Originator: Dave Stanley. Photos and Instruction by Mike Brown. Mike Brown is the owner of Mossy’s Fly Shop in Anchorage, AK. A lifelong Alaskan with a passion for family, fly fishing and fly tying. There is always going to be a huge debate amongst Sockeye fishermen whether Sockeye (Red) Salmon will eat a fly or…
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Indicate or Not to Indicate, that is the Question.
Regardless of how you feel about strike indicators, there is no doubt that a strike indicator will help a new fly fisher catch more fish by visually learning current speed, reading seams, and gauging the depth of the water. However, if you’re not careful, the strike indicator can develop into a crutch for a new…
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Gear Review: The Loon Complete Fly Tying Kit
Sometimes you come across a product that simply has everything you need, the ‘Complete Fly Tying Tool Kit‘ from our friends at Loon is one of them. We recently had the opportunity to tie a few flies with this kit and wanted to share our thoughts with you. The complete kit comes with a convenient…
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Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp – From Its Creator
Classic fly patterns are classics for a reason. They simply work. Bob Veverka’s Mantis Shrimp is one of those patterns. Classic flies, like classic cars, can be modified, painted a new color, add or take away parts to match personalties. Some would say, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Whichever way you lean, this…
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Head Cement
For the majority of the flies I tie, I rarely use head cement on my whip finish. But if I am tying a saltwater fly or a larger streamer type pattern, I do like to put a drop of my favorite glue, Liquid Fusion, on to help increase the durability. Most people put the head…
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Fly Tying Friday // Egg Sucking Leech
Renowned fly tier, fisherman and friend of Deneki, Stuart Foxall, is back with Jay Bartlett of Fly Fish Adventures to share another fly tying video, this time of a classic Egg Sucking Leech but tied stinger style, not on a tube. Be sure to turn your volume up when watching! If you’re viewing this in a newsletter or…
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One Fly To Rule Them All
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the classic chartreuse and white clouser minnow. I am running the tab as I go here but with this fly I have landed the following species: trout, bass, walleye, catfish, perch, panfish, striper, whiper, bonefish, roosterfish, multiple types of trevally, snapper, jack crevalle, juvenile tarpon, snook, and pompano. I…
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Fly Tying Friday // Darth Wader
Renowned fly tier, fisherman and friend of Deneki, Stuart Foxall, is back with Jay Bartlett of Fly Fish Adventures to share another fly tying video, this time of the dark destroyer of salmonids. I must admit, this intruder style fly has one of my favorite names for a pattern. Be sure to turn your volume up when…
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Timeless Tips// Benefits Of Short Tag Ends
When tying flies, start with a short tag end so that you do not need to go back and trim the excess thread. This won’t save you a ton of time at first but think of all the flies you have tied in your life and the extra couple of seconds you have taken on…
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Tying The Pink Squid Skater
We wanted to give you something to do this weekend so we figured we would share another fly tying video put together by our friends, Stuart Foxall and Jay Bartlett. Today Stuart is twisting up a Pacific Salmon skater fly designed by his good friend Stevie Morrow. The original pattern uses pink and black while…
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