In Oregon's Fly Fishing Only waters, any weight on the leader is a no-no. All weight has to be on the flies just as it is in some of the International Fly Fishing Competitions, which leads to the weighted Czech nymphs etc..

This variation of my Hare & Copper Flymph is dedicated to the Puritan Hester Prynne.
No bead, no Tron- just silk, rabbit, ribbing wire,& feather.

IMGP3473 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

With that bead will it swim “just below or within a few inches of the surface film." ? Johnno, When I fish this fly, it most likely will be trailing 1 or 2 other flymphs or soft hackles with little or no weight free to react to the currents. In some of the stream flows and riffles I fish, any fly w...

Sorry if my flymph offends your sensibilities! I try to follow the only definition I know of from the master of the flymph... "FLYMPH-A WINGLESS ARTIFICIAL FLY with a soft, translucent body of fur or wool which blends with the undercolor of the tying silk when wet, utilizing soft hackle fibers easil...

This is the second fly I tied for the 2018 FFI-International Fly FIshing Fair in Idaho. I wanted to create a contemporary flymph modeled after the Old Traditional Hare and Copper Nymph. Hook- Dai Riki 070 #14 Thread- UTC 70 Rusty Brown Shuck- Rusty Sparkle Yarn Body- Tan Hare's Ear+ dubbing ribbed w...

This is the first of 2 flies I created to tie at the FFI International Fly Fishing Fair In Boise, Idaho about a week ago. I made it to be an easy to tie generic mayfly. Hook- Dai Riki 070 #16 Thread- UTC 70 Rusty Brown Shuck- Root Beer Krystal Flash Abdomen- Tying Thread ribbed with Copper wire Thor...

:?: :?: Ok - So what am I missing here?? I always fish two and three flies, and I never have the tangles everyone is mentioning in this thread. Anyone? Besides casting long leaders in many directions in strong winds, you just need to put a lot of tension on a furled leader butt pulling the hook out...

I fish a 2 or 3 fly cast about 90% of the time and enjoy the results. As I stated before http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7147&p=83342&hilit=Fishing+Tandem+Flies#p83342 this is a good book on the subject https://www.amazon.com/Fishing-Tandem-Flies-Tactics-Techniques/dp/0979346002 . If ...

:shock: Steelhead may chase these lovely creations, and perhaps char would too. But I've a hunch the wild browns in my home water would head for their bolt holes if they saw one. ;) :lol: Bill I grant you those stay on the right coast Browns may shrink at the sight of one of these, but those tough ...

Here is a fly style I posted back in 2010 with most of those old photos gone due to a change in the server. This is the original tie I created the night before the FFF 2010 NW Fly Tyers Expo. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1763/42924005742_7fd4e4e418.jpg IMGP3081 by William Lovelace , on Flickr Hook...