Mini Chubby Fly Tying Tutorial

Mini Chubby Fly Tying Tutorial

PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Mini Chubby Chernobyl was my best fly pattern in 2015. I started fishing this pattern in the middle of June and continued to fish it through September with tremendous results. I’m certain this pattern would have been effective through...
Simple Foam Caddis Tying Tutorial

Simple Foam Caddis Tying Tutorial

PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Simple Foam Caddis is the best floating, easy to see caddis pattern that is simple to tie and simply catches fish. I’ve had tremendous luck during the Mother’s Day Caddis hatch here on the Yellowstone River near Livingston, Montana...
Thunder Beetle Tutorial

Thunder Beetle Tutorial

PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Thunder Beetle is a high floating, buggy pattern made to imitate beetles and cicada’s. Beetles are very common terrestrials, therefore make great patterns to fish in any type of water throughout the year.  The bulky profile of a beetle...
Slim Jim Hopper Tying Tutorial

Slim Jim Hopper Tying Tutorial

  PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Slim Jim is a versatile pattern that I came up with a few years ago and have been using ever since. It can be tied as an attractor, or fine tuned to imitate specific caddis or stoneflies. Bulky foam patterns like the Chubby Chernobyl or...
Morrish Hopper Step-by-Step

Morrish Hopper Step-by-Step

PATTEN DESCRIPTION:  I first posted how to tie the Morrish Hopper in 2010 and have had great fishing results and fun tying different version of the realistic hopper pattern over the years. I had great success with different colored bodies like cream, flesh, green,...