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Category Archives: Fly Tying
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 →
Hareline Dubbin Fly Tying contest — Summer Steelhead patterns due 8/1/09
Bust those vises out of summer retirement — it’s time to get tying again! Hareline Dubbing in Monroe, OR is sponsoring a quarterly fly tying contest for Oregon Fly Fishing Blog readers. For the first round of the contest, we … Continue reading →
Mothers Day Caddis fly tying video: Barrett’s P90 Caddis
Happ Father’s Day folks! This variation of the Matthews X-Caddis, dubbed the P90 by Barrett, is an excellent caddis imitation for the tough-to-fish Mothers Day Caddis blizzard hatches of the spring months. It’s also a good summer caddis pattern in … Continue reading →
Tying the CDC Possie Bugger with the Marc Petitjean Magic Tool
In this new fly tying video, Tony Torrence demonstrates how to tie the classic McKenzie nymph, the Possie Bugger with a twist — CDC instead of partridge. He also demonstrates how to use the Marc Petitjean Magic Tool. This video, … Continue reading →