Northwest Fishing Reports

I stumbled across some great fly tying videos. Many are patterns that are new to me, possibly local. They are produced by Dakota Angler in Rapid City, SD. Look them over, they are pretty well produced and informative. Be sure to take a look at the Hyrdropsyche Larva video. That is a great looking Caddis.

http://www.flyfishsd.com/tyingvideoindex.htm

WOW! Great site. Bookmarked for sure. Thanks for posting.

You're right about the Hydropsyche. I like the legs especially.

Very nice site...Bookmarked for sure....Gotta get the mini leech in the lake box...1/2 doz of each color to start....They look like a winner... Good luck to all this summer..

Cool! I've been looking for some more local videos. I've been tying from the scottish guys, and I need practice. My ties look retarded.

Hehehe me too. The vids are great and each one of ther new flies to come off the vise looks a little better.

natetreat wrote:Cool! I've been looking for some more local videos. I've been tying from the scottish guys, and I need practice. My ties look retarded.

Sometimes retarded is good. I was up late one evening tying and found out by the results of my experimental pattern that I should have gone to bed hours before. I came up with a fly that, when I was finished with, I almost threw it away. It looked really dumb. The next morning I thought, well, I'll try it even though it is retarded. While on the lake using the fly and catching fish after fish, my fishing partner asked me what I was using. I told him that it was a stupid looking fly that I tied about 1:30 in the morning, so I called it "After Midnight". He looked at it and burst out laughing. When he regained his composure, it replied, "Man, that fly is butt ugly!" So, now it is referred to "The Butt Ugly". Oddly enough, it is one of my best patterns.

Do you have a pic of the "Butt Ugly"? What an awesome name!