The Busy Season ....
In "A River Runs Through It" Norman Maclean writes "we were left to assume , as my brother and I did, that all first-class fisherman on...
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Coq de Leon .....
There are so many ways to use these beautiful feathers. While they certainly see their share of use in nymph tails and have fibers that...
Ants that Fly ....
Late summer / early fall is the time when flying ant swarms become a daily possibility on the water. Ant swarms never follow the logic of...
Anting the Hatch ....
I’ve always been fond of ant patterns, having learned early on that trout are terribly fond of the real ones. Ant patterns and...
Summertime Blues ....
It’s early August already, hotter than hell, and tough to find the motivation to do much writing lately. Standing in a stream and...
In-ˌflü-ən(t)s ….
“Influence” according to the wisdom of Merriam Webster is “to have an effect on the condition or development of”. I’ve been fortunate to...
The Warmup .....
While I seldom take many breaks from tying flies, it happens from time to time especially during the late summer when my customer orders...
Diversions ....
One of my neighbors is a premier breeder of Llamas, which are pretty cool animals. The fur from llamas is known as “fiber” and is used to...
Dances with CDC .....
Cul de Canard feathers are one of my favorite materials and play a big role in many of my “Signature Fly” patterns. Anyone that’s ever...
A Little Twist .....
There are multiple angles on the topic of thread control, which is one of the key elements in fly tying. While learning how and when to...
Tying One .....
I taught a fly tying class yesterday with the Anglers Club of Philadelphia at the TCO Fly Shop in Haverford, Pennsylvania. This a very...
Assembly lines .......
Last week I wrote about the benefit of batch tying and practice and the way that this approach can impact the quality of your flies. This...
Practice Makes a Lot of Flies ......
A lot of people ask me questions about fly tying “tricks”. One of the more overlooked aspects of fly tying that I always respond with is...
Sig-nə-ˌchu̇r
Merriam Webster defines “signature” as something that serves to set apart or identify. My goal with the new version of my website was to...
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