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12-Steps to Tying with Mallard Wings
Mallard Wings: How to Choose Them, Shape Them, and Mount Them
Will Bush
Tying with feathers is mechanical form of art. You take parts (feathers), that already have a certain shape and texture, combine them in a sequence to create something else entirely – something beautiful, something functional. To me tying is akin to building an engine. In order for that engine to work properly the parts must be used correctly and every step completed with the next step in mind. Feathers can only be manipulated one or two ways to create the intended result. You cannot force a feather to do something against its “will.” In order to have your flies look and swim properly you must first learn how and why these parts work.
Fly Fusion Streaming
Did you know, you can now stream previous seasons of IF4™, along with tons of other fishy content right in one place? Catch all the official selections and so much more by visiting flyfusionstreaming.com today!
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On the Mend
A straight-line cast is often the best way to present a fly, but sometimes you need to change your location in order to get the drift you want. When you’re able to move, you should. But if trees, currents, the position of the fish or the position of the sun won’t allow you to move without spooking the fish or getting into wading trouble, the best option is often to use a mend. Read More
RIO: How to Fish Out of a Flats Boat
In this final episode of RIO’s second season of “How To” videos, RIO sales manager, Zack Dalton talks about “How To Fish Out Of A Flats Boat/Skiff”. In this film Zack explains how to orientate yourself in a flats boat, and how important it is to know the “clock face” directional method that guides around the world use to point out fish. In addition, this film goes over the really important duties and responsibilities an angler has when they are not fishing, and waiting for their turn to get up on the boat and fish.
If you are going on your first trip in a flats boat – for whatever species, this film will make sure you know how to maximize your day in the boat, whether when fishing, or when waiting for your turn.
RIO’s “How To” videos are a series of short films that explain all you need to know to learn a particular way to fish, or cast. Where applicable, each film talks through the gear that you need, shows how to rig the gear, how to read the water, and how to fish that particular technique. These educational films are packed with information and top tips designed to improve the knowledge and skill level of all fly fishers. Each one is bought to you by a RIO employee or a RIO brand ambassador.
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Backpacks & Roadmaps
Couple of good friends of Fly Fusion, John Van Vleet and Tiffany Barber, are hitting the open road and will be journalling their adventures through a new travel website called Backpacks & Road Maps. We plan to live vicariously through their adventures and encourage you to join us in following this epic husband and wife team. Just a couple of outdoor lovers from Montana, they can’t get enough of life on the road. Follow along on all of their adventures, with travel reports, tips, and photography highlights from destinations all around the world. #backpacksandroadmaps
Twitter: @backpackroadmap
Pinterest: pinterest.com/backpacksandroadmaps
The Western Coachman
The story of Wayne “Buz” Buszek and his Western Coachman begins in the 1930s. Buz began fly fishing the local streams of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains as a young boy. His abilities as a fly tier and fly fisher developed quickly, thanks to guidance from the local “old timers.” He excelled, developing into an exacting and innovative fly tier, a skilled fly fisher, and a “mountain goat of a hiker.”
Fly Fusion Series: Lost!
Fly Fusion Magazine editors Derek Bird and Jim McLennan look for as much information as they can find on a remote section of river and find nothing, which is exactly what they hoped to find. In this episode the hosts explore a Rocky Mountain drainage that holds cutthroat and bull trout, and both are eager to take a well-placed dry.
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A week of #flyfishingart
A photographer, an artist, a filmmaker, a beard connoisseur and a true character, Marc Crapo (aka @vonbeardly) is a man of many talents. His photography holds a special place on many walls in our office. No fin and grins here – these are special glimpses into the mind of an individual who just plain sees the world in a different way.
Check out some more of the art we proudly hang at Fly Fusion headquarters by visiting @flyfusionmag on Facbook or IG.
Throwback Thursday
Great times on set of the very first season of the Fly Fusion Series. On this particular day Paula Shearer – the hardest working angler of all time – found herself in a battle with a stunning bull trout while filming episode five, “Solitude”. Watch the full episode, including footage of this epic monster, on flyfusionstreaming.com
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