fly tying Archives - WADEOUTTHERE

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Fly Tying, Pennsylvania Trout, and Confidence Through Observation with Jim Misiura

In this episode we WadeOutThere with Jim Misiura from North Eastern Pennsylvania. Jim’s journey into fly fishing began with catching trout in his beloved hometown stream with a plastic cricket from the toy box, a size 6 hook, and an old fly rod he bought from a friend. Since that day Jim has been tying and fly fishing on that Pennsylvania trout stream for over fifty years.

On November 8, 2023 • By Jason Shemchuk

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Tying Durable Flies and Streamer Tactics with Rich Strolis

For many of us, tying flies comes after the fishing part. It's the next step, or at least, another step. If we enjoy it, embrace it, and continue tying, fly tying becomes just another aspect of fly fishing. Like learning how to tight line or chasing a new species. Tying, then, becomes part of the progress we seek, and as we learn new tactics and techniques for fishing, our tying evolves as well.

On March 23, 2023 • By Jason Shemchuk

Fly Tying (Shady Flies)

Ten Fly Tying Techniques I Learned the Hard Way.

It happened again and I shook my head. The moment I went to tie the flashback into the flashback pheasant tail I was diligently creating, my thread broke. It happens. Rare. But still happens. The olive strand unraveled just enough to taunt me. Hope? There was no hope. I was done with this fly and reached to throw it away, then stopped. Could I save it?

On November 8, 2019 • By Jason Shemchuk