The Improved Blood Knot is great for connecting a smaller line to a larger line (like lighter class tippet to heavy shock or bite material). Double your lighter tippet over to create a loop and lay the two tag ends side-by-side, facing the opposite direction. Wrap the loop around the other line several times and [...]
Tying the Blood Knot
The Blood Knot is a standard in all type of fishing from freshwater to saltwater. Use it to join two strands of line together that are of similar diameter. The Blood Knot creates a really nice, low profile that goes through your guides easily. Lay the two tag ends side-by-side, facing the opposite direction. Wrap [...]
Ten Things That Should Be On Every Fly Tying Desk
Tying desk, dungeon, fly lair, man cave, the place you lock yourself in away from the kids and wife. What ever you call it you probably spend too much time there as do I. If you’re going to spend that much time somewhere you might as well make it a nice place to be. Ya [...]
Quija Nymphing
Last year, I took a friend who had never floated in a drift boat to float the A-section of the Green River. It was mid-week, which meant that there were very few Floaties on the river. I had placed my friend the pole position in the front of the boat in order to ensure he [...]
Bimini Twist Loop Knot
The Bimini Twist is one of the most important knots most fly fisherman should know, but it is also one of the most intimidating. Well, it shouldn’t be. With a little practice almost anyone can become quite proficient at it. The Bimini Twist is great for creating loops in mono or backing while maintaining the [...]
Fur Burger Fly Tying Tutorial
Hook: Gamakatsu B10s # 2 Eyes: Pseudo Eyes Plus Large Tail: Craft Fur Foul Guard: Calves Tail Body and Head: Custom Blended Dubbing, one part wool one part mixed ice wing fiber. I developed this baitfish pattern while fishing for late season Wipers. In the fall they feed heavily on gizzard shad and often times [...]
A Short List of Fly Fishers that I would love to have lunch with…
…or, even better, spend a day on the water with. Honestly, this was a very difficult list to come up with. Not because there are few, but because there are so many accomplished anglers both past and present. One could easily list their top 25, or even top 50, and still feel like important people [...]
Ten Questions with SA’s Jeff Wieringa
We sat down with Scientific Angler’s Jeff Wieringa and asked him ten questions. If you don’t know Jeff, you should. You probably owe a lot of the innovations in fly fishing to his mad-scientist type mind. He is inventor of Sharkskin and the designer of the new Scientific Anglers waterproof fly boxes. Jeff was the [...]
Loop-to-Loop Splice Knot
This knot is used for splicing a spey line for loop to loop tips or customizing the rear of a scandi head or front of a skagit amongst other uses. It is also used a lot on shooting heads of all kinds. The loop is made out of 50 lb braided mono. Splice it back [...]
First Sleepwalking, Now Sleep Fly Tying???
Doctors Orders: Take one Ambien (a sleeping pill with apparently some side effects) before bedtime and tie a fly while you sleep. Apparently, I did just that. I awoke to find this little size #18 baetis nymph in my vise. Different from the baetis I normally tie, I vaguely remember dreaming about tying this fly [...]
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