I love this fly! Use for trout, panfish, and bass. I first start by using a 10 2x streamer hook and brown 6/0 thread. Weight can be added. I weight mine. Use a piece of chenille about 4 inches. Leave about 1 inc to the r...
1,Tie in the tail the lenght is same size as the hook2, tie in the silver wire3, dub onto the hook 3/4 way silver glister4, tie in a pinch of red dubbing5, wind in the wore and then u...
Simplicity is the key to most fishing. How much simpler can one get than to find an all-white fly, that is so easy to tie, that even I - a completely incompetent fly-tier - can tie one. But not only tie it, b...
While I tie the Mirage, saw the possibility of obtaining, in a simple and fast manner, a version of it suitable both for fishing in fast water, both slow (with a little modification). This version of the Mirage is more r...
Several years ago, I conceived a extended body achievable using several materials, elk hair, fibers of pheasant, goose and other large birds, polypropylene, foam and more. The body is obtained by forming a loop with one ...
I was fishing in Baja for Rooster Fish last year and going back in a few weeks. After looking at a number of flies the guides were using, researching on the internet, I have come up with a few flies that I am going to t...
This page is lacking a very important subtype of flies: Atlantic salmon flies (traditional and tube-flies). They can't be listed under the name of "streamers". I am no creating any type of new fly on this post....
The first tube flies came around the year 1945 in Scotland. They were tied on turkey wing feather quills that were later replaced by plastic tubes, the ones used for medical surgery. The possibility of tying the mater...
A sleek damselfly pattern for stillwater, where the exoskeleton is emphasised. So many of our patterns are dubbed, and therefore woolly of fluffy. This pattern exemplifies the sleekness of the natural, enters the water a...
Fly gets it's inspiration from the Snake and the Semper flies of Taboury and Popvics. Is my go to for low light and in the dark fishing here in my home waters of Jupiter, Fl. I primarily fish it on Cortland intermediate ...
Creada por Nick Naranchi en el año 1964 en Montana y popularizada por Dan Bailey, este viejo diseño lleva el nombre de uno de los ríos más famosos de esa zona -el Big Hole- siendo considerada como una de las más efe...
Diseñada para la pesca en el mar por Tim Borski, esta mosca intenta imitar a un gobio u otros pequeños peces que suelen poblar los bancos y arrecifes y de los que se suelen alimentar los bonefish.La he atad...
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...
Creada por Nick Naranchi en el año 1964 en Montana y popularizada por Dan Bailey, este viejo diseño lleva el nombre de uno de los ríos más famosos de esa zona -el Big Hole- siendo considerada como una de las más efe...
El nombre Plecoptera (del griego, plekein: doblar, doblado; pteron: ala) hace referencia al plegamiento en forma de abanico que se observa en estado de reposo en el ala posterior de estos insectos. Los p...
I decided to go with this EP shrimp because you can easily change the colour/size/weight to suit your needs, also you can use the same pattern but add legs in the body and trim it to a rounder shape to make a nice crab...
The original Woolly Worm pattern is said to have originated in the Ozarks as a bass fly. Its real popularity, however, came when Don Martinez, a West Yellowstone, Montana fly tier, commercialized the pattern in the 1950s...
Created in 1964 by Dan Nick Naranchi of Twin Bridges, Montana, this old design was named after one of the most famous rivers in the area, the Big Hole.
According to Joe Brooks, this fine fly looks something like a lo...
El equipo de cualquier pescador inquieto se va modificando a través de los años…novedades que marcan un nuevo rumbo en concepto de cañas, reels, cajas, bolsos, etc., dejan obsoletos y guardados en un cajón muchos e...
This sculpin model presented in the International Tackle Dealer Show of 2012 in Reno, Nevada, is really interesting when it comes to fishing for trout, golden dorado, wolf fish and other fish.I have tied them in ma...
Lefty Kreh, the creator of this fly, is one the most recognized fly fishermen in the world.He made this fly in the late 50´s to fish saltwater; he was looking for a streamer that would be easy to cast and woul...
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...
Many of you have probably experimented with the effectiveness of the flies with bodies made with quills, using for example peeled peacock quills in their natural or dyed color.
The attractive color of the peacock quill,...
Muchos habrán experimentado la efectividad de los cuerpos de quills en sus moscas, por ejemplo usando quills pelados de ojo de pavo real en su color natural o teñidos.
El atractivo color del quill de pavo real con su ...
Flies with a given action used to be more common but seem to be forgotten today, yet they can be very effective.For many years, miniature versions of bass lures were very popular, flies with helixes a...
Rabbit strip flies are an effective aid when we go for big emotions while streamer fishing in the fall. The way the strips move in the water and the size they give to flies are very special, all kinds of trout seem to be...
Un par de horas antes de comenzar a escribir esto hablaba con un amigo atador fanático y le decía que iba a escribir una nota de atado sobre la Wooly Worm y acto seguido me dijo: “Mario…no subestimes al lector” e...
Este insecto acuático fue denominado por Juan de Bergara ( 1624 ), como " Encuberta del Rabo berde ", haciendo referencia a las alas que cubrían el cuerpo ( encuberta ), y a la bola compactada de huevos de tono verdo...
Nowadays we see many variations of articulated flies and intruders, however its interesting to know that this is not a new concept as in the forties Richard Waddington revolutionised salmon fly tying by creating the firs...
Recuerdo una mañana de pesca en el Río del Medio, cercano a localidad de La Cumbrecita, con viento casi nulo, muy soleado, entrada ya la mañana, y en el final de un pozón se veían tres truchas comiendo, muy cerca de...
About twenty years ago, I traveled with a friend to Junín de los Andes in the month of January and had some great fishing moments, but one of them really stuck in my mind. We got to the Aluminé river late and decided t...