NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. Jack Reis is back with another video from his Fly Tying Friday series. “Is there a more timeless tarpon pattern than Lefty’s Deceiver? I submit that there is not. The debate over the best saltwater…
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Fly Tying Friday // The Gartside’s Gurgler
If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “It’s easy to get lost in the glamor of all the ‘NEW FOR 20XX’ patterns out there. In fact, one of my favorite things to do is deconstruct new patterns, searching for new materials and methods…
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Fly Tying Friday // The Marbled Sand Flea
Note: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “Fishing, and fly tying, for that matter, are supposed to be fun. Given the opportunity, casting to hungry Redfish can be as much fun as anything out there. Every spring, from Louisiana to Florida, Sand…
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Fly Tying Friday // The Kriller
If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “It’s easy to get stuck in a rut when it comes to tying steelhead flies. Everyone has their superstitions about what does and doesn’t work. Unfortunately, this means we almost exclusively fish patterns that are based…
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Fly Tying Friday // The Mantis Candy
NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “Malaysian fly tyer, Dron Lee, is one of my favorites when it comes to creativity and color. He is well known in Southeast Asia for his innovative work at the vise, but perhaps less so…
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Fly Tying Friday // The Snake Doctor
Note: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “In the stillwater world, damselflies get a lot of press, and for good reason. They hatch in prolific numbers during the spring and summer and can lead to some pretty impressive takes from trout and…
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Fly Tying Friday // The Pincushion Merkin
Note: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “Del Brown’s Merkin is undoubtedly one of, if not the most, successful permit fly of all time. In fact, a Permit or Redfish box looks incomplete without at least a few Merkins. Many of your…
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Fly Tying Friday // Tying The Honeypot
NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. “In the right environment we all know how effective neutral colored bonefish flies can be on discerning fish. But, when wind and tidal flows color up a sand flat it pays to add a little…
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Fly Tying Friday: The Skagit Minnow
NOTE: If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or a reader, click here to see the video on our website. Jack Reis is back with another edition of Fly Tying Friday. This week he twists up one of his favorite flies to swing, the Skagit Minnow. “This one is an old favorite of mine, originally…
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Fly Tying Friday – The Spawning Shrimp
Deneki friend Jack Reis is back for another edition of Fly Tying Friday. Today he goes over the popular Spawning Shrimp a pattern that has caught bonefish and triggerfish on flats throughout the world. Take it away Jack! “If there is one thing a bonefish cannot resist, it’s a shrimp. The truth is that shrimp…
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