On this quick tie blog,  we are going to be tying up Kelly Galloups Boogeyman. An awesome streamer pattern that is sure to allure some big fish into eating it.  This quick tie is brought to you by www.rockymountainflyshop.net , and we are going to be tying out of our Season 5 kits ( purchase yours here www.flyfishingbowriver.com/tnls5 ) we're tying from season five episode three. If you don’t have the kits with all your pre packaged materials, you can still find our recipe list for these flies on our website, or it should be listed above on this page.  

​Let's head on over the vice and get started.  First things first let's go ahead and grab one of our hooks, a daiichi 2461 and this isn't a one ought size it's a long streamer hook. It’s the  first hook for the back end of The Fly, as always on these articulated streamers.  I am tying with some UTC 140 in Black. first thing we're going to do is we're just going to come in here and let's lay down a good base of thread wraps. Start it somewhere up by the eye.  I'm going to put this a little deeper into my nor vise. I can just whip this up.  I'm going to add some thread all the way back down into the bend and bring it back up. I'm just going to lay a nice thread base down there so those materials that were put on next have something to bind onto.  then I'm going to bring my thread right back to about the Barb.  go ahead and grab out of your kit or if you're tying from home grab from your materials.  We're going to grab a chunk of Marabou, and the color scheme for this fly today is going to be in Black.  So we're going to grab a good chunk of Marabou and measure it being roughly the length of that hook shank, set that back to where I left my thread switch hands, do a nice Gathering wrap secure that Marabou , and start taking thread wraps forward.  Now I'm just going to use the underside of this remaining part of the marabou to kind of create a little bit of bulk as I go down the hook shank. you can see here I'm just gonna basically attach it down to one side or the other I'm gonna get near the eye, then I'm just going to come in here trim it out and then make sure that base of the feather is secured down.  I'm going to come back up the fly , then just right back down the fly to where I tied the marabou in, and we are going to tie in our next material.  Next material is a schlappen.  start up at the tip pull some of that fiber back down, turn it over so that the underside of the feather is pointed rearward down the fly and come in here and secure this right in front of that Marabou.  make sure that's good and secure. I'm even just going to lay that little piece of the tip down.  make sure that's all good and secure, don't worry about all that bulk we have underneath.  that just creates a little profile and it's not going to be seen.  we're going to head on over to our large size Cactus chenille. we're gonna strip off a few of those fibers so you can see it exposes just that little bit of chenille cord. we're going to lay the cord we have exposed on top of the hook Shank and gather them,  secure them down nice and tight. work our thread forward this time right to the eye and  I'm gonna go ahead and put a little half hitch in to secure my work up to this point. I'm going to set my thread off to the side on my bobbin cradle and now I'm going to start wrapping my Cactus Chenille forward.  I'm going to do a full wrap all the way around first before starting to head forward

I'm going to bring my thread back to this back portion of the fly.  now some people would like to put some Marabou back in here but we're going to tie as close to the original pattern as possible,  so we're going to leave this as is and we're just going to start working on that front portion again,  which this time we're going to go straight to tying in our schlappen or your saddle Hackle ( whichever you prefer).  we'll tie that in first,  same thing Underside back down the fly.  we'll kind of secure that tag like we did the last time by bringing my thread back down. go ahead and grab that Cactus Chenille,  again peel off a few of those pieces so you can expose that core and get that core secured down.  This time we're going to wrap forward just behind the eyes.  I'm gonna throw in a little half hitch,  hit that save button and now I'm going to start wrapping forward with my chenille.  same thing kind of trying to pull all the little pieces back as we go forward.  This is a nice bulky looking Cactus chenille,  it has lots of Flash in it and it’s gonna look great in the water.  we're gonna bring that forward . leaving one of those lead eye spaces behind the current lead eyes.  Secure it by  wrapping in  front,  wrapping behind and make sure that's good and secure and then we can trim it out.  really wrap down and make sure it's good and secure.  now we're going to take our schlappen and we're going to do exactly the same thing we did last time , making sure we try to pull those pieces of the feather apart to make sure we're not trapping any of them as we move forward but we will brush it out kind of again so we should be able to prevent most of that just going to Palmer that forward through that chenille and we're going to leave it right by those eyes and secure it off again wraps behind wraps in front go ahead in and trim it out again take a few thread wraps really make sure that's locked in place. I'm going to take my brush like I did before brushing it a little bit,  then we're going to go over and repeat what we did in the back.  we're going to grab another one of our mallard flanks. we want it to extend just slightly into that back portion so that it overlaps  on the mallard flank we have in the back.  we just want that to overlap slightly,  right up on top of the hook.  tie that in place to secure it down. A few more wraps and we can trim it out super close. Now we're going to work on the head of the fly, which might be some of the more complicated portions.  I just have a little clip on there to hold everything back out of the way.  We are working with sculpin wool. Now you want to grab a chunk of it,  it's about an inch - inch and a half long. I am using black  and what I like to do is kind of fluff it up. I'm just going to keep pulling it apart and stacking it and it almost builds air into it. It makes it nice and fluffy and that's kind of how we're going to gain some shape and fluffiness to this. I'm going to find that halfway mark in it and  we're going to start by putting this on the top and putting a thread wrap over top of it. a couple thread wraps forward and then I'm going to pull it back., you want to tie this first one in pretty much right behind the eyes so pull it back and add a couple thread wraps.  it's going to look pretty poofy as we tie it in and then we'll do some trimming after to give it shape.  Now we're going to flip it upside down and we're going to repeat that process on the underside. Same thing to fluff it up, and lay that just behind those dumbbell eyes.  secure it in place with a  couple wraps.  pull it out of the way and we're gonna flip this fly back up again.  I'm going to advance just in front of my eyes.  okay so that's our first portion, and  I'm gonna grab another clump. this time I'm going to lay it again kind of doing that same halfway part and I'm going to lay it on the underside of the fly.  I'm reaching my thread behind the dumbbell eye and on this side.  I'm going to reach the thread on the  underside of the dumbbell eye and make sure that stays on top.   it just filled up that space on top of the dumbbell eyes.  That's kind of the harder spot to fill.  Now I'm going to flip it upside down and  repeat that exact same thing on the underside.  fill that space upside down and we got a couple more to do but we are almost there.  that's going to fill the underside of that Gap. you want to end up pretty close to the front of the fly with the wool and then what I'm actually going to do is I'm going to take a few wraps  if I can back on the wool,  kind of helps hold it back out of the way and create a bit of a thread Dam.  I'm going to do a quick whip finish and then we're just going to do a little trimming and add your favorite resin up here at the head. I'm gonna do just a small dab of it so I know that's very secure but it never hurts to add just a little touch of some resin, let that soak in a half sec,  hit it with the light.  Let's do a little bit of trimming.  note that when you're trimming wool it is actually pretty hard on your scissors so if you got a little crummier pair.  or a pair of Dana's Scissors.  maybe use them instead. I like to stand it all up so it looks like a big mohawk. now I'm going to trim the shape. I want to be a little bit pointed the nose leaving some of that wool to go back over that mallard flank but the shape is up to you,  just remember you can't put it back on once you've trimmed it off.  I'm going to make my first cut at a bit of an angle towards the back do a little bit of the same again on the side.  this is my first kind of big General cuts.  I'm going to flip it upside down I'm going to do the exact same thing a pretty steep angle on this one.  I like how that's sitting trim a little bit more and now from this point all the trimming you're doing is just to satisfy the appearance that you want. I like to moisten the fingers just a little bit and pull back on it.  it's going to give me a little better appearance of what it's going to look like.

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 There you have it , Galloup's boogeyman.  I suggest you keep a few of these in your box.  they are definitely productive.   I am Tim Hepworth with Fly Fishing Bow River Outfitters,  and Thursday Night Live fly tying.  This has been the boogeyman,  another quick tie blog.  Don’t forget that www.rockymountainflyshop.net has free shipping over $99 ! See you next week 

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Tim Hepworth here with Fly Fishing Bow River Outfitters and Thursday Night Live fly tying. I'm here to bring you another quick tie blog and this quick tie blog is sponsored by Rock Mountain Fly Shop.  remember every order over $99 from them gets you free shipping. www.rockymountainflyshop.net .  I'm going to be tying tonight out of our season five kits and episode two.  we are tying rancey's Gypsy King.  open up your kit if you're tying out of our pre packaged material kist,  but if you're not it's okay just head over to our website you're going to get a full material list (www.flyfishingbowriver.com/tnls5) and you can go to Rock Mountain fly shop or your local Fly Shop grab the materials that you need,  or maybe already have them. let's go ahead, let's get our hook in our norVise. What we're tying on tonight is a size 10 number 1280 daiichi hook.  so go ahead get that secured in your Vice.  make sure it's not going anywhere. for a thread tonight I'm going to be tying with black, you could either use 6/0  or here I'm using some UTC 140,  something a little thicker because we're going to be working with some foam and we don't want to cut through the foam too easily.  let's go ahead and let's start our thread somewhere just behind the eye we'll go ahead and we'll trim out the tag end of that thread and now we're going to work this back down into the hook Bend.  laying a nice little thread base in okay we'll come back just slightly.  The first thing we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and tie in some brass colored small wire.  I'll just tie that in and we're going to bring that thread back right to the edge of the hook bend and you can leave that wire just off the back. The next thing we're going to do is we're going to get right up building this body. Now in your kit you've got an abundance of peacock hurl.  That's what we're using and there's a reason there's abundance there.  You need a really good size Clump probably 10 - 12 pieces.  we're building a nice thick body on this fly and we're roping up this peacock herl. it's important that they're all matched up at the tips. I'm going to level them all off. Those tips are quite brittle anyways. I'm going to lay this right on top and take a securing wrap. It's gonna spin my thread so it hops backwards.  I'm gonna pull that back and I'm going to secure those butts down. create a little bit of a bump at the back of the fly here but it's not going to be noticeable once we put all this body material down.

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 okay so I've got that secured in right to the bend.  I'm going to work my thread back forward. I'm going to leave it right behind the eye.  This is where we're going to bring all this material forward.  I did a little half hitch there just so I could set my thread out of the way now.  I'm going to get both hands here working with this peacock herl.  What I want you to do is place the butts in your finger and spin them.  we're going to rope up this peacock herl.  it gives it a nice appearance when you get it on onto your fly,  and then we're just going to start palmering this forward. use the rotary function of your Vise.  if you get to a point where it hasn't totally spun together,  I'm just going to spin the herl pieces up again and make sure it's spun tight. it  gives it a nice velvety appearance, very buggy. I'm gonna bring it right up to the eye and I'm gonna come in and bring my thread back to a working position.  hold that peacock herl straight up get a securing thread wrapping behind it and in front of it. repeat that process one more time behind it and in front of it and then we can go ahead and trim out that peacock herl.  this stuff is notorious for slipping and going back so it's really important that you secure that quite well.  I'm just going to go ahead with my wire and I'm going to go in that same direction as ther herl.  I'm gonna do some nice segmenting wraps trying to keep them nice and evenly spaced. I'm also going to take this all the way up to just behind the eye and secure it down . I'll go ahead and trim out that wire and make sure you grab your buddies' scissors,  these might be Danas. if you're looking for some good buddy scissors I think if you head on over to Rocky Mountain Fly Shop you might just have to look for something called Dana scissors and they might have some just like this for you. now what I'm going to do is I'm going to take my thread and I'm going to hop it back while I'm on top of the fly. I could wrap through this a bunch of times and  you're not really going to see it but I'm just going to try to keep my wraps up on top of the peacock curl.  I'm segmenting that overall hook into quarters so I figure I'm about a quarter of the way back from the eye that's going to take a couple thread wraps. I'm going to leave my thread there. the first thing we're going to do is we're going to get some foam involved here. We got some foam for this fly.  This is just 2mm Brown foam.  you want to measure it so that it's about a hook Gap and width.  I want to have this hanging basically just off the back a little ways and then out to the front here a little ways. I just gauge it roughly. I'm not doing anything specific right now but at the back end of The Fly I'm going to cut just a little Point into it.  so I'm going to flip it over and cut it again.  That's what I want the back of the foam to look like.  Now I'm going to lay this on top of the hook and I want that pointy end there you see to extend just beyond the bend.

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 I'm going to take one wrap here.  this one's a loose one . put a little tension on it.  The next one is a little tighter.  The third one is completely tight. if we do it in that sequence we shouldn't cut the foam with our thread.  lift that foam up and take a couple wraps in front of it,  that's going to help it from spinning around the hook shank itself.  get that nice and secure.  we're just going to kind of leave it as is. The next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to go in and grab some Crystal Flash.  you're also going to notice you have quite a bit of that so if I grab let's say four or five strands,  they're long strands.  I'm just going to take them. I'm going to fold them over and I'm going to cut right where they're folded so this is going to give me probably double. if I had four strands now I got eight and that's gonna be plenty for this.  It's gonna still be quite long.  I like them long on the fly because I'm going to be able to keep them out of the way.  if you cut them short right away they actually just really want to get in the way so I'm going to tie them in like that,  fold that over,  put a few thread wraps down to secure them,  and I'm just going to pull them back out of the way like so.  if you have a material clip or something it's great to just hold that stuff back.  I'm going to grab my rubber legs.  so a little different than normal we're going to tie two in on each side at the same time. I've got these still attached to each other, I'm just going to leave them like that.  they're too long for this specifically right now but we'll trim them in a second.  I'm just going to take a couple thread wraps kind of loosely,  let the weight of the bobbin hang down and I can still go in there. I can adjust these.  I can move them around to where I want them.  if you can accomplish it , you'd like that front leg to be pointed down slightly like so.  Now I'm gonna stick in the rubber legs on the near side of the fly to myself, same exact thing as I did on the far side.  take a couple wraps just to get them kind of laying in there and then I can go ahead and I can adjust them a bit.  okay just kind of put them right in the middle so you have a good adjustment on both sides.  make sure those are just up against the edge of that foam. Next we got some deer hair.  you also could use elk hair.  we're going to take a decent sized Clump maybe half a pencil width,  nothing too crazy.  this isn't a very big fly so we're going to grab a little clump of it. I'm going to trim it off right off the patch. right away I can see there's going to be a lot of fluff in the back of it so you can see all that fluff or under fur in there and I'm gonna try to get some of that out and kind of flick it out. You can use a small comb if you like. Now I'm going to go ahead and place this right in a hair Stacker.  go ahead and stack that hair.  get it in your hair Stacker.  we're going tips down as always.  give that a couple whacks on the table now when I pull this off I want the butt end of the stacker to be facing back down the fly.  That's where I want the tips to be so as you can see here I pull it out, and  I got the tips right there.  go ahead and grab those tips keeping them together.  I can do another little clean out of that under fur while I'm at this point.  My tips should be nice and lined up.  Now what I'm measuring here, I want my tips to extend just beyond the back of that foam as well,  so I don't want them way out here. I don't want them too short. I want to be right about there.  Once I've measured that I'm going to switch hands keeping my position on the hair and I'm actually going to cut this right here.  make a mess of my table for you so when I tie this in I don't want to have to trim again.  I want to tie this in just like so,  so I'm going to tip those hair down.  ​

I'm going to take a gathering wrap on that hair,  second wrap a little tighter and you're going to see it flares that hair slightly.  I'm going to put some wraps through the butts of the hair.  Now if that moved your legs around at all you can always just re-adjust them.  they should still move for you.  Now you can see at this point my Crystal Flash is going to be held down by that hair so I can come in here and trim that Crystal Flash.  I'm going to trim it again just beyond that foam.  make sure that foam sits up nice and tall right on top of the fly.  take a couple more securing wraps. I got that hair and that Wing to flare real nice.  I got my legs in place no problem there pretty much done this fly one more material to add in here so now I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to grab my Grizzly Hackle.  you need a Hackle,  you can either use from a cape or you can use a full length saddle Hackle,  is probably preferred.  it's a little bit easier to work with because they're longer a longer stem on them just going to go ahead and grab it onto my kit here and we're going to tie this so that the underside of the saddle Hackle here as you can see in Grizzly color is pointed back down the fly.  Underside is going to be back down the fly.  I'm going to pull just a few of these at the back out trying to attain the size that I want because I want it to be just beyond the actual size of the hook Gap.  Once I've got that there to kind of prepare the stem,  I'll trim it down slightly.   I'll just take a trim a few of those fibers up that just gives me something to tie in with and hopefully that won't slip around on me.  I'm going to come in here and tie down that stem.  This is going to be something you want to make sure is good and secure so take some good thread wraps to lock it in place. I'm going to want to do probably at least four wraps of this Hackle depending on the water you're fishing it in,  whether it's a little bit rougher water or calmer water you could maybe change the number of wraps.  I want to go with at least four,  so try to keep one wrap in front of the other.  just trying to get this buggy appearance to kind of happen right here.  make sure you keep that foam up on top. I want to secure this so I'm going to bring my thread in and run it along that Hackle.  go to the other side.  now go back in front of it just like we kind of did with the wire or anything else.  you want to take some thread wraps in front, some thread wraps behind.  I can go ahead and I can trim out that piece of Hackle.  now I'm gonna quickly jump my thread right forward to the eye.  hold that material back a bit and  now I'm going to lay that foam down.  we're going to create the head here.   I laid the foam down.  I'm going to take my thread and go right over top of that foam.  try not to trap any of that Hackle that we just put in,  and take a nice tight wrap down on top of that foam.  take a couple more so when you look at it from the front it gives you a little bit of a bulge for the head.  Now I'm going to go ahead and just trim out this foam to get the rest of it out of the way.  I'm just going to extend my scissors just slightly forward a couple mils and there you go.  That's the head of the fly.   a pretty simple way to finish off that head.  This can be a bit of a beast to whip finish because you have to hold everything back out of the way.  I'm going to grab my half hitch tool.  as I've showed before it's going to do a couple wraps and I stick the half inch over the eye of the hook and pull the thread down.  that's going to give me a nice secure knot.  same thing,  pull it down one more time I can go ahead and trim out my thread and set that aside.  we just have a little bit of trimming to go on these legs and we're pretty much set. make sure that that foam is right up on top of the hook itself looking super buggy.  while these legs are still together.  I'm going to pull them out.  this is a this is a feel thing here guys.  I want the front legs to be a little shorter than the back legs.  I'm going to trim those there.  I'm going to hold these back legs to just be on the back of the foam and trim them there now. 

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originally this fly was actually a crane fly is what it was meant to be and now we've kind of adapted a little bit more into fishing it for stone flies.  really effective in both regards but important it kind of just gauge those legs where you want them and then I'm just going to go with the last piece here.  I'm just going to split all those legs so if they haven't already come apart on you just split them right to the body of The Fly.  we can go in there with just a little bit of solarez resin. we want to secure those last few thread wraps that we took on the underside.  dab those there I'm using some bone dry by solarez.  I'm going to cure that with my UV light.  that is Rance's Gypsy King.  a really good pattern.  definitely suggest keeping this one in your box and fishing it some more.   it is Tim here with Fly Fishing Bow River Outfitters,  and Thursday Night Live fly tying.  this has been a quick tie blog,  brought to you by Rocky Mountain Fly Shop.

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 I am tying out our Season 5 material kits, but don't worry, if you head on over to her website (www.flyfishingbowriver.com/tnls5) you also are going to find a complete material list. If you don't have the materials with you, don't worry, you're going to be able to find what you need and probably the best place to do that is at www.rockymountainflyshop.net.  Let's head over to the Norvise and let's get started.

So what we got here guys, we have a size 14 Dai-Riki # 60 hook. Before you put your hook on the norvise, make sure you have a 7/64 Gold tungsten bead on your hook. I'm going to be tying with some fluorescent pink. This is UTC 70. You could also use an 8/0, that would work well here as well.  Before I put some thread on though, we're going to start with some lead wire. This is 0.15 lead wire.  I'm going to put in three full wraps, okay no more than that otherwise we're going to use up too much space on this hook. I'm going to use Dana scissors to come in here and trim out that lead wire, but you'll see when you do that it leaves these little pieces that stick up, so it's really important to go in there and do your best whether you're using scissors or whatever it is to flatten that lead wire down against the hook. You want it to be nice and flat. You don't want there to be a massive bump there when you put your thread in and all your other materials.  Slide that lead up against the bead, and that's going to help build some taper for us. It's going to be part of the thorax as we start building this fly. So let's take that UTC 70 fluorescent pink thread and start some thread wraps just behind those lead wrap.  Then trim out that tag and then while I'm here I'm going to come up, and I'm going to put some light wraps first up over that wire, and then I'm going to start to put a few more tighter ones, and then I'll come back down the hook. 

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The first thing we're going to do, after getting our thread base down, is we're going to put in some tailing fibers for a tai.l This is traditionally done with some Coq De Leon.  I'm going to take somewhere between probably eight and ten pieces.  You're just looking for a little bit of a clump. These tails are going to be pretty light in color as well as they're not going to be a huge clump of material. After taking some off, I'm going to come in and grab the tails to get all the little fluff that might be on there out, and I'm going to come and measure out about a full hook length worth of material that is going to hang off the back of this fly. I'm going to transfer that down as my tail. I'm going to switch hands now. I'm going to Mark where that is against those lead wires, and then I'm going to cut the leftover tails. Now I'm going to lay that down on the hook, so just take that material lay it right down and do a nice securing wrap trying to keep that tail fiber right up on top of the hook. We're going to wrap the thread down just the edge of the bend of the hook. We don't want to go any farther otherwise that's going to cause the tail to aim straight down, and we want them to stick straight out of the hook.  I bring my thread back to just behind the lead wire.  Now we've got some size small gold wire (Brassie wire), this is going to be our ribbing on this fly. Now I'm going to come in here and I’m going to place this wire butting up against those lead wraps. I'm going to secure it on the side of the hook, and I'm going to take that down right to where I left my tail fiber, and I'm going to leave it out the back. So we've got our ribbon, we've got our tail in, now we're going to go over to the main body. The material going to be some pheasant tail. So grab yourself a healthy Clump, and you're going to again want somewhere, probably in that eight pieces Mark. You want a decent sized body. I've come in here with a fairly generous clump. I'm going to try to line up those tips the best I can and once I have, I'm just going to trim them out. Trim them flat, so they're all the same length, and then I'm going to tie these in right at that tail, so I can lay them forward a bit first.  Take a wrap around the pheasant tail, and then I can pull back on those fibers to get them back to where I want them at the back of the fly.  I'm just going to lock those in place and work my thread all the way forward to right behind the bead.  Now I'm going to go ahead grab all that pheasant tail, and I'm slowly going to Palmer that forward, making sure I try to keep them together but also covering up all my work as I go. Watch out for that hook point; it can grab some pheasant tails. We're going to work those fibers all the way up to just behind the bead. Take your time, these aren't super long fibers, so they can slip out of your hands pretty easy. Hackle pliers aren't a terrible idea. Once I get up here to the head, I'm going to grab that material and lock it in place with my thread.  If you were able to leave a little space behind the bead that's kind of Ideal because we have some dubbing we're going to put in there, if not, it's okay too we can wrap back over them. We're going to come in here and trim these out as close as we can, nice and smooth. I'm going to take a couple thread wraps just to make sure that's definitely locked in place and not going to come unraveled on me, that would be a bit of a frustrating thing to happen here now.  I'm going to take my brassie wire rib, and come forward to protect those pheasant tails and give some segmentation to the body. There's two schools of thought here
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2. I could wrap it the same direction 

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The issue with counter wrapping is when I go to secure my wire with my thread I'm going to be securing it in the wrong direction, and it has the probability of loosening the wire down the chain. So I'm going to go ahead, and I'm going to go the same direction that I put on that pheasant tail, just a nice equally spaced rib all the way up to where I left my thread.  I'm going to secure that with a couple wraps behind, a couple wraps in front, and now you can either go ahead and helicopter that off, or go into some not so great scissors (Dana’s Scissors) and cut out that wire. 


Only one more material left. We got this beautiful pink fluorescent UV dubbing, and we're going to take just a whisk, and I mean a whisk.  We don't need much at all. Most people use way too much, so make sure you just grab a little bit. We're going to make a little bit of a dubbing noodle with that pink UV Dubbing.  I'm going to come in here like we did last time on the Near Nuff Sculpin. Take that small pinch and spin it onto my thread. It shouldn't need any wax or anything on the thread.  This stuff actually binds to the thread really well. Now I'm going to start making some wraps just behind that bead I want to make a nice thorax out of that pink dubbing, and then I'm going to bring my thread in front, and now we want to make a bit of a hot spot with just the Pink Fluorescent Thread.  Seems kind of silly, but the pattern calls for a hot spot with hot pink even though there's pink dubbing. A way we can accomplish that is let's just overdo it on our whip finish, to be careful not to create too much bulk around the bead.  I'm going to come in here with a whip finish just behind the bead. Normally we do three, let's go four five six wraps. That's going to create a little bit of a hot spot just behind that bead, and then I can come in here and snip that. If you like, you can go ahead and put just a little bit of resin on there.  I'll use just a little bit of Bone Dry from Solarez.  Just the tiniest touch on those thread wraps, and I'll come in here, and I'll cure it with my UV light. Give it a half a second so it cures.

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 This is a real simple fly, guys. You want to keep some of these in your box and have a dozen of them in a few different sizes. Change up that pheasant tail to different colors as well, and you'll make a true variation on this pattern. Once again this is Tim here with Fly Fishing Bow River Outfitters and Thursday Night Live fly tying, this has been another quick tie blog brought to you by Rocky Mountain Fly Shop. Don’t forget, everything over $99 is free shipping from them, so make sure to check them out! We will see you on the next pattern.

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​I want to welcome you back to another Quick Tie blog brought to you by our friends at Rocky Mountain Fly Shop (rockymountainflyshop.net). We are currently in season five episode one. Thursday Night Live Season 5 KitsThursday Night Live season five kits are still available on our Website, head on over to www.flyfishingbowriver.com/tnls5  and grab your kit today. I’ll be taking you through the “Kinder Gentler Mop Fly”, so go ahead and open your TNL season 5 kit and grab out your episode 1 package. If you don't have a kit, grab the materials listed above in the recipe. You will notice in your season 1 package you will have two fly bags inside, grab the one correctly labeled “Kinder Gentler Mop Fly”. Now let's head on over to my Norvise and get started on this fly.

There are very few materials in this fly pattern which makes it quick and easy. We will get this Dai-Riki #135 scud hook secured in the jaws of the norvise, and get our Black UTC 140 started on the hook shank.  It is important to use a bit thicker thread as I will be teaching you how to spin dubbing by splitting the thread.

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 After starting the thread wraps behind the eye of the hook,we will work them forward to the hook barb and then take a couple wraps back towards the hook eye; let your thread hang at the hook point. We're going to then grab the tail piece, which is a piece off a car detailing mitt, and look at the cut end. You will find this material to be similar to chenille in that if it has a few core threads that we need to expose then tie in. Place the tail right on top of the hook where we left our thread and place a securing wrap to hold it right on top of the hook. Go ahead and take a few thread wraps forward to secure the middle strands of the tail and then come back to your tie in point. ​

We're now going to see the importance behind choosing a thicker thread. We're going to counter spin our thread to flatten it out. You will notice if you over spin your thread it will cord it back up, so you have to find the happy medium point where the thread is flat and able to be split. Now with the thread on my finger I'll use my Shore bodkin or something pointed like my Shore whip finish tool and split the thread into equal parts. Slip your finger in between the two pieces of thread to hold your spot. ​

While keeping your finger securely holding the thread grab the only other material in this pattern, your Hareline rabbit fur dubbing in the color gray. We should not need to use any dubbing wax to accomplish this split thread dubbing loop. Grab three equal small pinches of the dubbing and slide them in between the pieces of split thread. Once you feel you have the correct amount of dubbing placed, take your finger out of the thread and spread the dubbing out before you spin your bobbin.Now I'm going to go ahead and spin my Norvice Auto Bobbin until the materials spin up nicely. Now moisten your finger tip and pull the dubbing rearward as you start to palmar the dubbing loop up the hook shank towards the eye of the hook, and hopefully you run out of dubbing right as you arrive at the eye. 

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Once we are at the eye of the hook take a couple extra wraps slightly rearward to secure the dubbing material. Now I will go ahead and grab my Shore Whip Finish tool and whip finish the fly. Two to three turns repeated twice will be plenty. Go ahead and snip your thread off. If you have it on your tying desk I recommend grabbing some Solarez Bone Dry resin and just put a small dab right over your whip finished thread. Go ahead and cure it with your Uv light. ​

It doesn’t hurt to grab your favorite dubbing brush and just stroke the rabbit fur rearward back down the fly. ​

That right there my friends is the Kindler gentler mop fly, it's a very good imitation of a crane fly larva, and very effective. I suggest if you haven't already, add it to your repertoire and give it a try. We again want to thank Rocky Mountain Fly shop for bringing us this week's Quick tie. See you all soon for so many more great patterns from Season 5 of Thursday Night Live.

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Hey everybody welcome back to another quick tie Blog, brought to you by our friends at Rocky Mountain Fly Shop. We're super excited to have them sponsoring this year, remember if you head over to their Website www.rockymountainflyshop.net  ,you can order any material or anything you see on the show pretty much you're gonna be able to find there and everything over $99 Canadian is free shipping so take advantage of that make sure you get in there. We're going to take you through another fly today this one is the “Near Nuff Sculpin “
I'm tying out of a Thursday Night Live Season Five Kit, looks just like this. 

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You can also put some super glue, whatever you like. What I am using is bone dry by solarez. I like this stuff, it soaks in really nice, and you’ll have to  hit that with your UV light so you know those eyes aren't going to go anywhere. When  you see The Smoke Stop you know the Solarez bone dry is cured.
I'm gonna flip the hook back up so I can see what I'm working with. I'm gonna take my thread ( UTC 140) and I'm gonna start working back.  I'm gonna get all the way back so it's sitting right about at the Barb. We don't want to be down beyond the hook Bend, you want to be before that hook starts to tip off.  We're going to start off with the soft hackle Grizzly and Olive. We're gonna take two of these feathers.  Now there's two trains of thought on this. You could think of putting them facing each other or facing out. I want to face them out. I like the way that this moves in the water. I want them to splay when I tie them in, but I want them to be matched in length so I'm holding them opposite each other.  I want them to be roughly a hook shank out the back of the fly. I'm gonna switch hands. I'm gonna take a gathering wrap, make sure that it's cinched in there nice, and then pull tight. I'm going to look from the top to make sure they splay and make sure they're even now. Those back here are going to move really nicely in the water.  This is a good opportunity to arrange them on the hook shank where you want them before you move on. I'm going to use some of the butts ends of the grizzly hackle to build bulk in the body.  I'm gonna wrap thread back on these butts, because I want to create some bulk in the middle end of this fly. We will do it with dubbing as well, but lets take advantage of the material that's already on the hook.

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Grab that wire and pull that wire back and kind of out of the way and then capture that feather with the wire. Start wrapping the wire back up the opposite way that I came down with the feather. I'm wiggling it back and forth so that the wire doesn't trap a whole bunch of those feather fibers. Work it all the way back forward to the dumbbell eyes. Take a wrap behind the wire, a wrap in front of the wire,  and a wrap behind. That's how I know how to get the wire nice and secured. You can either helicopter that off or grab your buddy's scissors and cut that wire. Don't use your good Shor Scissors because that definitely will dull your scissors. Now we're going to finish off with the head of the sculpin. ​

Episode 1 begins with high hopes… The show would begin with a light show, smoke filled room and a crazy dance party! And, well it definitely did, but was unfortunately just missing one important ingredient, the sound.  After a few minutes dancing like fools, and talking with viewers, the eventually realized that 101 comments and 19 missed calls were people trying to let them know, they were on mute.  Truly, what a magical way to start a new season of fly tying! 

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As the sound came back on, Dana mentioned he did it on purpose, and the reason was, he didn’t want that to overshadow their special guest singer for the night, Daryl Anderson with Darryl Anderson Music.  Darryl graciously came on the show and sang a few songs for the audience, starting with a Chris Stapelton Cover, and then sang an original “ shots at the bar “. He finished with a Luke Combs cover “ when it rains it pours”( all can be heard on the replay)

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The baking cam made an early appearance, showing only ingredients, and Dana mentioned, with all things TNL, the ingredients are supplied, and hopefully when they go together, they will make something everyone wants to eat. 

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Before the Half time show, the baking cam was presented complete, with Sex in a Pan, and that proved to make some mouths water! 

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During the half time show , a game of Water Master Raft Flyingo was played, and the prize was donated  from Rocky Mountain Fly Shop / Shor Fishing / Fly Fishing Bow River Outfitters:

1- Thursday night live photobook containing all the flies with all the 40 recipes ($45)
2- Flathead Sling  waterproof by Fishpond($200)
(https://rockymountainflyshop.net/products/fishpond-flathead-sling?_pos=1&_sid=e8d778f42&_ss=r)
3-Shor fly tying material kit ($100)

There is a tie this week in Flyingo, which brought us to the dreaded tie breaker, and letting the automated computer do it’s thing, The winner came to Scott Hook! 
Congrats Scott! 

 A bonus giveaway was also given away this week, in lieu of the upcoming Christmas party held at Tracks Pub in Olds, Alberta for Episode 2. 
The winner had  to answer the question:
Which two species of fish are in the commercials this week? 
The answer was Rainbow Trout ( rocky mountain fly shop commercial) and brook trout ( Water master rafts commercial) 

The winner was Chas Waitt!

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Eventually towards the closing of the show Tim and Dana shared information regarding their flying kits and tools.
 They further added that the kits are on sale and whoever likes it can purchase them. 

https://bit.ly/3rydYh4


At last the best part of the episode had come along. 

WHAT IS YOUR WIN?
 A good bunch of people shared their pleasing alluring awe inspiring incidents that they experienced throughout the week. Some people shared their hard and difficult times and how they managed to overcome those hurdles
. To conclude Dana and Tim narrated that no WIN is too big or too small , they all matter! 

The next episode goes on air on Thursday Dec 16th, which is episode 2, and the Christmas party held at tracks pub in Olds, Alberta.  It is Pizza night there, and the show will be shown on the monster big screen, with the sound on played throughout the whole pub! Rocky Mountain Fly Shop

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Staying true to giveaways, They were giving away three prizes on this episode. 
1.First giveaway was a Season 4 kit - question for this giveaway was “ What was the name of the couple who won the 80’s theme night last season” - the answer which no one got was, Morgan and Jade.

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2. a box containing over 120 different dry flies ( valued over $700) - The question for this giveaway draw was “ what is the name of the pub where the christmas party will take place” - the answer was “Tracks Pub” which was won by Keith Branter. 

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3. A life size poster of all the 40 patterns ( same as the 4x6 in the box but 3’x4’) - The question for this giveaway was “ what is the name of the new sponsor, which is also the name of the new flyingo “ - The answer was “ Water Master Rafts” , and this was won by Shawn Allison 

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Tim went over some of the gear you'll need to get started tying flies, First of which is a bobbin. He then explained how to thread a bobbin. by simply inserting a clean, straight, and unfrayed thread tag into the bobbin holder tube's bottom and work it through carefully and gently in small increments. If you’re using a bobbin thread, Simply insert the wire from the top to the thread spool via the bobbin barrel, extending the loop near the spool. Then, thread the threader through the wire loop and pull it out of the bobbin's barrel's tip end, bringing the thread with it. To have a better experience with tying you'll need a decent vise, as well as a variety of scissors (Tim prefers at least three at a time to cut any type of hair, thread, or wires). You can also keep a pair of large scissors on hand to cut larger items like bucktails or clumps of hair in one go. Aside from that, when working with threads, a Norvis auto bobbin system comes in handy. With this system, you can reel the thread on the norvise bobbin and pull it to the stopper that acts as a cradle (hence the name bobbin cradle) and play around , putting on material, then bring the bobbin back from the cradle. 

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Tim later explained a few quick ways to making tying knots, finishing up your Some of you may have difficulty tying knots; however, the half hitch makes it much easier. Simply wrap the thread twice around any half hitch tool, place the small hole at the end on the hook, and pull off the thread sliding on to the hook and pull it tight. Now, if you’re trying to tackle the Whip finish tool, play close attention, Pull the thread out a bit and the first point of contact is the little poker at the end, stab it in and wrap it on the other bend on the end of the tool, and now the natural progression if pulling the thread hand is just going to flip over, let it flip and the thread will look like a four now where the running line crosses the main thread, lay that right on the hook shank, Wrap the thread around the hook as many times as you desire, then reverse the process to get the thread off the hook. 

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No better way to get the season started than with a couple of my favorite people Tim Hepworth  his daughter Wren, and our furry friend Harper Collins, a german short haired pointer who is always up for a good stroll down the river.  We had big ambitions, as I am sure every does when they make a plan to go for a drive and hit the river.  Lots of possibilities awaited us, in our adventure driven fantasies.  Perhaps, this is the trip where we get some of the biggest bull trout we have ever seen, and why not get one of the brown trout that only few have ever seen out there.  I guess you could say fly fisherman are eternal optimists, and I am ok with that! 

The drive out was a few hours from where we lived, and this time we were going to explore a new stretch of the river we hadn’t seen before, because we you do this, you get rewarded, right? Let  us be dreamers, for the time being! 

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We decided to take our 7wt Orvis Helios 3d , as we had little hope for any activity other than throwing some streamers, or maybe bouncing an indicator.  We were destined for aggressive fish, so streamers it was! 


The weather was typical spring, and with a bit of sun poking through the clouds, we got a little heat, but not enough not to bundle up.  After spending several hours, hope evaporating quickly and our arms getting sore, we decided to call it a day and head back to the truck! This time we packed a hot shore lunch, which required a little to get going! Sometimes having a quick shore lunch bestows perfection on the day, but today, we need something a little more hearty and warm to make this happen! 

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This is always the time of the year, where I’m not totally sure if we should be wearing our orvis ultralight waders, or its still the season to be in the Orvis Pro waders.  Difference is pretty much how much dry land hiking we will be doing, versus standing in the chilly waters! Before we got into roasting hot dogs, and cooking marshmallows over fire, I suggest whatever you decided to wear, you get out of them, cause hot items and waders don’t marriage well! 

Although we saw no fish, we were reminded that fish don’t make a perfect day, but the people you spend the day with do! Get outside more, and don’t worry about the results of catching fish, you’ll enjoy more days on the water. 

- Dana Lattery

Love People Catch Fish 

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For the ones who don’t know, my name is Brandon Esposito, 27 years of age from Airdrie, AB - the summer of 2019 was my official first year guiding.
Before this, my passion for fly fishing was growing rapidly, to the point, where I wanted to take my love for sport to the next level - possibly making a career out of it. As I started doing my research, I quickly found Guiding to be my path. Although Guide School was only noticed in the states, a group of men locally here in Calgary took the plunge and decided to set up shop here in Calgary. This quickly grabbed my attention, considering travel and accommodations down to Montana (where the bulk of Guide Schools are) was noticeably more expensive than the one here in Calgary. With the itinerary looking quite similar, it was a no brainer that this is what I wanted and taking this class will get me one step closer to my dream.

My initial feeling of intimidation when enrolling with Western Canada Fly Fishing Guide School was holy moly, these guides know there stuff and all though I was very familiar with the methodology of fly fishing the Bow River, adding a drift boat into the equation, with ZERO experience, also added the feeling of confusion. I didn’t know what to expect, taking a complete leap of faith into a path I was very unaware of. Adding on thousands of dollars in hopes I was making the right move. It didn’t matter. I knew in my heart this was the right move. Commit Now, Plan Later.

It’s here, finally. Booked months ago, eagerly waiting to start this next chapter in my life. A series of guides - Quinn Styles, Dana Lattery, Timothy Hepworth, and Troy Langelaar with Fly Fishing Bow River Outfitters. People I’m very familiar with in the Instagram world. As the Itinerary was released, I became quickly aware that the most important factor I need to focus on was “time on the water.” Along side, a series of 6 days in two split weekends. Both weekends consisting of morning classroom work followed by time on the water. I promised myself to leave my ego at the door, become completely transparent and to open my mind up to the possibility of failure. Being completely overwhelmed with the amount of material and knowledge these guides were throwing at us, I had no choice but to remain silent and take in as much as possible.

As I took my first seat in a Hyde Drift Boat, my hands grabbing the oars, I instantly fell in love. Problem is, the boat was still on the trailer. Being completely different then what I was use to, I was very eager to get on the water and test my capability. Push, off the trailer into the water. With a brief explanation of what we’re doing, it was my turn to row. Dana standing in the front seat giving the order, I had to row from river left to river right. After doing multiple donuts and having both Dana and another student laughing hysterically, I realized two things: the stern is my steering wheel and I might be in over my head.

As the days went on, I studied the guides sitting in the driver seat. I watched every single movement and told myself to remain patient. Hour after
hour, I became significantly more comfortable behind the sticks. Confidence was getting bigger and bigger and I started to believe that this was by far the best decision I’ve ever made.
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Guide School changed me. It opened me up to more knowledge and “golden nuggets” then I ever would have been able to find on my own. The guides took the time to highlight what’s important over decades of guiding. The information was extremely valuable, if you pay attention to the fine details and execute, guide school WILL take you to the next level. Whether you want to be a guide, outfitter, or simply the best angler you can be - Western Canada Fly Fishing Guide School is for you.

Where I was once lost and confused prior to guide School, graduating gave me the confidence to purchase my own drift boat. Solidifying a job with Fly Fishing Bow River Outfitters and finishing the 2019 season with 28 trips under my belt. I still look back with shock in my heart. But I will never forget the opportunity Western Canada Guide School presented me. If you’re on the fence about moving forward just remember, fear isn’t real. Put the emotions aside and invest in yourself. It just might be the best decision you’ve ever made.
 ⁃    Brandon Esposito

1. Don’t Have A Timeline
Fishing with an infant is actually quite easy. More than likely they will fall asleep in a pack and sleep for hours, giving you all the time in the world to fish. However, with toddlers and small children they decide when your day starts and ends. You have to manage your own expectations for the day and be realistic with yourself. You may get to the water, make two casts when your child has a meltdown or diaper blowout. This may end your day and you need to be ok with that. The worst thing you can do is force your child, who is obviously restless and no longer engaged, to stay out fishing. If you do then they will start to hate it and that completely defeats the purpose of encouraging your kids to be in the outdoors with you. Listen to your kid. When they’re done, be done. ​

2. Buy the right outdoor gear
One of my biggest frustrations is trying to find good quality gear for Wren. It took me months to find her a pair of toddler waders. These have kept Wren warm and safe and helped her be comfortable on our adventures. However it is still difficult to find warm gear at an affordable price. But don’t give up. Be prepared to put the money out for your kids. It’s an investment in the experience you are hoping they will love as much as you. If anyone actually needs the best warm, and durable gear it’s actually our kids. So don’t give up the search for good gear, it can be found if you're willing to look for it.
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3. Snacks, Snacks, Snacks! 
It’s such a simple thing, but having adequate amounts of food for your day on the water will save your butt a thousand times. You can lengthen your day by having just that one more granola bar or bottle of milk. Overpack what you think you will need for them and you won’t be disappointed. Always bring lots of water. My daughters “comfort food” has always been her milk. If I have forgotten it at the truck I may as well turn around immediately and go back and get it. Find what that comfort food item is for your child and don’t forget to stick it in your pack!

4. It’s a bug’s life
Once your child is big enough to be spending some time out of the pack. Get them on the shoreline digging in the rocks. Yes it may mean a lot of ruined holes as inevitably those rocks get thrown into them, but what it will do is get them looking at some bugs. Kids are fascinated by the creepy crawling things, which just so happens to be a perfect opportunity to teach them about the flies we are using. For every hour you are on the water go spend 20 min helping them find some bugs. Trust me they will appreciate it and it will probably spruce up your knowledge too!

5.Let them practice!
More than likely your child has spent hours watching you whip your rod around and will want to try it too. Now I’m not saying you hand them your $1000 T&T rod but have a rod there they can try to cast with. I started by buying my daughter a couch rod for inside. She spent weeks playing with it. I then started bringing along a rod I had bought for her (it’s the Echo Gecko kids rod), to practice with. Yes you will untie a thousand knots and tangles, but just be patient and let them “play” because for them that is what it is, and playing is supposed to be fun. I haven’t actually taught my daughter that much when it comes to casting, but I tell you what, it is uncanny how much they learn from watching you! At two and half years old my daughter casted, hooked, and landed her first solo fish. I wish I could say I had more to do with it than I did! But she learned by watching and practicing, give your kids that chance to learn. In the end they just want to be like you, so give them the chance to do so.