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Little Whiting haul 🔥🙌

I use chickabou a lot in my jig streamers. Using the tan and black barred chickabou, I tied up this little jig streamer all from those feathers. Little sculpinish 👌

Tie in the tail then palmer another one forward. Easy enough.

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The next fly you NEED to learn to tie 👇

Egan’s Frenchie 🔥

I debated on this a little, the traditional pheasant tail nymph is still a fish producing fly. As far as tying goes though, if you are new to fly tying stick with this simple variation for two reasons:

1- Simple to tie, can make these little clean and tight with a little work as compared to the traditional pheasant tail which is a little more complex. You can tie a lot of these quickly for a trip and you can tie them on a jig hook or standard nymph hook. You’ll have a lot more confidence in a fly you’re proud of than one that looks disproportionate and ugly. Let’s face it, you’re going to tie a lot of ugly flies in the beginning. Tie at least one that you can clean up after 12-20 flies.

2- The effectiveness of this fly is why I chose it as the second fly you need to learn to tie. It’s simple but most importantly it catches fish (like a crazy amount). When you’re tying flies you obviously want them to work and catch fish. That’s the entire point. The hot spot dubbing blended in with the natural pheasant tail body seems to trigger fish in a different way than the traditional version. Having this fly in your box all year is no brainer.

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MOST IMPORTANT FLY YOU’ll ever tie 👇

If you’re just learning to tie flies, the Wooly Bu**er should be your FIRST fly you tie (and master)…. No bead, don’t cheat 🫣

Not because it’s the easiest fly to tie… but because it teaches you foundational skills to build on for other patterns.

It teaches the basics. Thread control, material placement and measurements, how to use hackle, proper proportions, and finishing a fly cleanly (thread heads).

The beauty of it is you can tie some really ugly first attempt ones and still catch fish 👌.

Variations are abundant. Black, olive, brown, white… bead head, cone head, weighted, unweighted.

🔥 Most importantly, it builds confidence as a beginning tier. The material list isn’t too daunting to tackle as it’s really only 3 materials if you want to go real basic (marabou, chenille and string hackle).

It is the base layer of almost every type of streamer pattern out there too. Reverse tie any major streamer out there and you’re likely to find a the steps to tying this fly.

Wooly Bu**ers can be fished in every scenario too; swinging, dead drift, stripping, deep or shallow. Across Stillwater, salt water and rivers…

There’s something about catching a fish on a fly YOU tied that makes you want to sit down and tie another dozen.

Master the Wooly Bu**er and you’ll have a fly that will always have a place in your box.

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What was the first fly you ever learned to tie?

What’s one dry fly you need to learn to tie?

If there is a ranking on which dry fly to tie, make the Elk Hair Caddis be number 1.

Seriously. This all time classic fly deserves a permanent spot in every fly box—and every fly tier’s vise.

It’s one of those patterns that teaches you a little bit of everything: clean thread work, dubbing, hackle, and stacking/handling elk hair.

And the best part? It flat-out catches fish.

It’s simple, durable, floats like a cork, and you can fish it just about anywhere. Pocket water, riffles, Stillwater and along the banks where Caddis like to dance.

The Elk Hair Caddis is one of those flies you’ll tie a hundred times, and somewhere along the way you’ll realize your technique is getting better with every one.

Learn this fly. Tie a bunch of them. Fish them with confidence .

What fly do you think every new fly tier should learn first? 👇

A few orders I’ve knocked out over the last little bit. 🙌

Appreciate your support and following along with Fly Cache.

Cool knowing these flies are headed out to different rivers and hopefully fooling a few fish along the way.

I truly love tying flies and creating behind the vise.