We’ve been spinning up a lot of king salmon flies lately in anticipation of our upcoming season, and that means big flies for big fish.. Heck we’re getting excited just thinking about it. When swinging flies for kings, we’ve long been fans of intruder style patterns due to their large profile appearance in the water with minimal materials (allowing…
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Stuart Foxall
Stuart Foxall’s King Rig
If you’re a regular to our humble little blog, odds are you’ve heard the name Stuart Foxall before. Stu is a professional fly designer for Aqua Flies as well as part of Loop Tackle’s development team. You could say he knows a thing or two about swinging flies for big, bright, anadramous fish. In fact,…
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Modern ‘Spins’ on Classic Flies
Last week professional fly designer, Stuart Foxall, shared with us a brief background on two classic styles of flies still used today for salmon and steelhead – Spey and Dee style flies. We thought it was pretty darn interesting, and judging by some of your comments, you did too! So, today Stu is back with…
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Time to Learn Your Spey’s and Dee’s
One thing we love about tying flies is the rich tradition and history associated with our craft. There’s a whole bunch of history wrapped up (pun intended) in just about every pattern available today, and today our buddy Stuart Foxall put together a great write up on two classic styles of flies still used for…
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Stu’s Kicking Templedog – Tying Instructions
Tube fly guru, Stuart Foxall, is back today with another great fly tying step by step! Today’s pattern? A modern variation of the timeless Templedog tube fly for salmon and steelhead. Happy Tying! Stu’s Kicking Templedog – Tying Instructions Earlier this month we showed you how to tie a Scandinavian influenced Templedog tube fly for steelhead….
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The Templedog – Tying Instructions
If you’ve been following our blog for some time, odds are you recognize the name Stuart Foxall. That’s because Stu has put together a bunch of great fly tying posts for our humble little blog. Today he’s back with another great step by step on how to tie an extremely effective salmon/steelhead pattern – The Templedog….
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Hoh Bo Spey Tube Fly – Tying Instructions
A while back, Stuart Foxall presented us with step by step tying instructions for Charles St. Pierre’s Hoh Bo Spey – An absolute deadly pattern for steelhead and salmon. Today, Stu’s back again with another great step by step on how to tie the Hoh Bo Spey – This time, on a tube! Enjoy! Hoh…
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Fighting King Salmon – From Start to Finish
Last week, Deneki regular, Stuart Foxall, presented us with a great post on proper fly presentation when swinging for king salmon. In case you missed the post, make sure to check it out, here! Stu’s back today with a great follow up on what to do when all goes to plan – you know, when…
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Swinging for Kings – The Broadside Presentation
We love swinging flies for anadramous fish, and we do a lot of it at our lodges in Alaska and British Columbia. However, swinging flies effectively often takes more than simply casting across the river and letting your line swing on through.. After all, it’s how your fly swims, not your line, that matters most. With…
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Tying Tidier, Stronger Steelhead/Salmon Flies
Last week, Stuart Foxall shared with us a nifty fly tying trick for gauging the proper length of stinger loops when tying trailer-hook style flies for steelhead and salmon. Today he continues the topic with step by step instructions on how he attaches stinger loops to create not only tidy looking flies, but flies worthy…
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