Articulate Burrowing Foam Nymph V2.0 Re-look into the old pattern, this one is much easier to tie, playing with Palmer Chenille as the gills which the ‘blink blink’ effect may looks like air bubbles trap at the abdomen.. Image from the net on the nymph Materials: Palmer Chenille by Wapsi 1.5mm thick close cell foam […]
Kevlar Spine Wiggling Baitfish If you don’t like the weight of the Articulate Baitfish pattern… ME..!!! cos I’m a lousy caster.. So.. Lets take out whatever weight that possible… I replace the wire shank with a Kevlar line – 200lbs of Kevler line that I use for jigging. You can choose to tie in the […]
Wiggling Minnow Tying this for a friend, who likes to hunt our ‘Sebarau’ ( Hampala )… he wanted a minnow pattern which wiggle like Articulate Bait-fish but much lighter and smaller.. So I combine my leech pattern with another minnow pattern… taking the advantage of soft movement of marabou in the water, as additional wiggling […]
Articulate Baitfish This is a articulate baitfish pattern which comes with 4 section of articulate shank, bend with hard wire… you can also get the ready spine shank from Flymen Fishing Company. I have it tie with synthetic fiber Palmer Chenille, to minimize the weight when it is wet. Material List: Palmer Chenille by Wapsi […]
ICE AGE Mice I tie this pattern for Mongolia, my friend said it looks like the Squirrel in the movie ICE AGE… So…. I decided to name it the Ice Age Mice View from below View from top Materials: 3mm thk close cell foam TMC 202SP size 1/0 or bigger Squirrel zonker Rubber legs 80Ibs […]
Sculpin with Sculpin Helmet The little Sculpin that I’m tying Materials: Head – Sculpin Helmet by FishSkull brown small and Woodchuck fibers Body and tail – Squirrel Zonker Hook – Gamakatsu B10S Belly and under body – Prism SLF Dub Sili Legs, Gel Glue and Markers Step by step tying instructions: Prepare the hook and […]
CDC Elk Hair A photo of a caddis from the web A beautiful illustration from Flyfisher Group Materials: CDC as abdomen Rooster Neck hackle as legs Elk hair as wiing Hook – TMC 100 size 12 Step by step tying instructions Prepare the hook Tie in a Floro Green CDC Twist the CDC and wind […]
Extended Abdomen Hopper X Preparing for my Mongolia trip this coming September, I need to tie a hopper pattern that float high and easy to see… Picture of the […]
Smelt / Silver Bait fish pattern Baitfish Pattern A actual Smelt fish, which is favorite bait for many fishes. Some Silver bait pattern tie in less than an hour… I have the Marc Petitjean’s Ice Dun – Siver dub with me for some time… but have no idea what to tie with it….. until… I […]