Check this page for periodic additions, including fishing articles, stories, book excerpts, and step-by-step instructions for tying my original fly patterns.
- Fresh Water
Step by Steps - Fresh / Salt Water
Step by Steps - Salt Water
Step by Steps - Places, Tactics,
and Other Tales
Step-by-step instructions for tying some of my favorite original fresh water patterns.
Soft Hackle Wet Fly (2007-02-08)
Gartside Bass Bug (2006-07-04)
CPF No-Hackle Caddis Dry Fly/Emerger (2005-01-10)
Coypu, Coypu, Coypu! (2004-03-16)
Two Simple Secret Flies (2003-12-06)
Pheasant Hopper (2003-04-15)
Sparrow (2002-03-29)
Merlin (2001-06-14)
Wet Mouse (2001-03-14)
Filter Fly (2001-01-02)
Step-by-step instructions for tying some of my best original salt water patterns.
Zambezi Hi-Tie (2006-11-20)
Muddled Soft Hackle Deceiver (2006-09-17)
Wiggle Worm (2006-04-05)
Floating Minnow (2006-02-27)
Depth-Charger Soft Hackle Deceiver (2005-08-15)
Beastmaster General (2004-11-27)
More Coypu Flies! (2004-04-14)
Silver Slider (2004-03-26)
Double Gurgler (2003-08-12)
Pheasant Hopper (2003-04-15)
New Wave Soft Hackle Streamer (2003-02-22)
The Ringneck Pheasant: the Flytyer's Friend (2002-10-25)
Gartside Bug (2002-06-20)
Hoverbugger (2001-09-17)
Gurgler (2001-07-17)
Featherwing FishHead (2001-04-01)
Soft Hackle Streamer (2001-02-06)
Secret Baby Baitfish (2001-01-04)
These original patterns work equally well in fresh and salt.
Corsair Sand Eel (2005-11-06)
Three Crabs and a Dab (2005-02-10)
Tarpon Bunny (2005-01-30)
Baby Bunker Gurgler (2004-09-26)
Hot Orange Rabbit-Strip FishHead (2004-08-06)
Skinny Minnie (2003-06-04)
Blueback Herring (2003-06-04)
Soft Hackle Baby Bunker (2001-09-17)
Soft Hackle Sand Eel (2001-03-06)
A hodge-podge of advice, experiences, and lessons learned.
Gurgler Fishing in Salt Water and Fresh (2008-07-05)
Striped Bass from the Start (2008-04-22)
A Look at the Season Past (2007-11-14)
Fall Striper Strategies (2007-09-21)
Early Season Striper Strategies (2007-06-14)
A Christmas Present from the Queen (2004-12-15)
Another Fish Tale (2002-11-13)
Bass on the Flats (2002-09-12)
Fishing the Sparrow (2002-04-01)
A Fishy Mystery (2002-02-12)
A Lesson for Fly Tyers (2001-11-13)
The Great Bonefish Giveaway (2001-06-01)
Stripers in Flight (2001-02-01)
The Circus at the End of the World (2000-11-18)
Fly Fishing Master (2000-08-14)
The Hoverbug Variations (2000-07-30)
