Fly Tying
Fluttering around
- September
- 21
After fluttering around for the past 4 months I decided to get back at the bench and begin to tie again. Here are two dynamite flies for the Sierra in the Fall Fly Fishing season~ The Fluttering Caddis. Tied with a deer hair wing and reddish brown hackle body with copper ribbing. I like how adding [...]
Aspen
- May
- 17
This photo is from my archives taken about 3 years ago on the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada at Rush Creek. I just used my cybershot to snap this off so the quality is not as good as with my newer Nikon D200.
Rush Creek has many attachments for me. First it is where My [...]
The Hottie
- May
- 12
You can tie these in whatever color you like from olive to tan or gray. I have been tying this pattern with a little yellow egg sac made of dubbing. It also doubles as a way to splay the two tail fibers. If you are wondering how I made the tails to curve like a [...]
Beginner Fly Tying DVD
- May
- 12
The Hollywood Casting Couch presented me with this beginning fly tying DVD to preview and what I found was really good. The fun way they approach the hobby of fly tying takes the pressure off beginners and introduces them to a simple way of making some classic flies! I highly recommend spending a few bucks [...]
Humpy pattern
- May
- 7
This pattern is a humpy variation that works for the Sierra Nevada!
I will try this before any other dry fly and usually with good results during the late Spring- early Summer season. The orange feathers come off an African Gray parrot and resemble the orange in the stones on the Western side of the Sierra. [...]
Stretch Tube Bugger
- May
- 6
One of the first patterns I began to tie was the Woolly Bugger. They’re a fun fly to tie and you can be creative making your own versions to suit personal taste. This one has lead core underneath to get it down quickly, pearl flash strands added to tail for attraction and amber stretch tubing to [...]
Paul’s Pearl Spinner
- May
- 5
After undergoing knee surgery Friday I at least feel good enough to attempt a few flies. Here’s what I came up with! A brown mayfly imitation that I named Paul’s Pearl Spinner for the pearl flash that I used for the wing.
First strip two brown saddle hackle fibers leaving the midrib. These work excellent for the [...]
Quote of the Month
- May
- 3
“The outdoors is best experienced when shared” PM
One of my favorite things to do is take young people out to the waters I fish and show them how amazing our Sierras really are! In a electronic world of twittering and iphones I believe it’s even more important now than ever to let the next generation [...]
Plan wisely
- April
- 20
Weather in my home town is expected to be around 95-100 degrees today. These stats are usually a little on the conservative side.
This heat wave in California followed by some rain this weekend will not produce the most favorable conditions for the 2009 Fishing opener in just five days. My experience of fishing the Sierra over my life [...]
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