A soft hackle and March Brown. Two fun little patterns that aren't too flashy but have a ton of movement in the water.
A jumping off point for tying bitter-style shrimp for bonefish.
Crab pattern for fishing the flats.
A simple version of the classic baitfish pattern.
A bunny based tarpon hunter.
A bonefish fly with a little extra action.
A rainbow trout streamer that can be easily modified to look like any baitfish or other freshwater trout, and a Golden Stone nymph with a few twists.
Matt is back on the vise this week tying up a couple cool patterns: a bunny streamer and a caddis nymph.
A popper bodied rainbow trout and an extended-body Hexagenia dry.
Fun poppers starts at the bench and a caddis nymph.
A little bit of everything; articulated streamer, a dry fly, and a stillwater damselfly pattern.
The perfect gateway into tying your own bonefish flies.
A bluegill imitation that drives warm water species crazy!
A beauty of a mayfly pattern, and a great addition to a flybox.
Bead headed steelhead pattern. A little action, a little buggy, and very versatile.
The colors have been changed in honor of the 4th, but this steelhead fly is real.
One of our favorite mayfly imitations.
A jig hook, a hot spot and the perfect amount of flash make this an excellent trout nymph.
A stone that gets down fast. Way down. Real fast.
The bird's nest is a classic, but this version has some new twists and the addition of a hot spot on the wing case.

This is an awesome imitation for an Alevin -- a trout or salmon fly.

This is Fly Fish Food's variation on the popular Game Changer streamer from Blaine Chocklett. A great multi-articulated streamer pattern.

A boss of a baitfish pattern for hunting bosses of fish.

Plays well as a Blue Winged Olive nymph, and is just as effective as PMD nymphs and Callibaetis nymphs.
A versatile aresenal with a bunny streamer, a small softy and a jig!
The nymph version of Matt Callies's Big Arse Soft Hackle. This is a stonefly with all the bells and whistles.

March Madness is not just a basketball tournament. It's also a great time for some nymph fishing.
The Jig Bird is a modernized Bird's Nest (on a jig hook of course) and the Awe Shucks is a Green Drake emerger that will have you dreaming about spring.
We're grateful to have Mike demonstrate a couple of his patterns: the Twisto Caddis and Missing Link.

A flashy kreelex fly variation that works great as an attractor style streamer

An articulated zombie (Frankensteinish) streamer pattern borrowing aspect from some of our other streamers.

The M3 Baetis, from Michael Faulkinbury, uses minimal materials but is an effective mayfly nymph.

The Ice Hare's ear is an effective variation of the standard pattern and it's super-easy to tie.

This is a great leech/bugger pattern with some added bling to it. A fish-catching machine.

The quill pupa is a smaller version of a common style of bigger chironomids or buzzer style flies.

From Fly Fish Food's Low Fat series, this is a great little minnow that imitates a bluegill

Great crab pattern for saltwater destinations

This is a relatively realistic and easy to tie mayfly pattern.

Very effective chironomid pattern for stillwater fly fishing

From Fly Fish Food's Low Fat series, this is a great little minnow that imitates a perch.