In my opinion any fisherman should not miss perdigon nymphs. These small and delicate nymphs were invented by Spanish fisherman competitors and are used for aprox 6 years now on.. Every fly fisherman should have at least 10-20perdigon nymphs and I explain why! These nymphs were developed by guys who fish in very difficult rivers where ...
Fly Tying Rooster Capes are probably the most used tying material after hooks and threads. You will find different sources for feathers, for example and you can take the rooster scalp for your tying purposes when your grandma or your favorite aunt wants to prepare for you a delicious " Coq au ...
Tying a Caddis with Catgut is simple. Only a few tricks should be known: 1. take in consideration that the catgut materials is translucent an the color of the fly will be different when gets wet. 2. catgut is stiff when is dry so keep it in warm water for a few min ( 3-5min ) in ...
Tungsten beads and hooks is the second part of our first article about tungsten beads. In this article we provide info about classic tungsten beads and how match these on our range of hooks. We selected beads from all sizes and hooks in different sizes made of different brands. I tested the beads how slip over hook ...
Black Friday on Troutline 2015 is a great event for our friends and clients. A lot of big businesses from US promote this sale event to make happy their clients. Unfortunately in Europe is not so popular and for us is the second time. We had a huge sale last year on Black Friday. A ...
Winged Nymphs for Dynamic Nymphing could be considered a new frontier in fishing nymphs and a new way to tie flies. Some fly tiers consider them ugly. In terms of a classic construction and after the traditional rules to tie a nymph, these flies are quite ugly. These flies don’t follow the rules for conical ...
My precious Nymph is very simple to tye and is a general searching model. "My Precious Nymph" is tied to imitate baetis nymphs, clinger nymphs, swimming and crawler nymphs, basically almost all delicate medium-small nymphs. Because is so simple and tied with only respecting basic elements and classic proportions, the nymphs is a ...
How to choose tungsten beads for your nymphs or streamers is essential. If the inside hole is too large or too narrow is not good. If the coating will fall quick , again is not good. If the type of the bead is slotted and the slits are too large will fall from your hook ...
Here is an interesting article about wading studs for boots: http://www.flyfisher.ro/en/wading-studs-for-boots/ It is about how they are frayed after one fishing season and how to make better choices when you are looking for durable studs for your wading boots. Another aspect to take in consideration is that a boot with metallic studs will make noise in ...
The second part about "How to make macro photos for your flies" is about lighting. Based on my experience in more then 10 years of making macro photos I can say that the rules are: 1. Direct light is not good 2. Diffused light is better than directed light 3. Reflected light is better than ...
