Weekly Fly Tying Tutorial – Peacock Clacka Caddis
Posted on November 18th, 2024
The Peacock (or Coachman) Clacka Caddis is one of the first patterns our owner Walter Wiese created after he began guiding in Montana. Certainly it was the first one to really take off. Tied in sizes #12 down to #16 or occasionally #18, this pattern is a good rough water caddis-style attractor pattern. In this niche, it fills in for the Coachman or Royal Trude, while being easier to tie and more buoyant, yet floating lower in the surface film.
Weekly Fly Tying Tutorial – Olive Zonker
Posted on November 11th, 2024
The Olive Zonker is a class rabbit fur streamer pattern that has fallen out of use a bit in the past twenty or so years. That said, it’s still a very effective pattern. This tutorial teaches how to tie the best version for Yellowstone Country: a gold body, an underbody designed to invert the fly for less snags, and an olive wing. Two methods of constructing the body are presented in the video, a lightweight version and a heavy version. The basic recipe given here can be used to tie the fly in whatever colors you like.
Weekly Fly Tying Tutorial – Skinny Timmy BWO
Posted on November 3rd, 2024
The Skinny Timmy BWO uses Charlie Craven’s “Timmy” winging technique with a slender thread body, resulting in a delicate mayfly cripple or drowned dun pattern that floats low in the film while being visible and buoyant. The basic template can be tied in any color and tied as large as size-8 and as small as size-24. Try tweaking the pattern with different body materials that preserve the slim profile, especially in larger sizes.
