The Hopper Juan

By adding two beads to a Slim Shady, it now becomes a heavy dropper fly or a heavy single baetis nymph that can be used in a nymph rig with ...

It's that time again!!  Once again, I'll be hanging out at the Denver Fly Fishing Show twisting up some of my popular and newer...

Merry Christmas!  I hope this finds you and your loved ones doing well.  I recently released a new tying video on tying a new pattern of min...

The Money Midge is a great little pattern that I've been fishing for a few years now.  I've tested it on the picky trout of the Sout...

I am pleased to be able to tell you guys about a few new patterns coming to you next spring.  Building on my Slim Shady pattern, I've a...

It's been a while and since tons of people have asked, I've released a new tying video on how to tie my pattern, The Slim Shady 5.0....

I will be in Denver this weekend at The Fly Fishing Show and would love to be able to chat with all the fishy people out there about flies...

Arkansas River, 2017 The photo above was taken this summer on the Arkansas River.  I had been fishing lots of caddis larva during that t...

This is a repost from 2011.  I found that the  information here  is still very  relevant. ________________________________________________...

Yes, I am still around and this blog is still alive!   Sorry for the lack of posts, but I was a bit busy this summer.   I spent about 200+ d...

The men and women who have sacrificed their lives for us must be remembered.  I also want to thank those people who have served and put th...

The Kryptonite Caddis is one of my signature patterns.  These things have only been around for a couple of years now, but they have been i...