Saltwater flies are a type of artificial fly used in fly fishing in saltwater environments. They are designed to mimic the prey that saltwater fish feed on, including baitfish, crustaceans, and other aquatic creatures. Saltwater flies can be tied in many different patterns and styles, depending on the fish being targeted and the angler’s personal preference. Learn how to tie effective saltwater flies with my step-by-step video instructions. Perfect for beginners and intermediate anglers.
This is Bob Popovics Jiggy fly, and the fly does exactly what the name suggests! An extremely effective salt water pattern that has gained great popularity in Scandinavia for salt water sea trout and sea bass. Jiggy fly pattern How … Continue reading The Jiggy fly
A popular Danish pattern designed for salt water sea trout. The Magnus can be tied in various sizes but I believe works best in # 6-8. With only basic materials required, just about any fly tyer can tie this. You … Continue reading Magnus sea trout pattern
A quick and simple, semi realistic pattern to imitate the Mysis shrimp. Ranging from 0.5 to 25 mm long with a slender transparent body. Inspite its small size the Mysis is a very important food item in both lakes and … Continue reading Mysis shrimp fly
This one feather flat-wing is a cracking pattern not only for the salt, but when tied in black or olive is a great fresh water big fish pattern. If you haven’t tied flat wings before this is probably the best … Continue reading Orange Ruthless flatwing streamer
A great pattern that creates the illusion of volume while still remaining light and easy to cast. Continue reading Sunrise flatwing streamer
This little bait fish imitation is one of my most productive salt water patterns. Very quick to tie and very realistic in the water. Anyone sea trout fishing (sea run browns) has to give this pattern a go, you won’t … Continue reading Silicone fry streamer
A semi realistic eel pattern for night fishing. Perfect for salt water sea trout fishing and stripped bass that are feeding on sand eels. Nocturnal eel streamer pattern recipe Hook: Mustad C47S # 2 Tying thread: Dyneema 55 Body: Black … Continue reading Nocturnal eel streamer
One of the great striper patterns the Gartside Gurgler. This is a cracking pattern when other surface patterns just won’t work. This is the original tying method as taught to me by the man himself Jack Gartside. Please remember to … Continue reading How to tie Gartside Gurgler fly
A seriously easy shrimp pattern that only requires one material, Organdie!! Hook: Mustad C47 Tying thread: Dyneema Eyes: Easy shrimp eyes Feelers & Body: Organdi ribbon Shell back: UV Resin Continue reading How to tie Ribbon Shrimp video tutorial
The E-Z Sand Eel. This is an excellent pattern not only for sea bass and sea trout but most salt water species. The E-Z body tube makes it both aero and aqua dynamic makiing it easy to cast and giving … Continue reading E-Z sand eel streamer
An excellent technique for tying uniform and transparent bodies on Zonkers. Please remember to subscribe to the feather benders You Tube channel: Continue reading How to tie Melt Glue Zonker streamer
In the autumn in Northern Europe after the long hot summer when the coastal waters begin to cool down again, its at this time of year you dont want to be without a stickleback imitation! Although the recent tendency for … Continue reading Stingsild bucktail streamer
Bob Clouser is a well known fly tyer from Middletown USA. He designed the Clouser minnow with the goal of making a pattern that would represent a fleeing bait fish, with a jig motion. The key to achieving this … Continue reading Clouser Minnow Variant
Sea trout patterns Hip, Hip and Hurrah ! The autumn sea trout season is just around the corner, and as I can see from the search engine terms on the blog, I am not the only one itching to get … Continue reading Essential sea trout patterns for the autumn
Proppen, Without doubt my most productive sea trout fly. over a thousand sea trout can’t be wrong!! This is my variant of one of the best salmon flies in recent years. It is, without doubt my most productive fly for … Continue reading Proppen-most productive sea trout fly
Back to the tying bench again, this time with a salt water pattern. I must say, Its nice to see that salt water materials being made in smaller sizes, not just for the monster warm water fish across the pond. These FisHeadz from Deer creek in the UK , are perfect in the two smallest sizes for salt water fishing in Europe, for both bass in the south and sea trout here in the North. I still haven’t had much time to play with these, I’v only tied half a dozen flies with them, but they are that easy to … Continue reading FisHeadz Mackerel
Although its still a few months before the rag worms start swarming on the coast for thier annual spawn, its always good to have them tied up before hand. For those of you who find the earlier rag worm pattern … Continue reading Video tutorial for a simple rag worm
Yesterday I received in the post a few samples of Shrimp foils from the fly people in Germany. One sheet with coated foils and a second with uncoated. The coated foils really look the business but unfortunately after three attempts … Continue reading Awesome opossum Shrimp – just foiling around
A simple but effective shrimp for salt water sea trout. Yet another older video but they tying technique is still valid. Continue reading How to tie CdC shrimp video tutorial
Another pattern for salt water sea trout that has been extremely productive for me over the years. Continue reading How to tie Fritz Shrimp video tutorial
The original flat wing pattern was developed by the late Bill Peabody a well known fly tyer and fisherman from Rhode Island in the US. The original pattern was developed for stripped bass but was also found to be … Continue reading Sea trout Flat wing streamer
The original Thunder creek streamer series came from the vice of American, Keith Fulsher. In the early sixties, not satisfied with the regular head and eye size of streamers, he began experimenting and chose the reverse buck tail technique for his Thunder creek patterns. This technique involves tying the buck tail, as the technique suggests, the opposite way and then folding it back over the hook shank and tying down to form the head. The simplicity of this pattern and the minimal materials needed to tie it, is fly design at its very best! He achieved his goal, a slim … Continue reading Bug Bond Thunder Creek streamer
This is a quick and easy salt water crab pattern that I haven’t done any text for, other than the step by step. Enjoy. Hook Mustad circle streamer Tying thread Dyneema Beard Siberian squirrel & Grizzle hen hackle Eyes EP crab eyes Claws Red fox zonker Body Muskrat crosscut zonker Continue reading Tying the fur crab
The original pattern this is based on is form the vice of my late, old friend Jack Gartside. This is not only an extremely effective pattern but also requires the minimum materials and once you have mastered the technique is … Continue reading E-Z Sand Eel – step by step
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