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Nano Rib Midge
Keep it Thinner than KetoThis fly really doesn't need much of a write up... If you fish tailwaters or other places that require a very thin profile on a small hook, this is a really cool technique...
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Drunk Drea - Streamer Pattern
Hold ON... Shhhhhhhh. Lemme Tell You SomethingIf you haven't caught on yet, I have been naming flies after my coworkers that I used to work with in HR. The Squatchy B, the Slick Willie, and now the...
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Hare's Ear - The Classic Way
Well, Mostly ClassicIf you do a Google image search for "Hare's Ear" you will find about a thousand different variations that are all called the same thing. As you have probably figured out by now, we...
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Pat Dorsey's Top Secret Midge
SPOILER: It's not a secretSo if you're dialed into the world of fly fishing tailwaters and you like midge fishing, you've likely heard of our buddy Pat Dorsey. He's a guiding machine (200+ days a year...
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Flexo Midge
Your Buddy's Secret MidgeI like simple and effective midge patterns, in fact, if a midge takes you more than 5 minutes to tie, you should maybe rethink the pattern to make it more simple. Here is a...
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Fancy Pants Streamer
The Coffee Fairy of FliesThe Drunk Drea has been absolutely solid in it's short existence on this earth, so it got a cousin that has a bit more unique movement in the tail. This could be fished as a...
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Nano Puff Baetis
No, This Fly Won't Keep You WarmThe coolest part of this fly is the technique used to get a really dense puff-looking wing out of a normal piece of CDC. This is a great fly for that part of the hatch...
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Bead Head Barr Emerger
Baetis Box BonanzaBead Head Barr EmergersWhen I was in college doing a lot of fishing on the Green River in Utah, I was introduced to the Barr Emerger series of mayfly patterns. It became, and still...
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Killer Midge - Da Midge
One of the flies that started the channelThrowing it back to 2010, this is one of the patterns that kind of helped kick off our youtube channel! We thought we'd do it proper justice and add a recipe...
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Ribby Pellet - Perdigon Fly
Feed 'Em The PelletPerdigon = Pellet. There is your Spanish lesson for the day. Really though, this is just a ribbed version of a perdigon that uses only thread to achieve a super buggy look. You...
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Wooly Baetis
Nymph, Emerger, Fish CatcherDon't show your friends this fly... I'ts super secret, and it's designed to increase your catch rate by 29%. Jokes aside, this is pretty much an RS2 variation that has a...
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Fly Box Organization
There is no "RIGHT" way With all of the fly box options out there, we get asked what's the "best" way to organize your boxes. The short answer is that there is no real "right" way to organize it, so...
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Coq N' Coyote - SIMPLE soft hackle pattern
Fur, Feather, RibSoft hackles are not only fun to tie, but they are a great way to catch fish! Soft hackles have been around for a long, long time, but they are often overlooked as fly tying materials...
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Slush Mop and Slush Egg
Simplify Your Filth FliesWarning! If you are a purist who doesn't like fishing worms, eggs, mops, and other flies that represent protein packed trout meals, this post is going raise your hackles....
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Banda Lechuga - Jig Streamer Pattern
BANDA LECHUGAAAAAAAAIn Northern Patagonia runs a river named the Collon Cura that has a healthy population of rainbow trout, perca, and some monster brown trout. These trout have learned that insects...
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Purple Rainbow Warrior
Another One of Lance's WeaponsThe Rainbow Warrior really needs no introduction, and is the first commercially available fly that Lance had available in the Umpqua catalog. Not only is the Purple...
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Falso Conejo Chironomid
Tasty, Shiny and Not a RabbitIt's always good to have a chironomid pattern that doesn't take a long time to tie but can catch fish all the same. A few years back when I saw these Hemingway synthetic...
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Tale of Two Baetis Patterns
Simple vs ComplicatedIf you have ever worked in a fly shop you have been asked "which flies are working" a LOT... It's all good because it's a valid question that can give you the confidence you need...
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Synthetic Yak Streamer
Big Taper, Little BulkI'll be honest, I got all fired up to tie some big meat when Lance brought in some of his for lake trout. I had been messing with a lot of synthetic fibers, but synthetic yak is...
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Syl's Midge: Purple Variant
Must-Have Soft HackleThe Syl's Midge, from Sylvester Nemes, has been one of my favorite midge soft hackle patterns over thePurple Syl's Midge years. It's a stellar pattern fished on the swing, the rise...
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