Brandyn, from FlyGuys, was kind enough to spend an evening with us demonstrating the tying of three flies: The "Up in Smoke", a chironomid pupa pattern, the "Zonker" stripper pattern, and the "TNA Mayfly" pattern. If you're interested in purchasing...

The Parachute Adams is one of the best imitators of the may fly. It floats very well in streams and turbulent water and provides a superb silhouette of the may fly. Materials: Hook: between a number 8 - 18 standard dry fly hook The Tail: two to...

The Stimulator dry fly is a go-to attractor dry fly, particularly when you're dry fly fishing during big stone fly, salmon fly, or grasshopper activity.  Its "bugginess" also makes the Stimulator one of the very best dry flies to use as an...

I chose this pattern to demonstrate how to tie a large mayfly on a small hook, how to prepare the detached body before hand, build a post on the hook, how to attached the body and then complete the tie with a hackle tied parachute style. It is a...

I chose this fly to introduce a new synthetic material that is a substitute for polar bear hair and to demonstrate the technique of spinning it to form the minnow body and to demonstrate the Clouser style of tie. Jeff Coffey, the owner of "Fair...

The fly is a New Brunswick pattern used for salmon. Wally describes how to fish it, starting at 11:27: the "God Save The Queen" technique, and as usual with Wally, it's well worth a listen. The recipe for the fly: Hook: 2x long dry fly Thread:...

Bob Adamschek ties a unique adaptation of the venerable Elk Hair Caddis. Recipe: Thread: UFC 140 black or tan Hook: Dry 98460 size 10 - 14 Tail: light olive zion (or similar) Body: fine olive dry fly dub olive Phentax Wing: Deer hair...

Do you know the meaning of the term "Mickey Finn"? Well there was a time when certain individuals wishing to prank another of their colleagues would slip him a "Mickey Finn". And so they would conspire to spike his beverage with a very generous...

Wally uses this fly in the river and on the beach.  Using the floating line is suitable knowing the depth that you wish to fish the fly.  Fishing depth is up to the experience of the angler.  Choosing to use a sink tip is also a matter of personal...

Following is courtesy of  IslandFisherMan Magazine article - J.R.'s Pink Krill (Euphausiid). "My beach fly box always contains a good selection of these productive little pink flies. They are best used with a clear 5 to 6 weight floating line, an...

I chose this fly as it is my favourite egg pattern for coho and steelhead. The fly is fished with a dry line and long leader. The heavy tungsten bead gets the fly down but you can underwrap the chenille egg with lead to aid the sink even more....

Since a black and red chironomid is so effective, a great addition to this theme is the Zucchini fly with a black holographic tinsel body. It incorporates blue, red and green in its makeup. So, along with a red or silver or gold rib, you have an...

About the fly: https://cvflyfishers.ca/tying-the-pearl-mickey/

Photo and general information on this fly coming soon! Recipe: Hook: #10 3XL Tail: purple crystal flash or similar Body: purple crystal flash or similar Hackle: Palmered black Wing: sparse, shiny purple tinsel or similar Head: Black tying...

This fly is a bait-fish imitation, tied in the round and used primarily in moving waters (really worked well on the local Elk) Tying it in the round means that there is no up or down when in the water. Materials: Hook: #8 - 10, 3/4 XL wet fly hook...

I chose this pattern as it is a very effective dry fly pattern for the island in its various sizes. I wanted to discuss proportions when building dry flies, dubbing technique as well as how to select and prepare the slips of wing material from the...

Nigel ties two mini-leeches using rabbit zonker strips.   They are fished generally in lakes. The Recipe: Both flies use the same materials/options except the second fly features two bunny strips of contrasting colour wrapped alternately. Hook: #6...

Materials: Hook; #6 - 4X Long Streamer Thread; 6/0 Black Weight; 0,020 - 0,030 lead Wire Tail; Burnt Orange Marabou\ Rib; Heavy Copper wire Body; Med Gold Chenille Hackles; Burnt Orange & Olive Grizzly

This is a Steelhead fly and since it is unweighted and on the smaller size it would like be most useful in lower water conditions. But I have found it to be effective as an alternative choice for Pinks. And it works. It would lend itself to be...

Keith is tying three flies in this video. The first is a Simple Chum - as seen above - a Coho fly for use in muddy waters. Materials: Hook: Mustad 36890 (Salmon Hook) #6 - #10 Thread: Chartreuse Wing: Chartreuse Crystal Flash - 15 to 20 pieces...