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Tom Baltz - Orvis Endorsed Guide and Fly Tier

Tom Baltz on fly tying, fly-fishing history, and using the right rig to present flies.

Fly Tier's Bench: Kisha's Sugar Momma

Designed to fish deep holes on Colorado's Dream Stream, Kisha's Atkin's latest creation, the Sugar Momma, blen...

Yvon Chouinard on Fly Fisherman's Loop to Loop Podcast

Yvon Chouinard is a philanthropist, conservationist, climber, fly fisher, co-founder of 1% for the Planet, and...

Dave Zielinski on the future “age of cicadas” a 12-year span of carp, bass, and trout on huge drys.

Dave Zielinski stumbled into a periodic cicada hatch more than 20 years ago and has been chasing these massive...

Eric Naguski, a trained entomologist, shares his hatch-matching and fly-tying secrets

A lot of fly fishers like to occasionally drop the Latin names of insects, and some of them are amateur entomo...

In Praise of Poppers

One of the ways anglers can strengthen and invigorate their fly-fishing proficiency is to hone their skills wi...

Fish Camp's Intro to Dry Fly Fishing: Dry Fly Rigs

Learn three different dry fly rigs that can help you cover a wide variety of dry-fly fishing scenarios. This m...

Fly Tier's Bench: Shanafelt's 3 Mile PMD

Shanafelt's 3 Mile PMD can be fished under an indicator early in the hatch or on a dropper behind a bigger dry...

Jake Villwock on the “Godfathers” of bass, favorite flies, and why bass turn black

Fly tier Jake Villwock grew up the son of a commercial fisherman, and is now a Pennsylvania fly-fishing guide ...

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Legacy Deleted Scenes: Super Bugger

Despite common belief, Barry Beck didn't invent the Woolly Bugger. But his wife Cathy might have improved upon it with her marvelous design, tabbed the Super Bugger. Follow along for the story of how this uber fishy fly came to be, and tales of the fish it fooled over the years.

Fly Tying with Natural Shade Tapered Brushes

Northeast Ohio Angling's Matt Redmond walks us through using Just Add H20's Natural Shade Tapered Brushes when...

Tim Cammisa

Tim Cammisa has been a guide on the Delaware River, a professional fly tier for 30 years, and his hundreds and...

Fly Tier's Bench: Bakko's Phat Azz Hopper

Kyle Bakko is a new Umpqua Feather Merchants signature tier, and his patterns stand out for their practicality...

Blane Chocklett: fly-tying innovator & guide, reveals new flies & relationship with Lefty and ASGA

In episode three, editor/publisher Ross Purnell chats with longtime FLY FISHERMAN magazine contributor Blane C...

Fly Tier's Bench: Max's Mess Maker (MMM)

Sometimes I get in a slump and get tier's block trying to produce subjects for this column. Picking the fly to...

DIY Airbrushing on Popper Heads

Master fly tier Charlie Craven shows how to use compressed air and markers to do custom paint jobs on popper f...

Fly Tier's Bench: How to Tie Craven's Lil Bit Nymph

Sometimes the hardest part of perfecting a new fly is knowing when to stop tinkering and call it good. One of ...

How to Tie Chicone's Magnum Mantis Fly

Saltwater flats fishing has come a long way in the past few decades, but one of the most peculiar things about...

Fly Tier's Bench: How to Tie Egan's Poacher

Fly-fishing competition guys like Lance Egan and George Daniel figured out that you didn't always need to stri...

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