Desk mess flies?  Every so often my tying area becomes an absolute disaster area!  It is amazing how big of a mess I can make and still kno...

My cleaning efforts are winding down.  I can now see my blue desk mat as well as background board!  This hasn't kept me from tying..  N...

Good Lord...  The bottom of the pile has been reached!  Time to make a mess again. This fly changed significantly even though I used the...

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear #34  Filoplume thorax and tail Hook:  Hends BL554, sizes 10-16 (Size 12 pictured) Bead: (Optional) W...

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear #33  "Hot" Thorax Hook:  Hends BL554, sizes 10-16 (Size 12 pictured) Bead: (Optional) Weig...

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear #32  Peacock Herl Body Hook:  Hends BL554, sizes 10-16 (Size 12 pictured) Bead: (Optional) Weight;  ...

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear #26  Polish Woven Nymph, Hare's Ear Hook:  Fulling Mill Czech Nymph, sizes 10-16 (Size 12 Pic...

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear #17  Glass Bead Caddis Hook:  Hends BL554, sizes 10-16 (Size 12 pictured) Bead:  Size appro...

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear #16  CDC Tail and Thorax Hook:  Firehole 316, sizes 10-16 (Size 12 pictured) Weight; Tungst...

As a young teenager, some four decades ago, I would have never been without a few of Ted Trueblood's shrimp pattern on my local pond ch...

Let's head back a little further in the time vault with a pattern synonymous with the Pacific Northwest- the Carey Special.  Sometime i...

In his 1976 tome, Nymph Fishing For Larger Trout , Charles (Charlie) Brooks describes his own pattern, "Difficult fly to make, due to ...

Here's another simple yet highly effective Doug Prince pattern.   Let's take a quick look at his Squirrel pattern. Tying notes : ...

We're not headed back in time too far.  The year was 1960 when three experimental (Casual Dress) nymphs were introduced to the waters o...

I am hoping I don't have to explain the slang terminology of the first word in this pattern's name.  It is not pretty (pun intend...