Fly Tying
Offering Trout Candy Flies for Sale
Let me start this off by saying I am NOT a professional fly tier … but over many years I have become proficient at several different streamers. Tying flies has without question made me a better fly fisherman … period! Putting the two arts together has allowed me to be a ‘deeper’ thinker while fly […]
Fly Tying a Jig-Headed Trout Candy
Short and sweet; this video shows me tying a version of my trout candy that I have just started using and have had great results from it. The recipe is as follows: Hook – Cabela’s Plated Jighead in size 1/64 (brass) Tail – Silver Bucktail; a piece long enough to extend an inch and a […]
Fly Tying a Reverse-Tied Polar Fiber Fly
I don’t do many fly tying videos, when I do it is because I think I have found a fly of genuine worth…and such is the case for this fly, the reverse-tied polar fiber fly. I have been using and tying the same type of fly with bucktail for quite a while. Just recently I […]
Chocklett’s Polar Changer
Just recently my wife Vickie and I were in Charleston, SC for about a week. If you’ve never been to Charleston then please put it on your list of to-do’s; you won’t be sorry! While there I stopped by and visited with the guys at Flymen Fishing Company and bought a few flies from them…yes, […]
Flymen Fishing Company
Welcome to 2020…wow that sounds a bit odd and makes me feel a bit old? Things here at FFWJ are going well and I am back on my feet…both of them! Thanks to all of you who have emailed, etc…and were concerned. I learned a little lesson with the cutting of wood and logs and […]
Fly Fishing the Big Walnut in Mid-Summer
Let’s be real clear…there are certain times of the year when a smallmouth bass can become as intelligent as any fish around; truth be told, on my most recent fish finding excursion…they were operating at a Mensa level. The water on the Big Walnut was not only gin clear, but very low…as low as I […]