OK, bad puns aside, the good folks at Orvis have been pushing out some amazing 1-min. videos. The latest one (link here) has all sorts of interesting information about peacock herl. I only recently have bought whole peacock tail feathers for my fly tying. I found that the ones that were already plucked and sorted
Category: Videos
A Big Taimen Eat
This is a very cool video taken by a drone!
At the Bench: the Renegade
In some back and forth in the comments from the last post, I realized I forgot to write about a new dry fly in the box: the Renegade. I’m a big fan of attractor patterns, and I like Catskill-style dries for choppy water. For a recent fishing trip I decided to make just one Renegade
The Sparkle Dun
Family hike today, and so, this is a short post. I love dries that sit in the surface film. Catskill-style flies have their place, too, but I tend to avoid them except for very choppy water. Here is a great video for making the Sparkle Dun. I love the technique for securing the deer hair