Saltwater Patterns

Common-sense advice on setting up your first fly-tying bench. by Bill “Bugs” Logan FOR BEGINNERS, SETTING UP TO TIE FLIES can at first appear every bit as complicated as gearing up to fish. If you’ve been thinking of giving fly tying a try, I’m sure you’ve already been confronted with a bewildering array of tools. Most of them are ingenious and damned cool looking, too. Of course, that doesn’t help clear up the confusion. Well, guess what?

by Drew Chicone How to video for a quick and easy saltwater fly pattern, Chicone’s 5 Minute Finger Mullet. It’s great on the flats and in the back bays of SW Florida for targeting redfish, snook & sea trout. How to video for a quick and easy saltwater fly pattern, Chicone’s 5 Minute Finger Mullet. It’s great on the flats and in the back bays of SW Florida for targeting redfish, snook & sea trout.

by Barry Clarke This is a diving or egg laying caddis/sedge that is fished just under the surface with long slow pulls. The combination of partridge hackle and hen mallard breast feathers is a real fish attractor. This is a diving or egg laying caddis/sedge that is fished just under the surface with long slow pulls. The combination of partridge hackle and hen mallard breast feathers is a real fish attractor.