Frecuentemente leemos u oímos que las ninfas europeas se lastran para que arrastren por el fondo. Nada mas alejado de la realidad. Se lastran para que bajen rápido a la profundidad de pesca que suele ser algo arriba de...

Las ninfas atadas tipo Jig sin dudas solucionan una serie de problemas que tienen las ninfas atadas de modo convencional aportando una solución que en el agua resulta altamente efectiva. Por ejemplo las ninfas conven...

Las moscas secas sin hackle en mi opinión son a la peca con secas lo que los perdigones a la pesca con ninfa. Ilusiones minimalistas donde solo incluimos los detalles que parecen ser importantes para los peces, nada ma...

Frank Sawyer must have never imagined that this simple nymph, perfected in the River Avon, would become a classic that is included in every angler’s fly box. Sawyer wanted a nymph that made an attractive sound when rea...

Traditional wet flies are coming back to the fly fishing. In the shadows of nymphs and emergers for a while, this kind of flies that served well for years is today studied again by the finest anglers that find unique sol...

Las Wet Flies tradicionales están volviendo con fuerza al mundo de la mosca. Oscurecidas por un tiempo por ninfas y emergentes este tipo de moscas que tan bien nos sirvió por muchos siglos hoy es nuevamente estudiado y...

Small pearly glass beads can be used creatively to tie many different flies. These give us a chance to experiment with transparency, iridescence and density of our flies. Fly tiers willing to try new things will find tha...

There are many Hopper imitations nowadays and lots of them are undoubtedly very effective. I choose the simpler ones which have an undressed silhouette that does not bother when casting. I recommend soft rubber legs, esp...

La pesca de truchas invita a la meditación y a la vez nos da la oportunidad de entender el sentido profundo de un amanecer, los árboles o el viento en la cara. El acolchonado musgo sobre las rocas se convierte en el s...

Designed to attract fish and not fishermen, Ed Surryn flies were innovative from the very moment of its appearance. They are built with balsa wood, a particularly suitable material for making bodies of terrestrial ins...

The Fat Albert is an interesting variant of the Chernobyl Ant with a bigger and bulkier body. It hits the water clearly calling trout´s attention. With some variations, we have used it successfully to catch golden do...

Anytime during the season, the PMX Sparkle Orange works like real dynamite in fast waters. It can be tied with different combinations of colors, being especially effective the ones with orange legs and the ones that rese...

Stonefly nymph imitations are very effective in fast water rivers with big rocks on the bottom. The impressionistic ones with soft materials that move attractively underwater with the slightest currents are especially...

The way in which we tie CDC in this emerger –as seen in the picture that shows it in action- makes the abdomen have the correct posture when on the water. The air bubble that takes form below the CDC wing case preve...

In classic Patagonia rivers such as the Aluminé and Chimehuín one can no longer see in the afternoon so many adult stoneflies like there were a decade ago, but their imitations still produce violent surface strikes,...

George Francis Grant was without a doubt an accomplished artist at developing techniques to shape hackles using animal hair. His skill went beyond the ones of a regular tier. In his books, “Master Fly Weaver” and ...