Fly fishing and more

Was watching a  video by the Jensens and saw this close up of a March Brown dun on the water. Look how the dun floats with the abdomen ang...

Adams with wings from a vintage Darbee grizzly hen cape giving the wings a more broader & rounder profile. Vintage Mustad 94840 size 12 ...

There have been several podcasts with Cameron, but this one is the most elaborate (and longest) one so far. Cameron started his blog The Fib...

A short but very striking clip about why Tom Dorsey (together with his brother in law Thomas Maxwell ) of Thomas & Thomas started to bu...

Here's a great interview with Gerri Carlson, Tom Morgan 's widow, about how Tom and her got into the business of rod making with Tom...

Here is a rare Humpy tied by the late fly fisherman & fly tier André Puyans (1935 - 2005). André was a renowned fly fisherman and fly t...

Mary Dette turned 90(!) yesterday. Tied a few Delaware Adams on a vintage Allcock W175 size 12 to celebrate. Created by the legendary Cats...

Emerging mayfly Clip off the tails and you can use it as an emerging caddis Hook: TMC 212Y size 13 Tails: peccary Body: golden olive dyed pe...

An excellent video on tying a damsel fly nymph by Gordon van der Spuy . I like the sparse yet realistic look, not realistic as in an exact i...

Combining movement with a strong silhouette. The ingredients: Deer or elk hair (bleached or natural) Hackle Microfibets Goose biot CDC Step ...

This is a looong video about streamer fishing. If you're into streamer fishing this is a must listen, it's basically a podcast. But ...

  Daiichi 1110 size 14 hook Teal wings Elk hair Golden Badger hackle 

Here are some rare pictures of the Winston shop in San Francisco from the mid 1970's. In 1973 Tom Morgan bought Winston from Doug Merri...

Just listened to the podcast by the guys at  So Fly Fishing about fly fishing in Tasmania with Greg French .  Tasmania is an island under ...

Learn the Gebetsroither casting style, also known as oval or the Belgian cast from this unique video of Hans Gebetsroither giving casting le...

Hackle colors seems so obvious yet there's more to it than just being a color or shade. Jim Slattery  is a big Whiting hackle reseller a...

Quill Gordon. The quintessential Catskill dry fly. This fly started it all. Here's more about the Quill Gordon by Mike Valla's excel...

Sometimes innovations are simply odd.  But maybe they are not that a bad of an idea at all... Well here are two I recently found:  Shimazaki...

Light Hendrickson tied by Elsie Darbee :

Another book from South Africa! Received a gift from Tom Sutcliffe  yesterday. Love Tom's drawing of a rising trout. Thanks Tom!

Just received the new book (the limited edition leather bound) from my South African friend, fly fisherman, actor & author Gordon van de...