A SAFE & COMPACT FLY ROD HOLDER - Fly Fishing enthusiasts now have a compact Fly Rod Holder that magnetically attaches to any vehicle. This fly fishing accessory is multi-functional and mounts easy.
SIMPLE TO USE - When arriving at a favorite fishing hole, detach the two holders and place them strategically on the side of your car. One part holds the fly rod and reel, the second holds the fly rod tip.
TAKE IT ANYWHERE - The “ON THE FLY” Fly Rod Holder Stores easily in your glove box, or almost anywhere else - the 2 fly rod holders lock together when not in use. When you are ready to go, attach the Fly Rod Holders to your door, roof, or wherever you want to place it on your car, truck, etc (as long as you have metal, the magnets will hold it in place!)
DRIVE UP TO 30MPH!! - Place your fly rod holders onto any safe location on your vehicle; now you can drive up to 30mph to your next fly fishing spot, even over bumpy roads, and your fly rods will stay in place.
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL - Simply place the Fly Rod Holder to your car or truck and use it to hold your rod while tying on a fly, driving along a river to another fishing hole or simply to hold your fly rod safely in place against your vehicle.
A SAFE & COMPACT FLY ROD HOLDER - Fly Fishing enthusiasts now have a compact Fly Rod Holder that magnetically attaches to any vehicle. This fly fishing accessory is multi-functional and mounts easy.
SIMPLE TO USE - When arriving at a favorite fishing hole, detach the two holders and place them strategically on the side of your car. One part holds the fly rod and reel, the second holds the fly rod tip.
TAKE IT ANYWHERE - The “ON THE FLY” Fly Rod Holder Stores easily in your glove box, or almost anywhere else - the 2 fly rod holders lock together when not in use. When you are ready to go, attach the Fly Rod Holders to your door, roof, or wherever you want to place it on your car, truck, etc (as long as you have metal, the magnets will hold it in place!)
DRIVE UP TO 30MPH!! - Place your fly rod holders onto any safe location on your vehicle; now you can drive up to 30mph to your next fly fishing spot, even over bumpy roads, and your fly rods will stay in place.
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL - Simply place the Fly Rod Holder to your car or truck and use it to hold your rod while tying on a fly, driving along a river to another fishing hole or simply to hold your fly rod safely in place against your vehicle.
CONNECT WITH US ONLINE: Visit Our Website: http://www.intheriffle.com Follow Us On Instagram: http://instagram.com/intheriffle/# Follow Us On Twitter: http://twitter.com/InTheRiffleSmall Bass vs. Big Bass…small Bass loses everytime! #flyfishing #bass #bassfishing #shorts #fishingInTheRiffle2023-05-31 | ...Hard to beat Cutthroats and Dry Flies! #fishing #flyfishing #dryfly #shortsInTheRiffle2023-03-28 | ...Mr. Jones - Cranefly Extended Body Dry - Fly Tying Directions - Tied by Charlie CravenInTheRiffle2023-02-25 | Mr. Jones Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from Charlie) Thread: Tan Veevus 8/0 charliesflybox.com/products/veevus-8-0-thread
Carp fishing used to be something that people laughed about. Carp were called trash fish and usually thrown up on the bank when they were accidentally caught by us elitist trout anglers. Then, in 1997 Brad Befus, Barry Reynolds, and John Berryman published the book Carp on the Fly. And in 1998, Dave Whitlock wrote “Stalking the Golden Ghost” in Fly Fisherman magazine and revealed that he’d been flats fishing for carp for more than a decade. Slowly but surely, fly fishing for carp began to get the attention it deserved.
It doesn’t take many dedicated fishing days to realize that carp are definitely not pushovers, and can be every bit as crafty and wily in shallow water as a brown trout or bonefish. They spook at the slightest flaw in your presentation and can be downright frustrating,
but when the magic finally happens, you quickly discover that they pull much harder than trout, grow to ridiculous sizes, and can run you into your backing in a flash. I have often said good sight fishing for carp is more like bonefishing than actual bonefishing.
The Denver metro area just happens to be home to a plethora of Front Range lakes that harbor good populations of sizable carp, as well as the lower reaches of the famous South Platte River as it runs through downtown. The availability of these fish creates easy before- and after-work forays, but because the fish themselves can be difficult, catching them consistently often ends up becoming a time-consuming quest. Many other states have good fishable carp populations where they inhabit shallow water and become available to fly fishers. Lake Michigan is home to some real brutes in clear water, and that sounds like a whole lot of fun.
In the 1990s, fly fishers used standard trout flies like Woolly Buggers and San Juan Worms, and those flies often still work today, but over the years guys like Daryl Eakins have created purpose-built carp patterns to tempt these tough fish. As a result, the carp game has changed immensely. Eakins hails from Detroit, Michigan, but now lives just outside Denver and took my beginning fly-tying class in 2017. He immediately stood out as a star pupil, and quickly grasped the idea of design and functionality in a fly, and started his own company, Nervous Water Flies, in 2019. As of this writing, Daryl has four of his patterns picked up for commercial distribution by Umpqua Feather Merchants as well. You could say things are going well for him!
Eakins credits Jay Zimmerman’s Banksia Bug as the inspiration behind his Hipster Dufus, and Zimmerman himself for the design of the intricate internal weighting system, which assures the fly always lands and rides hook point up.
This “lift kit” employs two very specifically measured and tested pieces of lead wire, not only to add weight and create a solid foundation for the beadchain eyes, but also to lift the eyes up and away from the shank, making the pattern top-heavy, and guaranteeing that it always flips over with the hook point up. It’s really an ingenious design, and I’m surprised it’s not used on more patterns.
Zimmerman’s pattern has a reverse-tapered body to imitate a free-living caddis larva, and Eakins used this feature, albeit in a much more robust form, in his Hipster Dufus. Eakins painstakingly builds a very prominent abdomen with a brighter-colored dubbing, usually orange or yellow, then covers the front two thirds with a more earthy shade like olive or brown. He allows a bit of the brighter dubbing to remain at the bend to create a hot spot and doesn’t sweat it if some of the brighter dubbing shows through the top layer, thinking of it as a “faux rib” throughout the body. Eakins then ties in a matched clump of black and white barred wood duck flank feathers widely spread out to the sides to stabilize the fly.
Eakins designed his fly as a multi-use pattern that he could flip, drop, drag, or bomb at his targets and still stand a good chance of hooking up. He credits the relationship between the abdomen and thorax for creating the perfect silhouette, and he likes the CDC collar for the bit of “panache” it adds to a lowly carp fly.
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#fishing #fishingtips #fishingknots #flyfishingHair Wing Dun Fly Tying Instructions - Mayfly Dry Fly - Tied by Charlie CravenInTheRiffle2022-09-13 | Hair Wing Dun Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from Charlie) Hook: #14-18 Tiemco 100SP-BL charliesflybox.com/products/tmc-100sp-bl-100pk
This fly is a collaboration between John Barr and I, as he came up with the idea for a super buoyant hopper to use as the “indicator” fly in his Hopper/Copper/Dropper rig and I came up with how to tie the dang thing. We played with several different ideas and configurations based off of my Charlie Boy Hopper pattern and finally came up with the Mother of all hoppers…the BC! These photos and directions are an excerpt from John’s book, Barr Flies and I am telling you right now, if you don’t already own this book you should call the shop right now and order it. As you all know, John is perhaps the single most innovative fly tyer of our time, and his book is a treasure trove of insight into his fly pattern development process.
In this episode of RIO's "How To Fly Fish" series, RIO brand manager Simon Gawesworth talks about fishing intermediate lines in a lake. The intermediate line should be the second line density every lake angler should buy (after a floating line), but few anglers know how to fish them, or the nuances behind using them.
Simon explains what an intermediate line is, talks about when to use a clear versus a "camo" intermediate line, as well as discussing the sink rate that makes the line an "intermediate". In this video, packed with tips for the lake angler, Simon also shows how to fish the "washing line" and the "hang", and runs through a couple of excellent tips that, if you are new to fishing intermediate lines, will really help your day.
Clearly explained in Simon's easy-going, simple-to-understand style, this is an excellent film for anyone who fly fishes in lakes - packed with great information and tips.
Here’s the fly you’ve all been waiting for! The Viz-A-Dun from John Barr. This pattern is a simple to tie, buoyant hatch matcher that is also easy to see. The Vizadun also incorporates a few little tying tricks that make the pattern quite durable. While not a far reach from the traditional thorax style patterns, the Vizadun is a new twist on an old fly. John likes this pattern as a front fly in a twoo fly combo rig, often dropping a Barr Emerger off the bend anywhere from six to eighteen inches back. The Vizadun is an unobtrusive indicator that allows feeding the fish the dropper without raising any eyebrows…do fish even have eyebrows?
I know, I know…A WORM? Of all the cool flies on this site, the San Juan Worm is the latest update? WTF? Well, there have been a lot of folks coming in lately asking me how to tie this simple critter, as it seems it is passed over in many tying classes and books. You know it is not like me to leave something out, so here is the worm, in all it’s glory! Some folks shun the worm, remembering their bait fishing days and frowning on such a lowly imitation. All I can say is, “EMBRACE THE WORM!!” Worms imitate an actual aquatic annelid that lives in the stream bottom and are every bit the natural food of the trout that a beautiful PMD is, so get off the high horse and admit it, you like the worm and you catch fish on it! Here’s how to tie these little suckers. Be sure to whip some up in dark brown with rust thread, worm brown with pink thread, red with red thread and orange with orange thread and bright pink with pink thread. Brighter colors work well in off color water, so don’t be afraid to fish a big, bright worm when the water is a bit dirty.
Chris Walker talks about fly fishing for carp. Though not everybody's choice as a target species for fly fishers, carp are notoriously fickle to deceive, hard fighters, and can grow very large. In addition, carp are not adversely affected by hot weather (as trout are), and can be found in far more locations than trout. In short, they are an ideal species for the fly fisher to chase.
In this film Chris talks about what flies to fish, how to fish them, what kind of water carp like to inhabit, and what gear to use when chasing carp. Anyone thinking about fly fishing carp will find all the information they will need here.
#flyfishing #bassfishing #fishingTwo Bit Jig Nymph Fly Tying Instructions - Tied by Charlie CravenInTheRiffle2022-07-02 | Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from Charlie) Hook: #14 Tiemco 403BLJ charliesflybox.com/products/tmc-403blj
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#flyfishing #carpfishing #texasflyfishingBarrs Net Builder Caddis Larva Fly Tying Instructions - Tied by Charlie CravenInTheRiffle2022-06-19 | Fly Tying Recipe: (Click the links below to purchase the materials from Charlie) Hook: #10-16 Hanak 300
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