Dry Flies

Few years ago, recalling the Tube flies that are constructed of metal tubes or plastic to get big flies, to be used in fresh and salt water, I had the idea to create a dry tube fly.

When I began to tie artificial flies, my role models were the classic ones. I tried to tie the best known and what seemed to me the most innovative, such as the Thorax by the great Vincent Marinaro. I tried fishing all...

I always considered the tying Paraloop incomplete because, even if it highlight the entire body of imitation and provide it an awful lot rooster’s fibers support, cannot provide it vertical wings, key feature of the ...

After creating the R Nimph, I thought that I could add to the group of emerging flies also the Cripple imitation. The Cripple imitates the nymphs emerging, having trouble to get rid of shuck, remain trapped in the surfac...

I think it is obvious that the tying process of the Mirage 2 proved a source of inspiration for other flies. The imitation of May fly that I called Mirage 3 is part of a series of artificial I developed inspired by the M...

Tie the Mirage is very simple, just you have to be careful to use a feather with all the fibers intact otherwise you cannot get the a imitation with the body and the tails perfect. Because the CDC is a precious material,...

I like simple and essential flies and many of my CDC patterns are tied with one feather

Sometimes I have asked myself where I find the ideas to make artificial flies and the answer is that I continue to draw inspiration from my patterns. This is because I have the belief that each pattern can be improved an...

I began using Cul de Canard in the eighties, just when most other Italian anglers similarly discovered its existence, but I must admit that although I was appreciating its features, for the first few years I did no...

If I had to mention the fundamental natural materials for the construction of artificial flies, one of the first which I would think would be the partridge feather. I've always loved this feather, and if I see an oppo...

Often, to create my fly patterns, I draw inspiration from classic flies and, on this occasion, I wish to propose the CDC version of a mythical fly: the Gary LaFontaine Sparkle Pupa. Gary LaFontaine, great fisherman and i...

In the eighties, the most used system to tie the wings of a CDC may fly spent was to overlay two bundles of fibers, the bases of one over the tips of the other, and then fix them, half of their length, in a horizontal p...

Some years ago, I met the well-known fly tyer Jean Louis Teyssié in an event tying artificial flies. I showed to Jean Louis some of my fly patterns and he showed me how to tie the tube bodies. Teyssiè poured a little...