Fly Tying –

Jr. is back in the news!

Jason — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:35:45 +0000

Jr. was recently featured in the Fly Pattern Spotlight on the Southern Kayak Kronicles Blog! Our friend Joe Mahler hooked Steve up with the pattern and tying directions; looks like a winner to us!!!

Check out the post below:

http://gibbysfishingblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/juniors-craft-fur-minnow-great-for.html

• Jr’s hopper popper • A few recent ties • USS Ragin Cajun

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Fly’s for a friend…

Jason — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 02:48:56 +0000

All begins with preparation; bead and wire to help seat. Should be able to knock out tomorrow!

• Tying poppers… • A few recent ties • Jr. is back in the news!

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WWC is BACK!

Jason — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 01:46:24 +0000

Greetings Warm Water Chronicles readers!

We apologize for the lapse of content; someone lost the keys to the website and it took awhile to get a new set of keys cut. Anyway, the new keys were delivered and we'll be back to posting soon, really, really soon!

There haven't been a lot of changes at WWC; but there have been a few. While the new keys were being cut, someone left the door unlocked and let a new person in. This new person will be helping with posting and updating. Just a reminder to our loyal followers, always double check that the door IS locked!

We did appear at The Great American Fly Fishing Expo held during the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Travel Show. Our next appearance will be with the 3 Rivers/Fort Wayne Fly Fishing show beginning on April 2nd, 2016. Come and see us tie!

Below is just a sample of what was being tied at the Expo a couple of weeks ago. This is just a small sample of the fly's that were coming off the vises of Jr. and Cecil!

Please stay with us, there will be many updates coming soon!!!

• Fishing the White River • Found on the web; the FIRST WWC post! • USS Ragin Cajun

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New Flies From Jr.

wwcAdmin — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 03:38:49 +0000

Not only is fishing for bass and panfish one of the finest ways to fly fish but coming up with new flies makes the experience complete. We all have tried and true flies that we love to fish and consistently produce fish. However, when we know we have an ace in our back pocket we just have to try something new. It is this drive that gets our cognitive wheels turning. We sit down at the tying vise come up with a pattern and then hit the water with it. We see what worked or didn't and refine the pattern. Eventually, we tweak the pattern to where it becomes one of our "tried and true" patterns. Then we start all over again.

Jr. has to be one of the most prolific fly tiers I know. He is always coming up with something new and likes to focus on warmwater flies. He has two new patterns that he is having lots of fun fishing this summer; The Pill Popper and The Micro-Mini Frog. I will be heading out this Friday with Jr. to fish some of these flies and will have more photos of these flies in action. I might even scrape out some time for some video of the action of these flies. Regardless of how we do this Friday, we have plans to record these flies in the next week and will soon have some tying videos for everyone.

• Jr. is back in the news! • Jr’s hopper popper • Jr’s back at it with some frog patterns!!!

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Jr.’s Bent Slider Video

wwcAdmin — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 01:17:03 +0000

As promised… I have finished processing the raw video Jr. and I shot a week ago on tying his Bent Slider. I removed all the really RAW parts and pasted it back together into something that looks like we know what we are doing. This was actually a fun video to work on as the fly is so simple and Jr. does such a great job of demonstrating it.

Sit back and relax and enjoy our latest video effort. Then head over to Cabela's to order some of these floating Jig bodies and tie up some Bent Sliders for your water this summer.

• Jr’s back at it with some frog patterns!!! • USS Ragin Cajun • WWC is BACK!

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Warmwater Fly Tyer

wwcAdmin — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:45:30 +0000

Looking for a great site for fly tying; specifically warmwater fly tying? Jr. passed along a great site he found called Warmwater Fly Tyer.

This site has tons of great resources for beginning and expert alike. Lots of great patterns with super step by step instruction and photos. Articles on tying as well as general warmwater fly fishing. Information on tools and gear for warmwater fly fishing. Plus lots of information on books, DVDs and other web sites all about warmwater fly tying and fishing.

Cold and snowy here in the Midwest this weekend means it is a great time to surf the Warmwater Fly Tyer and learn some new tricks.

• Tying poppers… • Hell Boy’s and a lot more! • WWC is BACK!

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UV On the Brain

wwcAdmin — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:07:33 +0000

There is a lot of discussion and experimenting going on these days with UV materials. a number of companies are producing products with various UV reflective and/or reactive substances to enhance the materials for your flies and lures.

I myself have not done enough research into this material to warrant an opinion, much less an article. However, there is a growing body of literature on the subject. Over on Midcurrent there is an excerpt from Drew Chicones book Feather Brained that Shines A Light on UV Materials. Very informative in that it explains what the focus of UV technology is.

There is also a nice article by Joe Cermele over on Field and stream, "UV Lures: Fish Catchers or Just a Groovy Gimmick?", that discusses the UV technology and the lure industry. I like this article because it explains why UV even matters from a fishes perspective and how it might apply to lure/fly materials.

Spirit River is leading the way in UV2 materials and Bill Black has a couple of nice videos on the internet that explain the difference between UV and UV2 (and something called UVR) and which is better.

If you are interested in what is hot, current and the buzz in fly tying, this should give you enough information to get out and try some UV materials on your own and decide for yourself if it makes a difference.

• Tying poppers… • Fishing the White River • Cecil’s been tying too!

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