On The Vise
This fly might just be Bob Erickson's new favorite. The fly is tied with all Spawn Fly Fish products except the rear hook, which is an Ahrex home run, the front brush which is H2O and the flash which is saltwater Flashabou. The main feature is the tail, which...
Largemouth bass, an often overlooked quarry on the fly, can be as picky as overfed tabby cats on hot summer days. Targeting heavy cover with poppers, however, can make for explosive eats through weed beds, dock edges, and other aquatic vegetation. The challenge of coaxing a lunker out of...
Fishing a small flesh fly behind spawning salmon for hungry trout, char and grayling can be a super effective way to fish when there is a vast amount of flesh in the water. This fly will likely perform best in the August - September timeframe. Depending on the spawning...
This is a great fly to fish if you’re tired of drifting a bead, or if hungry trout, char, and grayling are trying to eat your indicator! (Which will happen, especially if you’re using the color orange!) The Gurgler is productively fished by casting it across the current and...
Materials List:
Hook: Ahrex 26 degree bend, #1, you can also use #1/0 and #2 Thread: Veevus 140 Denier, pink, orange or black Weight: Spawn Fly Fish Tungsten ‘Football’ bead, 7.5 mm, silver, gold or black Tail: Fishhunter Marabou Flash: Flashabou Body: H2O ‘Fly Frenzy’ Brush Collar: Fishhunter Guinea Cement:...
The Pink Poupoune Streamer has been tested with great success fishing for Ouananiche, over the last five years at the Bohier Lake area, located in Quebec’s Lower North Shore, a true wilderness experience.
Material list
Hook: Tiemco 300 # 2 or Daiichi 2052 # 1.5 Note: you can tie the Poupoune on...
The Jack-Daddy fly came about when I was attempting to design my own fly for fishing smallmouth bass in central Indiana. I wanted a streamer that would get down and stay down in fast water, and that mimicked small eastern banded sculpins.
The first version of the Jack-Daddy was over-complicated...
The original Black Ghost, by the late great Herb Welch, has been one of the most popular streamers in Iceland throughout the years. This pattern borrows the famous Black Ghost color scheme, but other than that, practically all materials are different. It’s a fun tie, and the zonker wing...
