Jig Bomb Beads – Adding Weight to Flies

What are Jig Bombs The Umpqua Jig Bombs make you rethink the way you add weight to your fly patterns. These tungsten beads are a better way to add weight to any pattern vs the traditional barbell styles. The trend of large dumbbell eyes to add more weight means that tyers lose shank length and [...]

How To Create Your Own Material Brush | Fly Tying DIY Brush Making

Creating Your Own Brush In the video above, Mike goes over in detail how to create your own tying brush. Another way to make tying even more enjoyable is making your own brushes. Creating out-of-the-box color and style brushes can translate to the most unique flies we've seen yet. The possibilities are endless when it [...]

Attaching Dumbbell Eyes | A Beginner Tying Lesson

In this short tying tip, you will learn how to quickly and effectively attach dumbbell eyes onto a hook. A necessary skill for all fly tyers to have.
Tying Kendrick's Bama Crab Fly

Tying Kendrick’s Bama Crab

Kendrick's Bama Crab is the bottom of the food chain for a redfish (that's a good thing). This larger Kwan variation has the impressionistic profile and movement to fool fish in clear and off-color water. Pay attention to how Cory splays the rubber legs as it's an easy way to keep your bug clean and [...]
Tying Kendrick's Wooly Mantis Shrimp Fly

Tying Kendrick’s Wooly Mantis

Kendrick's Wooly Mantis is a staple for clear water shrimp crushers. It was first tied up by our friend and shop tier Cory Kendrick. It's a very simple, intuitive shrimp that most seasoned flats anglers already tie in one form or another. That's because the equation works. It's got the right movement and it's the [...]
Tying The Foam Palolo

Tying The Foam Palolo

Palolo worm flies are a staple in any good tarpon fly box. Migrating tarpon have a weakness for these little red worms and their strong disposition to suck in a worm fly at any point in the season makes the Foam Palolo an excellent choice when trying to feed seemingly undistractable oceanside swimmers. Watching a [...]
Tying the What's Up Dock

Tying The What’s Up Dock

What are snook in the dock and bridge lights looking for? What's Up Docks. Well, actually tiny shrimp and glass minnows that are attracted to the lights, but to the snook the What's Up Dock is exactly that. Designed by shop owner Darren Selznick, this fly has been producing snook under the stars since 2003. [...]
How To Tie The Red Jig Slider

How To Tie The Red Jig Slider

Watch on YouTube Exactly as the name suggests, the Red Jig Slider is a slider-style fly, on a jig hook, for redfish from Louisiana to Key Largo. The fly's successful track record can be attributed to how it pushes a good amount of water, has a ton of food-like movement from all the rabbit, and gets [...]
Tying the Polar Fiber Minnow baitfish fly

How To Tie The Polar Fiber Minnow

Watch on YouTube The Polar Fiber Minnow is one of our favorite all around patterns to imitate small baitfish. When tied correctly, the Polar Fiber naturally tapers into an unmistakably fishy profile that breathes and twitches with pure fluidity. We'd go so far as to call this fly a modern Lefty's Deceiver due to its [...]
Tying the Eat Me Fly (Ole Florida Style)

Tying The Eat Me Fly (Ole Florida Style)

Watch on YouTube The Eat Me fly is one of the most productive patterns for just about any fish that eats smaller fish. Originally tied by Capt. Scott Hamilton for his offshore quarries, the Ole Florida style differs in that all the material is tied on top of the hook. This helps prevent fouling and [...]