Big Flies Need Big Hooks

Fur + Feathers + Flash = A recipe for big fish. Materials Hook – Partridge Universal Predator X size 8/0 Bucktail – Red and Black Flashabou – Crystal […]

Minimum Cowbell

Ah…feels good to have dug up some motivation, and with that I sat down at the vise and tied up one of my favorite streamers. […]

Flies Flying Off The Vise

T’was a busy night at the vise.  My buddy UA Dave and I are thinking about getting a table at an upcoming fly fishing show […]

The Jigs Up

After work yesterday, I made it home with day light to spare.  I quickly changed, grabbed my already lined up  3 wt from the laundry […]

Winter Jigs

+Gramps Mel over at The Pond Stalker has been tying up some jigs to start off his tying season.  That got me inspired to get to tying […]

Peak Vise Upgrades

At the beginning of the year, I decided that I wasn’t a fan of exclusively using the C clamp for my Peak vise.  I then […]

Fly Tying Season

When I leave work during the week, I have about a 1.5 hours of day light, and that flat out sucks. Enter Fly Tying Season. […]

Steelhead – CARF Knows Nothing

Steelhead. I’ve never caught one, but I want to. I only know other fly fishers use egg patterns. That’s where my knowledge starts, and abruptly […]

I Hate Cotton Candy

In the Fall edition of A Tight Loop Magazine there is a video of me tying one of my favorite pike/musky predator flies.  I hate cotton […]