The fly tying video page is to help the novice fly tyers with the fundamentals of tying their own patterns, and it's all free. There will be very basic techniques that you must know for reference all within the video pages. Watching the videos will jump-start your learning curve to get you tying in minutes. Whip finish, half hitch, adding weight, and wrapping hackle videos are now online. We will continually updating the videos on a regular basis.

 

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 1 - Tying Your First Nymph

Pattern - "Swat's 60 Second Stone"

Length 16:05

 

* This episode is specifically for those that want to tie their first nymph.

Click Here Windows .wmv 320x240 58mb

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 2 - Black Stone

Pattern - DJ Sparkle Stone

Length 20:35

 

* This episode covers another simple black stone.

Click Here Windows .wmv 640x480 113mb

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 3 - Simple Spey

Pattern - Swat's Purple Wonder

Length 6:18

 

* This episode is an effective steelhead purple spey.

Click Here Windows .wmv 640x480 34.4mb

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 4 - Sculpin

Pattern - Swat's Conehead Sculpin

Length 2:54

 

*An amazing pattern for aggressive trophy fish.

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 10.1MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 5 - Egg Pattern

Pattern - Swat's Sucker Skein

Length 3:04

 

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*Traditional Sucker Spawn With A Twist

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 10.5MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 6 - Baitfish Pattern

Pattern - Swat's Erie Zonker

Length 4:45

 

*Great streamer pattern

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 16.9MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 7 - Single Egg Pattern

Pattern - DJ's McFly Foam Blood Dot

Length 2:52

 

*An extremely simple to tie, inexpensive material purchase, and effective steelhead catching pattern.

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 4.2MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 8 - Caddis Larva for Beginners

Pattern - Bead Head Caddis Larva

Length 10:21

 

*Steelhead Catching Machine!!! Tie in seconds!

Video With Commentary for Beginners

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 36.8MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 9 - Sucker Spawn

Pattern - Sucker Spawn Egg Pattern

Length 4:09

 

*The staple fly for Great Lakes Steelhead. Most Popular Great Lakes Steelhead Fly.

Click here Windows .wmv 720x480 32.9MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 10 - Goby Pattern

Pattern - Swat's Big Ugly

Length 4:51

 

*A great fly for Great Lakes Steelhead and very effective on the strip, even in the dark!

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 17.2MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 11 - Single Egg Pattern

Pattern - McFly Foam Single Egg W/ Side of Milk

Length 2:11 (mix and match colors for variety!)

 

*An Extremely simple tie that is proven to catch steelhead  from fall through spring.

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 11.3MB

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Great Lakes Steelhead Fly Pattern Series

Episode 12 - Egg Cluster Pattern

Pattern - Bloodline Sucker Spawn

Length 2:30 (mix and match colors for variety!)

 

*Another extremely simple tie that is proven to catch steelhead  from fall through spring.

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 12.8MB

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Fundamentals of Spinning Deer Hair

Episode 13 - Spinning Deer Hair

Tips & Techniques with Matt Hynes

Length 26:15 (widescreen format)

NOW ONLINE!

*Ever want to learn how to properly spin deer hair?

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 141MB!!

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 Deer Hair Fly Patterns - Great Lakes Sculpin

Episode 14 - Deer Hair Sculpin

Deer Hair Patterns with Matt Hynes

Length 12:13 (widescreen format)

NOW ONLINE!

*Matt walks you through tying a deer hair sculpin.

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 65.2MB

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Deer Hair Fly Patterns - Mouse Pattern

Episode 15 - Deer Hair Mouse

Tips & Techniques with Matt Hynes

Length 10:20 (widescreen format)

NOW ONLINE!

*Tie a simple deer hair mouse patterns.

Click here Windows .wmv 320X240, 55MB!!

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Helping You Get Started - Fly Tying Fundamentals


Basic Miscellaneous Techniques

Short Instructional Clips 320x200 pixels

Half Hitch

Whip Finish Illustrated Video


Videos - Step by Step Lessons

Short Instructional Videos to get you started with the basics

 

 

 

 

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