Be prepared for the Mayfly with this detached-body Dun
Oliver Edwards uses foam, moose hair and thread to create a detached body Mayfly Dun dry fly with a deer-hair wing, ready for the ...
Tying the Silver Fritz Humungous
How to tie the Silver Fritz Humungous – a bead-chain eyed combination of black marabou, silver flash and grizzle hackle – tied by Magnus ...
Modern ways with Waddington shanks
Magnus Angus demonstrates how the Waddington shank can be used to carry a single hook, and how this can relate to it being used ...
Tying a Shipman’s Buzzer
Shipman's Buzzer is a superb emerger to use when midges (buzzers) are hatching from the surface of a stillwater or reservoir. It can be ...
Tying a foam-bodied Hawthorn fly
Hawthorn flies are terrestrial insects that often fall onto rivers and stillwater in April and May. This is a foam-bodied, long-legged imitation to use ...
Cobbler’s wax – why use it?
Why do fly tyers use cobbler's wax? What are the advantages and effects?
Tying a Pine Squirrel Zonker
Tying a Pine Squirrel Zonker fish imitation with pearlescent body and dubbed head
Using and choosing a whip-finish tool
A look at the differences between the DH Thompson and Veniard Deluxe whip finishing tools, and how to use each of them ...
Technique to tie a parachute hackle on a quill-bodied dry fly
Learn the technique for tying a parachute hackle around a post, a stripped-quill body, and a coq de Leon tail to produce an effective ...