Welcome to the show for February 2011, Season 6, Episode 2. This episode's pattern is a classic of American trout fishing. Polly Rosborough was a pioneering angler who followed his muse to the mountainous west, where he introduced the rapidly

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Shannon's Streamer!

Apr 20th, 2011 8m 55s

Welcome to the show for December 2010. That's Season 5, Episode 12 if you're keeping track. Our fly today is a simple killer for smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie and perch. I've got no doubt it can wreak havoc on minnow-eating white ba

Fly Fish Ohio presents Fishy's Bonefish Fly!

Apr 20th, 2011 10m 49s

Welcome to the show for January 2011, Season 6, Episode 1. Today we'll tie Fishy Fullums bonefish fly. Fishy demonstrated this fly at the January 2011 Somerset Fly Fishing Show in New Jersey. It's brilliant! You'll love the use of "double t

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Carrot Nymph!

Dec 13th, 2010 9m 3s

Welcome to the show for November 2010. If you've been following this series, you know that we focus on "fishing" flies over "pretty" flies. To that end, a good fishing fly is easy to tie, uses easy to find materials, catches many species of f

Fly Fish Ohio presents Gartside's Softhackle Streamer!

Nov 7th, 2010 9m 3s

Welcome to the show for October 2010. Jack Gartside was a true character of the fly fishing fraternity. A creative tier and "out of the box" thinker, Gartsides patterns are known for simplicity, motion and their suggestive nature in the water.

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Hardy Demon Streamer!

Oct 10th, 2010 12m 58s

Welcome to the show for September 2010. The Alexandra is a beautiful wet fly that dates from the middle of the 19th Century, named for Princess Alexandra of Denmark. By 1929 the Alexandra had found its way to North American and morphed into a

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Strymph!

Oct 3rd, 2010 12m 58s

Welcome to the show for August 2010. Our fly this month is Harry Murray's Strymph. The strymph is a productive conflagration of a wooly bugger, Shenk's white streamer and a buggy fur nymph like the Casual Dress. Full of internal motion and tra

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Jassid!

Sep 26th, 2010 12m 58s

Welcome to the show for July 2010. Our fly this month is Vincent Marinaro's Jassid, a true classic! First revealed in the 1950 opus A Modern Dry Fly Code, Marinaro's Jassid is intended as an imitation of a leaf hopper. It's also an excellent

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Chile Pepper streamer!

Aug 8th, 2010 12m 58s

Welcome to the show for June 2010. Our fly this month is an import from Tierra del Fuego. The Chile Pepper is another "Killer" style of streamer. The Killer, which we first saw in the Mrs. Simpson of the last episode, is a pattern tied using

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Fatal Attraction!

Jun 30th, 2010 12m 58s

Welcome to the show for May 2010. Our fly this month is a saltwater pattern created by Dan Blanton. Originally an adaptation of a West Coast salmon fly, Blanton created the original Fatal Attraction to serve as the fly rodders "rooster tail" a

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Mrs. Simpson!

Apr 25th, 2010 12m 58s

Welcome to the show for April 2010. Our fly this month is from New Zealand. Named for the Duchess of Windsor, the Mrs Simpson is a "Killer" style of fly. The Killer is a pattern tied using cape or breast feathers tied parallel to the hook sha

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Foxee Red Clouser!

Mar 24th, 2010 9m 50s

Welcome to the show, It's March 2010. This month we'll share one of our favorite smallmouth bass patterns. Bob Clouser's Foxee Red Clouser is an excellent pattern for both bass and trout. A few modifications can actually make it even more prod

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Murdich Minnow!

Feb 24th, 2010 9m 52s

Welcome to the show, It's February 2010. Today we're going to tie the Murdich Minnow, a great baitfish imitation with a life-like shimmer and great swimming action. While designed for salt water striped bass, the Murdich has found a nearly cult

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Mixed Media, a Midwest original designed for smallmouth bass and a killer for carp!

Jan 23rd, 2010 9m 52s

Welcome to the show, It's January 2010. The fly we'll share in this episode is a variation of the Clouser Deep Minnow designed by Joe Cornwall in 2003 to fool smallmouth bass on Midwestern flows.The Mixed Media uses a creative application of na

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Troth Bullhead, a great fly for smallmouth bass and brown trout!

Oct 31st, 2009 15m 34s

Welcome to the show, It's November 2009. The pattern we'll share today was designed by the originator of the Elk Hair Caddis as an imitation of a baitfish common to both trout and smallmouth bass streams. It was designed to fool wary Madison R

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Parmachene Belle, a traditional married-wing wet fly!

Jul 27th, 2009 18m 58s

Welcome to the show, It's October 2009. This is a special installment of yet another show that continues our theme from the Katydid. Mike Schmidt is our guest fly tyer. Mike Schmidt is the owner of Angler's Choice flies and is an incredibly ta

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Katydid, a traditional wet fly!

Jul 20th, 2009 18m 58s

Welcome to the show, It's July 2009. This show breaks new ground, today we have a guest fly tyer! Mike Schmidt is the owner of Angler's Choice flies and is an incredibly talented fly tyer. Mike loves traditional winged wet flies. We captured

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Black Nosed Dace!

Apr 25th, 2009 7m 8s

Welcome to the show, It's April 2009. Today we'll tie a classic bucktail streamer, first introduced by Art Flick in his seminal work Streamside Guide to Naturals and Their Imitation. Designed to imitate the baitfish Rhinichthys atratulus, the

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Brassie!

Feb 28th, 2009 7m 8s

Welcome to the show, It's March 2009. Today we'll tie a very simple, yet incredibly effective fly. With just two materials and thread you can tie a fly that will catch trout, panfish, carp and more just about anywhere in the world. The Brassie

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Diawl Bach!

Jan 17th, 2009 7m 8s

Welcome to the show, It's January 2009. We're here with a neat Welsh pattern known as the "Little Devil" or Diawl Bach in Welsh. This is a productive wet fly for lake and reservior bluegill and general-purpose trout and warmwater prospecting!

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Twisted Little Fox!

Dec 7th, 2008 9m 37s

Welcome to the show, It's December 2008. We're back with a great utility pattern tied using an unusual technique. This is a great all-purpose fly for just about any trout stream or warmwater condition. The Twisted Little Fox should be in your

Fly Fish Ohio presents the CDC Caddis!

Oct 11th, 2008 5m 18s

Welcome to the show, It's October 2008. We're back with a great pattern for just about any trout stream. The CDC Caddis is effective no matter where you fish!

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Royal Coachman wet fly!

Jul 12th, 2008 7m 58s

Welcome to the show, It's July 2008. This month we'll tie a very traditional pattern, the Royal Coachman wet fly. We'll tie this one with a rolled hen hackle wing for maximum action in the water. The Royal Coachman wet fly is a great imitation

Fly Fish Ohio presents Bully's Bluegill Spider, an effective "drop bait" for picky panfish!

May 31st, 2008 7m 58s

Welcome to the show, It's June 2008. This month we'll tie the Bully's Bluegill Spider. Bully's Bluegill Spider is a fabulous "drop bait" that fills a unique void in the fly fisher's presentation arsenal. This is a very effective fly for all pa

Fly Fish Ohio presents the Kreel Craw, a "Must Have" smallmouth bass pattern!

Apr 12th, 2008 7m 58s

Welcome to the show, It's April 2008. This month we'll tie the Kreel Tackle Company's Kreel Craw. If you're planning on fishing for smallmouth bass, especially during the early part of the season, you need to tie a few of these and have them in