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You have to love an insect that keeps banker’s hours for your fishing( if you’re not a morning person).

Nice video. Your teaching style is very effective!

Curious what shoes you are using? Are they wading boots? I’m looking for a lower profile and lighter weight wading boot for summer. I prefer just wet wading in Chacos but can’t mange that where I live due to freestone nature of river. Thanks. Informative video 👍

purple haze box 😃

Simple and effective fly pattern. Which thread and color are you using on the orange annelids? Thank you.

Great looking fly m8. Have you ever used orange mohair yarn for this one???

Very well done video on caddis stages. Brian does an excellent job of explaining the materials and tying process for each fly. I came here to see how you tie the Emergent Sparkle Pupa & got a bonus with the other 4 flies. I learned to tie the Emergent & Deep Sparkle Pupa in 1990 in a tying class with Gary LaFontaine & tied & fished them successfully (green, brown, gray, cream version, along with amber/ orange for sunset) for landlocked salmon for 25 years on the West Branch of the Penobscot in Maine. I stopped tying when my back forced me to stop fishing. I took up tying again when I found out my local chapter of Healing Waters welcomed fly donations. I found myself needing a refresher on tying Gary’s flies & have been watching a ton of videos to get back up to speed. As Brian noted,he ties the fly a bit differently than Gary (- curved caddis hook instead of a Tiemco 100, tying in the Antron overbody as 1 hank rather the 2 separate ones & a different head dubbing & lacking the tailing shuck). His variations still result in the same effect as Gary intended, & I expect he would approve the difference. Thank you, & much respect to Brian, your camera person, & your shop for making & posting this video. You just helped me plan the next batches of flies I will tie. If Brian is still there, please ask if is he using Fiskars scissors in the video & did he grind down the tips?

Thanks for the excellent video. Could you answer two questions: 1. What knot do you use to create your dropper tags? 2. What is the diameter of your dropper tags? Thanks.

How many feet of mono from the fly line to the barrel swivel / tippet ring? Is you slip indicator above or below your swivel ? The whole rig length with the indicator up high is how many feet ?

Great story and I remember when General Fishing Tackle on North El Paso was your biggest competitor, well kinda ….

very well explain tutorial. Thanks for sharing

Is there a tippet ring at either end of the sighter material or what way is it attached?

I am a more traditional fly fisherman and am a big fan of Chironomids (midges). I have seen a number of presentations regarding this subject and Jon does a great job! Thanks for presenting this bug in a way EVERYBODY can understand. I encourage folks (new or "seasoned") to go into the shop and pick this guy's brain.

Midge tip line?

Biggest fan ! !

I was relieved to see you recovered your amber drinking bottle. Very informative video. Thank you for going to all the trouble to make it. It is greatly appreciated.

I always enjoy anything Jon says about fly fishing wither on youtube or at the shop. a very generous guy!

Very nice! Tight lines🕷️🐜🐛!!!!!

Nice presentation 👍👍! Tight lines🐛🐜🕷️!!!

new game: every time you hear "substrate" take a drink

Very well presented. Thank you!! Tight lines🐛🐜🕷️!!!!

Have everything but pink UV ice dub. What’s the best substitutes. Thanks will try it on the miracle

I catch a lot of fish on them thanks for the video

Terrific tying tips, Neil.

A word of advice: Never take your hooks out of the original package. Hook organizers are great until you forget what hook was in each tray, what size, what brand, etc. Hook packages have all the info on them, they are small and when the package is empty, you know what to purchase. This advice is also for dubbing, beads, cone head, etc...

great instruction and tying tips...thankyou!

Helpful video on PMD's. Pictures of the naturals were especially nice. Thanks for the pointers on the dries. I totally forgot about the Quigley Cripple, but will tie some up for the new season. I'm also glad to see that I'm not the only one carrying so many boxes/containers of flies. ( I'm sure I'm overdoing it, but can't help myself. )

Very well articulated excellent video tks 😊

Hey Jon, listened to the wade Out There podcast and had to look up this fly. Been on a tying kick and this fits right in with everything else I have been tying this winter and spring. Sort of starting over. What color of bead do you like on the gray and I am assuming purple bead on the purple version. Thanks Jon. Will see you in the shop.

That fly slayed those stocked fish in a private stream, good job

the whole time i am thinking... I remember when i would work on small stuff without reading glasses.

Isn't this just a zebra midge??

Sorry but have you ever looked at how many scuds there are.

j winters So much great information and history of soft tackles Neil. I can’t wait to start tying these flies, and using them on the water! Great video!! Thanks for sharing it!

This is an EXCELLENT video!!!!!!!

What thread do you use? Thank you!!

By far the best video I've seen on fly tying, very educational for a beginner like me. Thank you for sharing and please continue to post these! 👍🏼

What vise are you using?

How are you sure that it is going to fish hook side up? The density of the resin that you put inside the hook is higher than the water and there are no inner wire wraps that can act as a ballast. In other words, you most likely shifted the center of gravity towards the gap of the hook. It is likely to rollover and fish hook side down (or the leg side up). If the current is strong, it may not matter to the fish that may think the shrimp lost the control, but in little still-ish water it may look awkward to the fish. Also, no need to close the gap of the hook.

Excellent video , thank you so much

Excellent video with the best tips to help me with catching more fish I've been having a lot a trobble with telling when to strike thanks for sharing big like from me bud tight lines and catch you on the next video 🤝👌

Great way to anchor the feather!!! Gonna use that one

What's a good range of sizes to tie these in?

Nice work, Jon tyvm!

Cool fly but I hate body quill for tailing material

j.winters Thanks for the great information!! Can’t wait to start fishing this Spings Blue Wing Olive hatches!!

j.winters Extremely informative! I learned so much, Jon! The pointers about landing a fish, and that it took 25 drifts to get that one was great!!

j.winters Great stuff! I learned so much! From mending to indicators to casting to being thorough!! This video is going to take my nymping to the next level. And I can’t wait to throw a tomato at my wife!!!

j. winters It was great that you showed exactly how little of dubbing you used! That was really helpful!!