When it comes to teaching others how to tie artificial fishing flies David Cammiss of Learn Fly Tying does an excellent job at the hands on teaching. The fact they are videos makes it easy to just rewind and watch it again and again until you have your fly tied just like Dave so that it will be able to stand up to the torture a fighting fish can give it.
One thing that Dave does that I have never done, but will give it a try, is to hide the hook in the mouth of the vice so you don’t nick your thread and weaken the fly as you’re tying it. I have to admit I have but my thread more than once in the 30 years I have been tying flies.
From knot tying to nymphs tying, this instructional DVD is packed full of intricate and delicate techniques for tying the most effective fly patterns. Dick Talleur demonstrates a hands-on approach to teaching as he guides the viewers through the basics of tying a wide variety of flies. Viewers will learn to tie Gray-Hackle Peacock (Wet Fly), Pale Morning Dun (Dry Fly), Adams Parachute (Dry Fly), Muddler Minnow (Streamer) and many more. From knot tying to nymphs tying, this instructional DVD is packed full of intricate and delicate techniques for tying the most effective fly patterns. Dick Talleur demonstrates a hands-on approach to teaching as he guides the viewers through the basi
Catching smallmouth bass on the fly rod is a blast, especially when I’m using some of my bass popper flies.
Bass popper flies are easy to fish, they’re fun and the strikes are quite often very explosive and that’s why I like using poppers.
Here is a video I found on Youtube that shows how to tie a popper.
Crease Fly Bass Popper – PA Fly Tying Lessons
Crease flies were originated by Capt Joe Blados for stripers and blues.
Scaled down, these flies are an effective alternative to loud poppers when largemouth and smallmouth are skittish but still taking surface patterns. Crease flies wiggle and swirl when stripped and this action often drives bass crazy.
Watch this video to see how to tie a very simple, effective, and durable surface pattern for smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing.
I pretty much missed New Years day but man did I have a great time New Years Eve. Well so I’ve been told. My head still hurts. Glad we weren’t planning a fishing trip for New Years day cause I was a mess.
I went to a guitar jam about 7pm New Years Eve and drank continually. Some how drinks just kept appearing close to my left hand and I kept sucking them back. I was trying to maintain somewhat so as to last until midnight and I did but that was it. Kim showed up just before midnight with some friends and she had a bottle of something that put me right over the top.
We missed Gary and Carrie as they parted ways a few months ago and things are still rather tense between them. Gary’s the one with the loud voice but without him we had to pick it up a bit on our own. We played a lot of guitar and I think we tried to sing as loud as possible too. My throat hurts and I don’t even sing much at all, even when I do, so I guess I was feeling no pain.
Nothing much to do with fishing I know but I am sure grateful that I only dreamt about fishing instead of having to get my ass out of bed and go fishing New Years day. That would have been one long long day.
