Adams Hairwing Dun
Add Extra Buoyancy to Your Adams PatternsOn a float trip in a galaxy far far away Curtis and I found ourselves with high expectations of a great caddis hatch that would surely lead to the kind of...
View ArticleTop 5 Late Summer Flies
Go-To Patterns for Late SummerSummer CutthroatWith summer heading out, we decided to review our fly boxes and select the top 5 patterns that we've been using this month and going into September as we...
View ArticleSmall Stream Cutthroats on Hoppers
Small Stream Big FishKeoni captured this fine Cutty on a hopper patternWe've had hopper fishing on the brain again, so we decided to head south and find some native cutthroat who have a penchant for...
View ArticleFly Fish Food Shop Talk Ep. 3
Josh Graffam from UmpquaWe have Josh Graffam, from Umpqua Feather Merchants, in the shop to chat about new Umpqua products, competition fly fishing stories and a little bit of horsing around.See the...
View ArticleBaby Complex Twist Bugger
Down Size a Streamer StapleThe Complex Twist Bugger has been one of my go-to flies for a long time because it just plain catches fish, but it also has some of the qualities that I look for when I'm...
View ArticleBluegill Deer Hair Sneaky Pete
Sneaky Pete style deer hair sliderWe're really stoked that Jeff Creamer, an extremely good fly tyer out of Ohio, took us up on the chance to come to Utah and tie flies and fish. Here's the first in a...
View ArticleBaby Fat Minnow
Small Size, Big EatsFull disclosure... We are on a baby fly kick lately. Check out the Baby Complex Twist Bugger HERE. Now... On to the Baby Fat Minnow.Have you ever had one of those days where you...
View ArticleFeathered Game Changer - Slider Version
Maximum Movement Meets Slider HeadThis fly really needs very little introduction, nor am I the creator of this concept. Blane Chocklett is the godfather of jointed flies, and I first saw this...
View ArticleIdaho Stank - Perdigon
Get That Idaho Stank Off Your Fly!!I have been floating our local river quite a bit with my good buddy Tim Meikle, and we have a great time taking turns on the sticks, casting various rods, hucking...
View ArticleCountach Nymph - Jig
Join the Countach ClubI get it, not everybody can own a beautiful Lamborghini Countach with a V-12 engine... Not everyone can have Bum Equipment belly shirts, Reebok Pumps, and Girbeaud jeans. What...
View ArticleWhiting Farms Rendevous Part Deux
Feathers and FishWe took another trip to Delta Colorado to hang with the Whiting Farms Pro Staff and the fine folks at Whiting Farms. This time, Brandon and Lance tagged along and did a little fishing...
View ArticleDeer Hair Frog Popper
A Jeff Creamer PatternSo this is the tutorial you want to watch if you're at all interested in learning how to master some killer deer hair skills. Jeff Creamer returns for what we consider a...
View ArticlePat's Purple & Black Rubber Legs
Purple Gets it DonePurple Pat's Rubber LegsWhile Lance's original variation of Pat's Rubber Legs stonefly was definitely one of the best-received tutorials in the last year, there's always room for...
View ArticleIris Caddis Variation
Fish the Film!Many years ago when I decided to up my game from just staring at indicators all day, I was intrigued by the caddis hatch and the many differences that it brings from the lob and watch...
View ArticleFunky Flex
I love me some jig hooks. They have quickly become my go-to hook on any nymph pattern (and much more). When I'm showing off jig hooks to customers at the shop many people, in tailwater Utah, have a...
View ArticleSquirracell - Duracell Variation
Spark Up Your Nymph GameIt's no secret that the Duracell nymph is one of the most effective patterns in our arsenal. We have been fishing this pattern since we contracted with Fulling Mill a few years...
View ArticleBow River Bugger
Streamer Time!Jeff Creamer steps up with another tutorial for us -- this time a great streamer pattern, the Bow River Bugger (or a variation of it, to be specific). With the hair collar, for a little...
View ArticleMurdich Jig Minnow
Jig Minnow PowerThe first time we saw Jeff Creamer's variation of a Murdich minnow, we knew it would be a winner. It falls in the category of super-sparkly streamer patterns like the Sparkle Minnow and...
View ArticleBastian's Floating Caddis
A Cure for Aggressive Caddis EatersI'll be honest, I didn't know about this fly until I saw it in the Fulling Mill catalog... (Yes, Fulling Mill is the main supplier for Orvis.) I think we have all...
View ArticleCreamer's HD Craw
Killer Mud BugThe HD CrawOut of Jeff's videos he's done for us, this is one of my favorites because I like to fish crawdad patterns and because this is a fun one to tie. The cool thing about Craw...
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