Weekly Fly Tying Tutorial – Small Squirmy Wormy (Check the Tie-In Method!)
Posted on November 26th, 2024 in Fly Tying Tutorials, Fly Tying Videos
The Squirmy Wormy (or Squirmito) needs little introduction. This pattern is famous or infamous both for its effectiveness and how hard it can be to tie the material in both effectively and in such a way the fly doesn’t fall apart.
This version is the one I use on the Yellowstone River and other local waters during the winter and spring. It’s much smaller than most Squirmies, and uses a tying technique that seems to keep the material from falling apart quite so fast, while being quick and easy to tie, so that it doesn’t hurt much when the flies fall apart anyway.
NOTE: Squirmy Wormies are not legal in Yellowstone Park.
Weekly Fly Tying Tutorial – Peacock Clacka Caddis
Posted on November 18th, 2024 in Fly Tying Tutorials, Fly Tying Videos
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 in Fly Tying Tutorials, Fly Tying Videos
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.
