff Bugger Beast, courtesy of Jay Nicholas. Send us picks of your Bugger Beast.
Filling the Bugger Beast at the North Umpqua Fall Fly Tying event
Last weekend my six-month old son Paul and I attended the North Umpqua Fall Fly Tying Festival and it was a blast. I put Paul in his playpen behind me and tried to tie flies and talk to folks about … Continue reading →
North Umpqua Fall Fly Tying Festival — this weekend
North Umpqua Fall Fly Tying Fesitval Glide Community Center-Glide, OR Sept. 19th 2009 9am-4:30pm There will be 25-30 tyers, misc. displays, Frank Moore and Dean Finnerty are featured guest speakers, John Matthews will be painting flies on vehicles. Presented by … Continue reading →
October Caddis Fly Tying Contest Entries
Two weeks remain to get your October Caddis pattern entered. Hareline Dubbin is sponsoring the contest and we have had some excellent bugs mailed in and dropped off. The October Caddis emergence is occurring on our local waters. Currently there seem … Continue reading →
Angel Hair Baitfish fly tying video
The Angel Hair baitfish is one of the hottest East Coast saltwater fly patterns around. It’s a killer on striped bass and false albacore, but it’s also an excellent pattern for Pacific pelagic predators. This easy-to-tie fly is a killer … Continue reading →
October Caddis Patterns: fly tying contest from Hareline Dubbin
Following on the heels of our 2009 Summer Steelhead fly tying contest, Hareline Dubbin is sponsoring another great fly tying event with a new category: October Caddis, Limnephilidae Dicosmoecoes. According to Gary LaFontaine, “The question for fly fishermen seeking big … Continue reading →
Green Drake Parachute fly tying video
In this new fly tying video, Barrett shows you how to tie a high-floating green drake dry fly for the Upper McKenzie River. Green Drake Parachute Hook: TMC 100 Size 10 Thread: 6/0 Unithread Tail: Moose Body: Dark Olive Goose … Continue reading →
Prince nymph variation fly tying video: Ice dub prince
This variation of the classic Prince Nymph uses Ice Dub from Hareline Dubbin and is a great pattern for imitating green drake nymphs in the Willamette Valley, McKenzie River region of Oregon. Ice Dub Prince Hook: TMC 5262 Size 6-10 … Continue reading →
Barrett’s Pelagic Baitfish: Bluewater streamer for Oregon Albacore
In this new fly tying video, check out Barrett’s Pelagic Baitfish, a great pattern for offshore saltwater fly fishing. This fly has all the action to imitate a variety of pelagic baitfish — match the bait with different sizes and … Continue reading →
Light cahill wet — fly tying video
This fly tying video shows one of the great mid-summer patterns for fly fishing in the Willamette Valley. Check out Karl’s Light Cahill Wet fly — easy to tie, deadly on fish. Light Cahill Wet: Hook: Size 14-18 TMC 101 … Continue reading →
No Sense Crying over – – – three thousand spilled hooks
It happens sometimes. I’ve stored my working stock of fly hooks in these 21 compartment boxes for thirty years or more. I’ve been careful. All those years I have imagined how messy it would be to sort the pile if … Continue reading →
Hareline Pro Grade Streamer Capes: Product Review by Jay Nicholas
Fly Tying materials. Yummm. What’s not to love about beautiful Rooster Capes? That’s right. Easy on the eyes, fair on the wallet, and spectacular on the hook – that is – if you find the right feather structure and colors … Continue reading →
Video: How to tie the Light Cahill dun
In this new fly tying video, Karl The Mule demonstrates the Light Cahill, a Catskills-style dry fly that he uses to imitate pale mayfly duns in our McKenzie and Willamette Rivers. Check out Westfly for more on PMDs and PEDs. … Continue reading →