It’s been a while since I’ve added any new patterns to the database.  About a month ago, I had a nice surprise waiting for me at my doorstep when I got home from work.  Keith from Singlebarbed sent me a sampler assortment of different colors of angelina fibers to try out, along with a few […]

Hailing from the Lake District, in the United Kingdom, Dave Carne is a Graphic Designer who came back to fly tying after a 25 year absence and has since been dazzling fly tyers with some absolutely stunning Full Dressed Classic Salmon Flies.

Photo courtesy of www.filmflies.com
It’s always nice to see a deserving artist getting the attention they deserve.
Yesterday Field & Stream published a photo gallery featuring 32 pictures of Graham’s work titled, “The Most Realistic Flies You’ve Ever Seen“. I have Graham’s first Hex Mayfly above my tying desk, and on a fishing trip with […]

“I wonder if a majority of fly tyers work on their own cars?”
That was the prevailing thought going through my head the other night as I wrenched on my Forrester to get it ready for the upcoming fishing season, and doing stuff like going to work. My man card is definitely renewed. If […]

This weekend I tied flies at Goldstock’s Sporting Goods’ Annual Fly Tying Expo in Scotia, NY. There were about a dozen other area tyers there as well, and a few who made a several hour drive to tie at the event.
I set my vise up on the end of the table across from […]

*First published in the August 2006 issue of Hatches Magazine
Bugs. Many of us live for them.
In the off-season, we spend countless hours creating them to fool that monster Brown that reminded us the previous season that the river is his playground, and he’s the bully. During the fishing season it is crucial to be […]

I’m working on two realistic crayfish right now. One will go to my local TU chapter for auction at their Spring banquet, not sure what I’ll do with the other yet.
They’re not finished yet. I’ve still got the front set of legs to tie in, the claws, and a few touch ups here […]