Tied up a bunch of Ian James’ Brass Ass flies a couple days ago.  They meet my primary criteria for a good fly – catch many different species, easy to tie, cheap, durable, and sinks like a brick (ok, I like some flies [read more]

Not exactly pretty but this scraggly looking #16 “thing” did  land me a nice carp last fall.

#6 Ballchain, #10 Scud Hook, many wraps of solder, Crystal FX, Wire, Rubber Legs

Quick descent for river swingin’ – Now I just gotta get out with the 6wt…

Experimented with Damselfly nymphs this weekend.  Good stillwater patterns for trout, panfish, carp, just about anything.

#12 Scud hook, bead-chain, rubber legs, rubber band (body), and a little glimmer chenille.  The extended body should give it some of that classic damselfly [read more]

I know I already posted this pattern but this is an upgraded version.
A #12 Togen Scud hook means that this fly has the potential to be hell on Buffalo and Carp, especially in stillwater environs… (it is still lightly weighted)

Nothing really original on this fly, nice enough pattern though.

Swing, drift, strip – like the bugger, fish it how you’d like.  Twitched with long pauses in stillwater has produced my biggest sunfish.  Its also one of the first flies I [read more]

A bastardization of a classic pattern, I think everyone should have some version of this nymph in their box.  I’ve tied some classic style but here’s a version of the Hair’s Ear with no Hair’s ear…

I’ve personally always liked the [read more]

Today’s fly is the Irony
A very simple Joe Cornwall caddis nymph pattern.

I just recently have discovered this pattern so I can’t speak personally on the success rate of it but I’m sure it’s good. In my tests it also sinks [read more]