My channel is for all fly fishing education and tips. I will focus on fly tying videos, fly fishing techniques, euro nymphing techniques, dry dropper techniques just to name a few. I'm really focused on a place the beginners can come to get better, and also a place the advanced fly fisher can come to learn progressive techniques to help them improve. I'm a full time fly fishing guide in western North Carolina and owner of Turning Stone's Fly Fishing based in the town of Franklin NC.
Just found your tying posts. Good demo tyer. Skills are apparent, but not shy to film what some would toss as outtakes. You show them and demonstrate how you rectify them. As with some other internet tyers, would appreciate the materials in the description. You explain what you like about the materials you use, as well as alternatives. Thanks for what you do.
Nice fly and nice tie. I'm sure it catches a lot of fish. Fulling Mill's version is very different from your fly. Not sure what the original one looks like. From what I understand, the Firestarter came from the Spanish, then French competitors.
It very well may have. I did this video 5 years ago and have probably been fishing it for probably 8 years. This Was just a variation I threw together that worked really well and I put a name on it. I'm sure they're are others similar. Thanks for the support by the way.
Just go ahead and fill your box with this fly. Each one takes almost no time to tie and they get way more bites than more complicated (and expensive) flies. Very economical and efficient.
The major fault, of using this Style of Dry Dropper Rig. Is that you're limited, to the size of the Dropper. Which, for me, doesn't cut it. If you use this Style Rig, you'll notice that your Dry Fly, likes to stand on it's head, and spin around in the current. I'm in North Eastern Washington, and we boast some of the largest Freshwater Invertebrates in the world. So inevitably, I'm using larger Flies. Both Dries, and Nymphs. You would think that by using a larger Dry Fly, that you would get a different result, but it doesn't work that way. I have given this Style Dry Dropper Rig several chances. With the same outcome. I'll stick to what actually works. ~Tony T., Westslope Angler Flies, Westslope Angler Guide Service.
This fly reminds me of a mini-muddler I tie on a 100th-ounce painted lead-head jig, sizes 10 and 12 gold hooks which is extremely effective for trout. I tie marabou versions with sparsely applied fine deer hair and gold flash "whiskers" from the collar so the jig fly can slide and hop off the bottom. Brown trout eat it quite well. I have added your soft hackle hare and copper jig pattern in 1/124, 1/100, and 1/80. I use flat jaw pliers to pinch the lead heads to vary the sink rate and action of the micro jigs My 5' 9", 6', and 6.5' fly rods cast the micro and mini-jigs very well using an "oval" casting technique. Actually, my 6' bamboo rod action is perfect for this approach. I find that the vintage 6.5" Panfish Model vintage Wonderod fly rod has ideal properties for casting mini and micro-jigs, and for hooking a landing trout. As for fast action graphite fly rods, presenting these small weighted flies is, for me, not as enjoyable. I do like the Orvis full to mid-flex rods as well. Please present more flies like this. Thank you!
I honestly don’t like blood knots for smaller tippet diameters that’s why I stick with the triple surgeons for dry droppers. When I tie double streamer rigs for a sort of drop shot effect i am typically using 12lb flouro and I will use the blood knot in that case. I just feel like the blood knot takes too much tension to seat for 6x
