I’ve been doing a lot of streamer tying during the cold months and watching a lot of tying videos on YouTube. There’s less fishing to do, so I’ve been filling up the fly boxes. One style of streamer I haven’t tied yet is a Gamechanger, even though I’ve had the materials on hand for a …
The Smoke Wagon is a relatively simple streamer pattern, especially in the catalogue of Kelly Galloup designed flies. It only requires a few materials: marabou, ice dub, hook and thread. I added some lead wire to mine because I plan on fishing it with a floating line, but you can omit that, or add a …
This is a streamer pattern I've been tying and fishing a lot lately, mostly for Spotted Bass in the sandy Florida Parish creeks. It is basically a double Complex Twist Bugger, with dumbell eyes and an Laser Dub head. It's relatively easy to tie, and has a ton of movement in the water. I've caught …
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The Hot Head Damsel has been my go-to subsurface fly for the last few years. I started out using the Orvis produced version (https://www.orvis.com/hot-head-damsel/5E4G.html) and then once I started tying my own flies, it was one of the first flies I tried to master and make my own. I believe the success I've had with …
The month of May has been very warm and very dry so far, meaning that the local creeks are prime for some top water action. With some rain in the forecast next week I figured I better make one more trip before the water gets high and dirty. I’ve been tying up a bunch of …
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