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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Fly Tying Hack: Hold Materials With Hair Claw Clips
Ever thought a third hand would come in handy when tying flies? You’re not the only one. While there are many fly tying ‘material clips’ on the market designed to fix to your vise to hold single strand materials out of the way while tying, we’ve found the majority to do a less-than-adequate job of…
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Fly Tying Tip: Scruff Your Dubbing
We just finished up a great couple weeks at Alaska West with our good friend, professional fly designer/tyer, and Deneki blog contributor, Stuart Foxall. As you might expect, he showed us a few things, and today we thought we’d share one of those things with you. As a commercial fly tyer, speed is critical to…
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Fly Tying Tip: Anchoring Jungle Cock Eyes
We’re excited to have our good friend and world-renowned fly tyer, Stuart Foxall, in house this week at Alaska West. That means evenings in our ‘lounge-tent’ have been transformed from a casual social hour to a fly tying masterclass, and in no way is that a complaint. Stu recently shared a great tip with us…
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Fly Tying Step by Steps – Roundup
Way back in 2014 we started putting together detailed fly tying step by steps on how to tie some of our favorite fly patterns for salmon, steelhead, trout, bonefish, and more. We’ve accumulated quite a few since then, so we thought it was time to put together an updated roundup of all of our step…
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