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Tag Archives: Fly
Tech Ant: Terrestrial Dry Fly Tying Tutorial
Ants are still on the menu for some time, and trout are still keeping a keen eye open for them. The issue with many ant patterns is that they are overdressed and the body profile is much larger than the … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Tutorials, Oregon High Lakes, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Stillwater Fishing, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged ant, creek, Dry Fly, Fly, fly tying, foam, spring, spring creek, tech, tech ant, Terrestrial, tributary, Tying
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Join us at our Monthly Community Night at Falling Sky Brewing This Next Tuesday September 15th
This coming Tuesday, September 15th is our monthly Fly Fishing Community Night. Every month, our local community looks forward to gathering at our favorite brewery which has hosted us for over a year: Falling Sky Brewing. Beginners and experts alike … Continue reading →
Posted in Monthly Community Night, Oregon Fly Fishing Clubs and Events, Uncategorized
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Tagged beer, brewery, community, Event, falling, falling sky, falling sky brewing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, food, meetup, night, sky, Tying
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Simple Starling Jigged Nymph Fly Tying Tutorial
Starling is an underutilized feather in the fly tying world. It is an absolutely phenomenal choice for smaller offerings that require a soft hackle collar. Starling feathers are made of soft barbules that pulsate much like partridge or grouse, but … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Proven Winter Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged BWO, Caddis, euro, Fly, hackle, jig, Olive, pupa, soft, spot, starling, swing, Tutorial, Tying
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Fly Fishing Mentors Needed for a new Mayfly Project Chapter Based in Eugene
The Mayfly Project has started a new project in Eugene and we’re actively recruiting fly anglers who would like to serve as mentors. The Mayfly Project is a 501 (C)(3) that uses fly fishing as a way to support and … Continue reading →
Posted in Classes and Instruction, Oregon Conservation News, Oregon Fly Fishing Clubs and Events, Uncategorized
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Tagged care, children, Fly, foster, kids, may, Mayfly, mentor, non, non-profit, profit, project, support, volunteer, youth
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Shorty Hopper: Fantastic Subtle Hopper Pattern
Grasshoppers become a staple in a trout’s diet in the late summer. Trout will often move several feet to pick up a hopper off the surface. This has given rise to the term “Hopper Season” referring to this late summer … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized, Warmwater Fly Tying Videos
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Tagged cricket, dropper, dry, Dry Fly, Fly, foa, foam, grasshopper, hopper, hopper dropper, hopper season, season, Terrestrial, terrestrial season, trout, Tutorial, Tying
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Simon’s Summer Searching Caddis
Anglers all over the world have fond memories of banner summer days with endless caddis dry fly eats. Caddis dries cast an appealing silhouette that trout can’t resist when they are keyed in on surface feeding in the warmer months. … Continue reading →
Posted in Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized
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Tagged attractor, Caddis, CDC, cdc dub, dry, Dry Fly, dub, Fly, fulling mill, trout, Tutorial, Tying
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The Tungsten Squeeze: The Unprecedented Tungsten Price Increase, What it Means for Anglers, and How Tyers can Adapt
If you are a fly tyer, you are painfully aware of an emerging issue sourcing one of our favorite materials that is relatively new to the world of fly tying and fly fishing: tungsten. These make up our beloved beads … Continue reading →
Simon’s Jigged Simpleton Scud: A Great Option for Stillwater Venues and Spring Creeks
Scuds aren’t an important food source for trout for trout everywhere, but where they are on the menu, you better have a few options in your box. If you’re not familiar with scuds, they’re small freshwater crustaceans that make their … Continue reading →
Posted in Eastern Oregon, Entomology, Fly Spotlight, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Tutorials, Oregon High Lakes, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Proven Winter Trout Patterns, Stillwater Fishing, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized
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Tagged creek, Fly, fulling, gammarus, guide, infected, jigged, mill, scud, simple, stillwater, style, tailwater, Tutorial
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New Solarez Top Coat 77 Gloss: UV Resin Specifically for Coating Your Summer Foam Terrestrials
It is about that time of year where much of what we are throwing is constructed from foam. Terrestrial season is upon us, in the last 15-20 years, the commercial fly scene has seen a major shift in the materials … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged 77, buoyant, coat, cricket, float, Fly, foam, gloss, material, new, protect, resin, safe, solarez, Terrestrial, top, Tying, uv, uv resin
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Jigged Low Tide Pheasant Tail: A Great Nymph for the Dog Days of Summer
The dog days of summer can be a difficult time to fish. Despite the favorable weather for us, trout start to get a bit unhappy during the peak of summer. Their feeding can be sporadic, isolated to the cooler, shadier … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged attractor, CDC, days, dropper, dry, dry dropper, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Nymph, pheasant, pheasant tail, summer, taik, trout, variant
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Join us at our Monthly Community Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Night on Tuesday, July 21st at Falling Sky Brewing
This coming Tuesday, July 21st is our monthly Fly Fishing Community Night. Every month, our local community looks forward to gathering at our favorite brewery which has hosted us for over a year: Falling Sky Brewing. Beginners and experts alike … Continue reading →
Posted in Monthly Community Night, Oregon Fly Fishing Clubs and Events, Uncategorized
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Tagged brewing, community, Event, events, falling s, falling sky, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, lessons, night, sky, Tying
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Driftless Cricket V2 Dry Fly Tying Tutorial
Crickets are an often overlooked insect under the more broad “terrestrial” umbrella of insects. When people thing of terrestrial season, hoppers are typically the first insect that comes to mind. Grasshoppers are typically followed by beetles and ants in terms … Continue reading →
Posted in Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Patterns By, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged coat, cricket, driftless, dry, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, gloss, solarez, Terrestrial, top, top coat gloss, Tying
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Extended Body Golden Stonefly: Fly Tying Tutorial
Golden Stoneflies are arguably the most important summer stonefly in the Western United States. This large insect hatches consistently across much of the West, and provides steady fishing with large attractors for most of the summer. In the Western United … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged chubby, dry, dry dropper, Dry Fly, fishing, Fly, fly tying, fold stonefly, Gold, Gold STone, golden, golden stone, golden stonefly, hatch, Instructional, match, Match The Hatch, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Stone, stonefly
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Simon’s Simple Scud
In this video, Simon ties an effective scud pattern or spring creeks, high lakes, and tailwaters. Scuds are aquatic crustaceans that, when present, make up a massive portion of a trout’s diet. Scuds can only thrive in nutrient rich waters, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Eastern Oregon, Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Oregon High Lakes, Stillwater Fishing, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized
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Tagged Fly, fly tying, gammarus, high lake, scud, spring creek, stillwater, Tutorial
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Jigged Split Case PMD: The ONLY Dropper That You Need All Summer
In this video, Simon ties a fantastic jigged PMD pattern that should be a staple in everyone’s summer box. Pale Morning Duns or Pale Evening Duns (PMD or PEDs) are small yellow to cream mayflies that hatch prolifically in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Aquatic Insect Hatches, Eastern Oregon, Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Patterns By, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged dropper, dun, evening, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, hatch, Instructional, Mayfly, McKenzie River, morning, pale, ped, pmd, summer
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