Step by Step Para-Hackles - FOTD

Step by step Para Hackles (made very easy) by GlobalFlyFisher!.

I never understood how to make the hackle stand up so nicely - and this is a very "how to" method. I will be tying some of these very soon!

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Man, this tutorial is excellent! Thanks again GFF!

Killer Scuds - FOTD

Wow, just wow - check out these beautiful killer scuds put together by LuciV.

Great photos as well - showing you exactly how to tie them.







The detail in these photos shows just how amazing these scuds look. And using CDC is a brilliant idea.

Thank you again LuciV for being a repeat offender here on CMFS!

PTs

I scored a bunch of fresh pheasant tails from my buddy Scott today:

And put them to very good use!

My Depth Charge Bird's Nest

 

 

Just a couple I pounded out tonight. I figured out on fly #4 how to do the biots, but still having problems getting the hackle to lay down flat.

Depth Charge Bird's Nest - FOTD

I love this fly - it was featured in Fly Fisherman Mag last month and I just like the way it looks. I wish I could tie these as good as these look - I need to spend some more time on these, and I should get better.




See instructions on how to tie it here.

CarlP's BWO Nymph - FOTD

 

 

 

Well, at least my version of it! Check it out at CarlP's Blog.

Little Trigger Baetis - FOTD

These little beauties by Dubb J B (from Carbondale, CO!!) are going to be next on my tying bench - they look easy to tie and super effective! You can also change up the coloration pretty easily between olive/tan/black/red as needed. Nice ties!

HDR Photography

Photo by Coy Aune.

Flickr truly is an amazing place of some very very talented photographers. I love HDR photography - and wish I had a good camera that takes different exposures manually - but I'm a point and shoot guy. Of course being damn good at PhotoShop helps too.

It is very difficult to get a good HDR photo from shots of a trout - because you need to hold it still long enough to get 2 or more different exposure photos, but if anyone finds one, email the link!

David Burdeny Photography - ICEBERGS

Wow, just wow. Take a look at his website and you will be in awe of some of these images. I have no idea how he does these photos, but they are pretty amazing.