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Disguising a bead by turning it into a head with multifaceted insect eyes

The Taco Emerger was inspired by the split case patterns which are popular in the US

The story about how the Toothpick Stone Clinger was inspired by turning over rocks and taking pictures

The Combover is a generic mayfly nymph imitation. It gets its name from the hairstyle, now thankfully rarely seen.

This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects

A simple and very hard-to-sink emerger from Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski

Andrej Polcic shares his exploration of the crystal clear mountain rivers of Slovakia

Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) are very widespread and important insects when it comes to trout fishing on most rivers both throughout Europe and the US.

This is a fly-tying DVD covering 10 very useful patterns for stream fishing. The subtitle does mention chalkstreams, but the flies are very generic and will be very useful in all other kinds of streams and even stillwaters.

A small mayfly, which may be (mis)taken for a dun during the sometimes the concentreted hatches on late August and Septemper evenings. It uses a hollow extended body, parachute hackle and wings of cdc stems to float high.

A recent tying binge left me with a few thoughts on how to tie a quicker and better blue-winged olive mayfly. The ideas aren't necessarily new, but they certainly are worth sharing.

Comparaduns are one of the most versatile mayfly patterns in existence representing a low-riding mayfly to near perfection. However, many tiers shy this simple pattern due to the perceived complexity of tying the deer hair wings. Learn to master the technique with GFF partner Steve Schweitzer.