Fly Tying - Fishing Flies

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I enjoy tying flies, it can be relaxing, when needed, as well as challenging, depending on what's being created, and the satisfaction of catching wild trout with little handmade bugs is certainly a thrill.

I use two vises, the oldest is a Dyna King X-1, which I use for extended body flies, because the jaws can be angled straight up, allowing for free movement on both sides of the fly. I also love my rotary action Renzetti and use it frequently. Most of the fly tying tools I use are made by Dr Slick, they're some of the best...

Soon I will show step by step how to tye the fly below, which I've used to catch about 90% of my brown and rainbow trout, from California to New York... I also plan to photograph flies up close and grow this web page.

My favorite brownie fly, works well in California and the big browns back east in the fall

My favorite trout fly, size 18 to size 8 - simple and effective, I call it a Cracker

Mylar tinsel underbody, white glo-bug-yarn veil, with hollow ribbing in chartreuse or green, purple, etc...

 

A feisty rainbow trout

Simple quick to tye flies are effective and my favorites for catching trout

 

nice brown trout with a Cracker fly in its mouth

Nice fly, nice trout, nice silk fly line, and my favorite rod and reel

 

My Fly Tying desk

My fly tying desk - click for larger image

 

Fly box full of generic nymphs

I have over 40 fly boxes, filled and ready for on stream action

 

fly box full of midge patterns

Midges

fly box with houseflies

Box O Flies

 

Generic stillwater and lake flies

Lakes and stillwater flies

 

Wheatley fly boxes full of dry flies

Nice boxes full of dry flies

 

beautiful wooden fly box with assorted fishing flies

Dragonfly, damselfly and mayfly nymphs

 

another fly box full of flies

Pretty Flies

 

Letter from Oregon Governor Kitzhaber

A nice letter from the Governor of Oregon

Governor Kitzhaber was presented with a box of my flies during a solar project dedication
(Chet Farris was the CEO of Siemens Solar Industries at the time)

 

Hardy Angel fly reel with a realistic red spider

I love my Hardy Angel fly reel, a gift from House of Hardy, for using my spider in their advertising

 

Steven Fernandez fly

Beautiful Fly, tyed by my friend Steven Fernandez

 

Rusty Rat Salmon fly tied by Steven Fernandez

Elegant and Graceful - Fernandez - Rusty Rat

 

pair of Jock Scott Salmon fly's tied by Steven Fernandez

Jock Scott Variations - by Steven Fernandez


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Photos below were taken a few years ago before I bought my first SLR camera...

Quill Wing dry fly tyed by Steven Fernandez

A beautiful Quill Wing dry fly tyed by Steven Fernandez

I need to re-photograph the fly above, and a lot more of Steven's flies.


Damselfly nymph

Damselfly Nymph

 

May Fly Nymph

Mayfly Nymph

 

scuds

Trout Candy - Scuds - Freshwater shrimp

 

caddis pupa

Caddis Pupas - Oliver Edwards style

 

Cased Caddis tyed on weighted jig hooks

Peeking Cased Caddis Flies

 

midge pupes work well in the Sierra

Midge - works great in the sierra

 

golden stoneflies, worked great in Chile as well as the Eastern Sierra in fall
A favorite fly fall fall fly fishing on the East Walker River in the eastern sierra

Golden Stoneflies work well in the Sierra and Patagonia, especially in the fall

 

golden stonefly nymph

Stonefly Nymph

 

realistic fishing flies on display

I have a lot of fun with my fly tying

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