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Monday, November 03, 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025
Denison Dam Fly Fishing Rebroadcast #mobile #fishing #livestream
Mobile Fishing Livestream 127 (Spotify)
Monday, October 20, 2025
Friday, October 17, 2025
Let’s Go Pond Fly Fishing #mobile #fishing #livestream #irl #edited
Mobile Fishing Livestream 126 (Edited)
Monday, October 13, 2025
More Pond Fly Fishing with EZ Fly Tying Patterns #mobile #fishing #livestream #irl
Mobile Fishing Livestream 125 (Spotify)
Saturday, December 07, 2024
Try This Fishing Fly for Trout This Season! #fishing #flyfishing #flytying
Guadalupana Anyone?
Monday, October 07, 2024
Foam Rectangle Catches Fish 🤪 #flyfishing #fishing #tips
Foam Rectangle Fly!
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
This Fishing Fly Catches Fish, Still Got To Land Them!
Producer Fishing Fly - Olive Variant
- MFC Tactical Jig Hook https://amzn.to/3YBlacP
- Tungsten Slotted Bead https://amzn.to/3Aes51i
- Chenille https://amzn.to/46PcCkI
- Krystal Flash https://amzn.to/3ywmzH1
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Try It On Bluegill This Summer! 😃 #flyfishing #flytying #demo #quicktie
Damsel Fly Variant that uses one Grizzly Hackle and a foam body. Works great on Bluegill but if they get picky on the surface bite, pinch the tail and let it sink a few inches. And, then see what happens!
Saturday, May 18, 2024
EZ DIY Whip Finish Tool!
You can purchase various size Whip Finish Tools for Fly Tying, or you can make custom size ones that work well with larger fishing flies that have lots of things like hackle, feathers, and rubber legs that get in the way. Larger gap in the tool makes for easier whip finishing of foam grasshoppers and spiders where the final wraps are completed mid-body at times.
Purchase a Whip Finish Tool https://amzn.to/3WI71JX
Or, Make Your Own:
- K&S Piano Wire: https://amzn.to/3QPPxaA
- K7S Bras Tube: https://amzn.to/4c0WRsn
- Copper Bead: https://amzn.to/3V6zcRF
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Use a Whip Finish Tool or Don't, Use Two Fingers Instead #howto #flyfishing #flytying
Whip Finish Tool is handy. But, sometimes manually tying one works better.
Saturday, May 04, 2024
Fly Tying Foam Cutter, So Versatile! #fishing #flyfishing #flytying
Liking River Run Creations foam cutters. Beavertail model is nice cause I can trim it and make other patterns... not just a Hopper.
Gear in the video:
Friday, March 15, 2024
Try a Tube Fly, Simple But Effective Pattern! 😄 #flyfishing #tips #flytying
Simple Pattern that works on Bass, Striped Bass, and more. Give it a try. Easy tie and quick to tie, too!
Friday, December 29, 2023
Great Idea! Squirmy Tail, Nymph Body Variant #flyfishing #fishing #flytying
Suggestion from a viewer, squirmy tail, nymph body... tied a variant that uses the same yarn as the Blue River Producer for the body, then added Grizzly Hackle. Gonna see if trout like it!
Stay tuned for follow-up video on how I tied it and how I fished it!
Sunday, December 24, 2023
How I Tied a Blue River Producer Quick Tie #flytying #flyfishing #fishing
Tied a couple more Blue River Producer fishing flies to replace the one I lost the other day. Great pattern for Trout but works on Bass, too. For more details, see the video posted by Zach - originator of the pattern.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Blue River Trout Fishing Fly Works On Bass, Too! #flyfishing #troutfishing #tips
Tied a Producer Fishing Fly and fished the local pond. It is a Top Fishing Fly for Blue River Trout in Oklahoma. Looks like it works on Bass, too!
Simple but effective pattern with a couple of key steps to keep in mind when tying. For more details, see Flatt Out Fishing or contact Zach Flatt - originator of the pattern!
Sunday, April 16, 2023
Just For Fun, Invent Your Own Fishing Fly... On the Fly! #fishing #bassfishing #flyfishing
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| Impromptu Fly |
Here is the Impromptu Fishing Fly that I invented on a whim. I planned to fish the local pond for spawning Bass sight casting as they guard their beds. As I like fishing fly that provides a high contrast to the lighter colored beds that Bass build during the spawn, I came up with an impromptu pattern that I now call the "Impromptu Fly"!
In the video below, I had tied this pattern about five minutes before fishing it. Do give this pattern a try and let us know how it works for you.
The recipe calls for:
- Size 8 Streamer Hook
- Two Red Marabou Plume
- Lead Wire .020 - ten wraps
- Pink Chenille - preferably the "fuzzier the better"
- Dacron Tying Thread - Red
- Build a thread base, apply ten wraps of lead wire starting at the middle of the hook shank and wrapping toward the hook eye.
- Secure the lead wraps with thread wraps along its entire length, stopping the tying thread just forward of the hook bend.
- Next, tie in one Marabou Plume at the same point - just forward of the hook bend, wrapping toward the hook eye and stopping at the middle of the hook shank. Trim the excess Marabou.
- Then, flip the hook so the hook point is above the shank. If using a rotary vise, rotate 180 degrees. If not, remove the hook from the vise, and flip the hook over, and then secure in the vise.
- Tie in the second Marabou Plume where you stopped tying in Step 3 - the middle of the hook shank. wrapping toward the hook eye, then wrapping back to the middle of the hook shank. Trim the excess Marabou.
- Next, tie in the Pink Chenille forward of the Marabou Plume making sure the Chenille is butted next to the Marabou along the shank. And then, apply thread wraps toward the hook eye, stopping one hook eye length behind the hook eye.
- Then, wrap the Chenille forward covering the lead wraps and stopping one hook eye length behind the hook eye. Secure and then trim the excess Chenille.
- Finally, build a tapering head and secure with a whip finish knot. Apply head cement, let dry and then go fishing.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Fishing Flies and More!
Compiled videos from past posts about fly tying with a mix of fly fishing that may be of interest to some. It is a long video that includes several quick tying demonstrations as well as dialog about fishing them.
I tied most of the patterns using a Peak Rotary Vise. It is the last tying vise I purchased, and I don't plan on purchasing another vise. In the past I used a simple vise offered in a kit, moved to another vise that was heavier duty, and then to a discount rotary vise that I have since converted to a tube fly tying vise.
Do check out the video, and do try one or two of these patterns on your own tying vise!
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Tying the Olive/Brown Near Deere (Feb 26, 2015)
Received a request to post information on how we tie the Olive/Brown Near Deere - the fishing fly we used recently at Murphy City Hall Pond for Rainbow Trout.
In reply, we posted a video below that demonstrates how we tie the fishing fly. Do check it out when you get a chance!
Other key points:
- For the fishing fly we tie, it is a variation of the fishing fly that Texas Fishing Forum's Tarpon Fly posted several years ago. He described the pattern and noted its simplicity and effectiveness.
- When we tie the Olive/Brown Near Deere, we use Olive Marabou for the tail and Brown Flash Chenille for the body. However, the pattern allows for ease of mixing and matching colors with our favorites being Olive Marabou/Olive Flash Chenille and Olive Marabou/White Flash Chenille.
- It can be fished with or without a strike indicator as well as fished as a tandem rig with a GRHEN, Soft Hackle, or Nymphs.
- It is a consistent producer of Trout as well as other fish like Bass and Catfish in our area!
PS: Tarpon Fly also offers the fishing fly in his online store at Carey Thorn's Online Fishing Store.
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Weekend Is Here...! (Feb 13, 2015)
It has been a long work week but Friday is here at last. The weekend is looking good for fishing; however, we must do our duty and pledge our everlasting love to our significant others as tomorrow is Valentine's Day.
That said, the Trout Derby on the Blue River in Oklahoma has us itching for a run across the border. Unfortunately, we are unable to make it this weekend.
We do plan to wet a line, most likely at Frisco Commons Pond which was stocked last weekend with Rainbow Trout.
While preparing the fly box, I noticed the Soft Hackles purchased at Beavers Bend Fly Shop last year were looking beat. Guess a fishing fly can only take so much abuse from feisty trout and scrappy bluegill!
I decided to tie a few Soft Hackles. After a few "do overs", I was able to turn out a few that looked "fishable"; hope to try them this weekend.
PS: Really glad for the YouTube video - Partridge and Orange Soft Hackle!
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