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Early Season Chironomid Fishing Tips
Big Fish Small BugsColorado Cutthroat on a ChironomidI'm often surprised by the reaction I get from people who haven't either fished chironomids on stillwaters or who didn't realize you can catch big...
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Tactical Purple Haze
Another Phase of Purple HazeThe Purple Haze is no secret anymore, and it's becoming more and more popular in fly boxes across the country. The Parachute Adams is arguably the most versatile fly on the...
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Tubing Midge
The Easiest Fly in the WorldWhen it comes to fly tying, it's always a bonus to have a few flies in your arsenal that are both super effective, and easy to tie. The tubing midge is probably the easiest...
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Bucktooth Callibaetis Nymph
Lightweight and SoftI look at my stillwater boxes and besides my Chironomid box, the Callibaetis collection usually gets the most pattern swapping from season to season. Like any pattern you fish with,...
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Non Copper John
Variation of a classicI think everyone on the planet has fished a Copper John before. Big thanks to John Barr from Colorado for coming up with this fly, and a great selection of other fish slayers....
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The Rainbow Warrior
Flashy FantasticThe Rainbow Warrior was my first commercially available fly pattern, and is still my best seller.Rainbow Warrior Despite its flashy looks, it works well for selective tailwater Trout,...
View ArticleBead Organizing Hack
I've been doing it wrong all these yearsThis is quick and dirty. Until I finally took Cheech's advice on organizing beads, I never knew what I was missing out on. Turns out there's a much better way to...
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Egan's Frenchie
A SIMPLIFIED, MORE EFFECTIVE PHEASANT TAILRainbow who fell for a FrenchieEgan's FrenchieThe Frenchie is one of my go-to patterns for sure. It's quick to tie, and fish love it. The Frenchie is my...
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Uncle Ken's Mopster
The Best Fly on the Planet... BAR NONEUncle Ken has taken some time out of his busy schedule of trapping coons, teaching the local girl scouts how to weld, and yelling at his wife to grace us in the...
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The Iron Lotus
A dense Baetis with a subtle hotspotIron LotusThe Iron Lotus is a quick sinking imitation of a mayfly nymph. Its slick, coated body aids in the sink rate, its subtly segmented body adds realism, its...
View ArticleHigh Country Edit
A QuickieNothing grand, but a quick edit we did in between wrestling Brookies and Cutts for a few days.
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Egan's Red Dart
A FLASHY ATTRACTORRed DartThe Red Dart is a design combining the best parts of a couple of old favorite fly patterns and applying current materials. The result is a fishy attractor. I came up with...
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Carp Crawler
Crawl Some Carp into Your Net!This pattern kind of started out as a bug that was quick to tie and that I could pass out to buddies who were trying to catch carp on size 2 wooly buggers. I also wanted...
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GTi Caddis
A EURO-NYMPHING ANCHOR FLYGTi CaddisThe GTi Caddis is more imitative than most of my patterns. It represents a hydropsychidae larvae, commonly called "net builder" Caddis. Though a bit cheesy, GTi...
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Tungsten Surveyor
SURVEY THE RIVER BOTTOMTungsten SurveyorThe Tungsten Surveyor is one of my lesser known patterns, which I find interesting since the pattern is one of my more productive flies. It just works. The...
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Carp Hybrid Variation
Add Some "Tickle" to Your Carp GameCarp are superfish. I have done some carping in the last several years, but it wasn't until about last year that it has become more of something that I plan to do as...
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Bionic Ant
Bionic AntMy favorite summer-time fishing technique is to float rivers from a Fly Craft or Hyde drift boat and accurately cast ants to weary, bank-hugging Trout. Until about 10 years ago I largely...
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Quick Tip: How to whip finish crowded heads
No more bound fibersCaddis pattern with deer hair and hackleAnyone that's tied more than a few flies knows how some patterns end up being more difficult to whip finish due to hackle, hair or other...
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High Country Fly Fishing UTV Rig
Or, how fat guys get up the mountain...Years ago when we made our first of many trips to what's become one of our favorite high mountain fishing destinations, we jammed into my 100,000+ mile Tacoma and...
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Parachute Hopper Variation
Parachute Hopper VariationOne of my first times ever fishing larger terrestrials for hungry trout involved small pocket water, a 3weight, and a parachute hopper. Instead of crashing my fly down really...
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