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Whether this is a fly pattern or not, much debate around this topic, bottom line is that it catches fish, and a ton of them! MERCH SHOP: https://troutfreak.myspreadshop.com/ E-BOOK: https://troutfreak.com/product/fly-tying-photography/ RECIPE: HOOK: Size 14 nymph hook BEAD: Pink brass THREAD: 70D in Red TAIL: Pink squirmy wormy material ABDOMEN: Pink ice dub
This Sure Leech has nabbed some of the biggest and prettiest steelhead I can remember. Between this and the Woolly Bugger, you'll be sure to catch the fish of a lifetime. MERCH SHOP: https://troutfreak.myspreadshop.com/ E-BOOK: https://troutfreak.com/product/fly-tying-photography/ RECIPE: HOOK: Size 12 streamerhook BEAD: 3.8mm silver tungsten THREAD: Black 70D TAIL: Black Marabou FLASH & RIB: Small rainbow tinsel ABDOMEN: Black/Red Simi Seal THORAX: Peacock Herl COLLAR: Fluorescent Orange 70D thread
There's nothing quite better then an emerger take! This Dirty Emerger checks all the boxes and sure to land you some fish. MERCH SHOP: https://troutfreak.myspreadshop.com/ E-BOOK: https://troutfreak.com/product/fly-tying-photography/ RECIPE: HOOK: Size 14 emerger hook THREAD: 70D in colour rusty brown TAIL: Pheasant Tail RIB: Small rainbow tinsel ABDOMEN: Light Brown Kapok by Semperflii WING: Brown CDC HACKLE: Ginger
I love this pattern as it's quick to tie and you can go nuts with the materials and colours to match your specific waters. Only 3 materials required. MERCH SHOP: https://troutfreak.myspreadshop.com/ E-BOOK: https://troutfreak.com/product/fly-tying-photography/ RECIPE: HOOK: Size 16 dry hook THREAD: 70D in colour brown ABDOMEN: Light Brown Kapok by Semperflii WING: Ringneck Pheasant HACKLE: Badger
Blues and Purples always work great on Steelhead, especially in the Winter. I'll try to add pink as well whenever I can 😉 MERCH SHOP: https://troutfreak.myspreadshop.com/ E-BOOK: https://troutfreak.com/product/fly-tying-photography/ RECIPE: HOOK: Size 14 jig hook BEAD: Matt Black tungsten THREAD: 70D in colour black TAIL: Purple & Blue Marabou ABDOMEN: White ice dub RIB: Small black ultra wire HACKLE: Grizzly COLLAR: Pink ice dub
Ginger Jig Bugger fly pattern. Say that 5 times fast! MATERIALS LIST: THREAD: Rusty Brown 70D HOOK: Size 12 jig hook BEAD: 3.2mm copper tungsten TAIL: Ginger Marabou RIB: Medium copper ultra wire ABDOMEN: Custom ice dub blend THORAX: Ginger Marabou & Natural Partridge
This cross breed of a Hare's Ear and Stonefly is the perfect amount of bugginess I like in my fishy flies. Difficult to nicely photograph but an absolute slayer in the water.
Download a FREE copy and save to your device. https://troutfreak.com/digital-shop/. Learning the lingo fly tyers use can sometimes feel like a different language. Use this simple graphic to self educate and all those youtube tutorials will start to make a little more sense. It’ll eventually become like riding a bike; the more you use, the more you repeat, you’ll eventually never forget.
MATERIALS LIST: THREAD: Red 70D HOOK: Size 14 jig hook BEAD: 3.2mm black matte tungsten TAIL: Black squirrel zonker strip ABDOMEN: Red tinsel THORAX: Black Ostrich herl
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