Morningwood Special, Craven's Pattern Description: Designing a fly pattern rarely starts at the tying bench. For me, it most often starts with a vague idea, a spark, that glows and gets kicked around a fair bit in my head before I ever even sit down to try it. Sometimes, that spark turns out to be

Snoball Beetle Pattern Description: The Sno Ball Beetle is another great pattern from Dennis Collier. Dennis is simply one of the most creative tyers I know and is a pleasure to watch tie and fish with. Dennis developed this fly as a smaller more streamlined version of the popular Chernobyl Ant, for use up in

El Camino Pattern Description: This super cool stonefly pattern comes from Andrew Grillos and is a great pattern to match either Golden Stones or the larger Pteranarcys when tied in the right colors. Andrew is a great fly designer and has a ton of good stuff so keep an eye out for more.

Morningwood Special Pattern Description: Designing a fly pattern rarely starts at the tying bench. For me, it most often starts with a vague idea, a spark, that glows and gets kicked around a fair bit in my head before I ever even sit down to try it. Sometimes, that spark turns out to be a