Love this pattern. It allows me to combine 4 hobbies. Turkey hunting (feather), Air rifles (provided a squirrel tail from the backyard), Fly tying, and fly fishing! Awesome. Thank you for sharing this!
Great note! And what's cool about two of your hobbies- turkey and squirrel hunting, one nice turkey and you're set for feathers for a few years! I do tie a lot with squirrel but I don't go through more than 2-3 a year and they're so easy to come by. I could probably take a drive right now and get three off the side of the road in half an hour. :-)
Matt! Thanks a million for the nice shoutout for the Streamers 365 project and my channel. Much appreciated! The fly looks great, those bodies can be tough. I find pulling the Mylar until it stretches a little helps keep it smooth. But like you say, fishing flies don't need to be as pretty ;) Cheers!
You bet Darren, happy to promote your project. It was such a great idea and I'm sure people will be tying from it, and using it for many years to come. :-)
Matt, nice looking fly!! I have tied this several times gave it away as gifts. Darren's book Streamers 365 is a joy to read, have volume 1-3. I miss his live streams. He is agreat mentor and taught me much over the last 5yrs. I really miss his impromtu lives streams was a great source of information. Matt keep up the great work, stay safe, and have a great day.
@@SavageFlies Matt you are doing a great job!!! Thanks for taking the time to keep fly tying tradition alive for all of us thread heads. Have a great day!!
Thanks matt for another great fly. Some of my favorite trout fisheries have smallmouth bass in them. This looks to me as a universal fly that would appeal to both fish. Thanks and keep the good videos coming. God Bless n Fish on!
Good Morning Sir Matt, Great Fly and it's so cool that you started this series, alot or warm water around where I live. I can practice my fly fishing there, but my favorite will always be trout fishing, theirs just something about it. so thanks again Sir Matt.
You bet Edward, and thank you my friend. And just remember, bluegill and panfish will eat almost any trout fly we've tied on the channel, and the big bass will probably eat anything they can fit in their mouth. Especially if it looks like a big meal. :-)
Streamers 365 sounds like another great resource I need to check out. Thank you for that heads up. This is a cool looking streamer. I’ll never complain about any warm water fly that you are willing to share with us. Thank you Matt.
It's definitely worth checking out Jeff. Darren from Piscator Flies hasn't posted any new tying videos in a while but he's got a great library of tying videos. :-)
@@SavageFlies Matt, thank you buddy. I have taken a quick look at Piscators Flies Video Library. You are 110% correct. They have a ton of videos. This just solved a huge part of my warm water fly tying options. I have subscribed to their channel. I truly want to thank you for this advice. You are a blessing my friend.
Nice tie Matt. Those long shanks can be tricky to wrap the perfect tinsel body, lol. I like to use holographic tinsel, this hides the imperfections that I get. Thanks for sharing
Layton- that is a great idea! I have a few spools of holographic tinsel but have usually used it for ribbing. I'm definitely going to try it for bodies now. Thank you!!
I enjoy watching you tie these streamers. Before I got into fly fishing and tying these are the flies that I thought were always used. I recall seeing them in ads, on outdoor magazine covers. Nice work Matt.
Oh yeah, thanks John! I know what you mean. Bucktails and streamers are such classic patterns, you often saw them in the pages of old Field and Stream magazines and such. :-)
Awesome tie Matt. I like bulky heads like on the old Lake Flies for bass or the "Gaudy Wets" as they were called. pushes water. I like the almost Spey-like turkey slip over wing on this one. Yes Darren is an amazing man, humble, generous, awesome fly tier. We had some great conversations over the years and I met some very nice, knowledgeable people on that channel. Hank Vana, Steve Trybalski, Kerry Pitt, to name a few. I flipped out when I found out Darren was behind Streamers 365. Now I see his connection with Kerry Pitt. So thanks for getting the band back together, your channel has the same community feel that Piscator has. BTW, I wondered if DAN Gapen was the same Gapen that has the tackle / lure company. I fish "gear" as well as "fly" and used his Ugly Bug jig for walleye - killer lure. In the images was the Thief from Streamers 365. I'll have to look further. Thanks again Matt.
Joe- this is a great bit of history! Steve and Kerry watch a lot of my videos and always leave some great constructive comments. And I agree- Darren is a great guy. Generous and certainly helped me out a few months ago. And thanks for saying the channel has a community feel to it... that's really something I was hoping to be able to build. Plus encourage new tiers and give back whenever possible. I'm not sure if this Dan Gapen is the same one you remember, but it may very well be as that's not too common of a name. Thanks again for the nice comment. Cheers. -Matt
Can't say I've ever seen that one before. That circling wrap of the squirrel tail under wing eliminates the need for the super glue mess some tiers insist upon.
Yep, I agree Jim. I still occasionally use super glue but I end up with it on my fingers, or bodkin which then gets on my fingers. And yes... a nasty mess!
You got it Franky! And hey, I just saw your email. I'll get back to you later tonight. (I usually check that email on my non-tying nights.) Cheers. -Matt
Ha! That could be an interesting idea though. I would probably have to go back to some long ago politicians though to not offend anybody. I could see a pattern called the George Washington. Or the Honest Abe. :-)
Nice looking fly. I bet it would work quite well for any freshwater fish & maybe even salt. When tying a bunch of these, it might be a good idea to coat the bodies in UV resin or nail polish (old school) for durability, then tie in the wings & head. This would be an interesting fly to test in the water tank.
Interesting, looks a lot like a fly I thought I originated using a very similar idea! Only goes to show many people can come up with the same basic pattern!
I'd say you're right Mike, that lots of similar patterns have likely been designed by different tiers from different eras and regions. Think of it this way... if more than one person came up with a very similar pattern, it's probably a good one. :-)
Cannot speak to his version but mine is one of my go to minnow/ dragon fly patterns! Used on the point with a small (+12) wet soft hackle 2 ft. above on a short stiffish dropper, and fished in pulses on the swing has caught some nice trout for me! Plus, it is a fast easy tie!
Sure, you can substitute for the hair wing. But keep in mind that bucktail is a bit more hollow than squirrel so it will be more likely to float unless you put some weight on it. Other options for this would be calf tail (I think it's a little more dense than bucktail.) You could also probably use other varmints like muskrat or opossum guard hairs if you had any long enough.
By any chance do you know how to dye squirrel tails? I’ve been looking for a video but can’t find one. I finally caught my first streamer trout today! It was on a buck tail streamer with some Crystal flash in the tail, the trout was about 16 inches 👍
I've dyed a squirrel tail one time. I was dying a yellow batch of fur and just threw in a squirrel tail because I had some extras. I did it the same way I do any materials. Do note, that the dark brown and black parts of the hair won't take dye and really just the light parts will come out with any color. Note- I'm no expert on dyeing and have only done it a couple of times, but here's a video I did of the basics of dyeing: th-cam.com/video/-mlyOdxuUS8/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for the question!
I like the fly. I'm wondering if it wouldn't fish just fine without the turkey wing. My wife tells me I think too much sometimes. What does she know she doesn't fish. I see you watch Brian Wise too Matt. Keep the good stuff coming.
Oh yeah, I love Brian's channel. He ties a lot bigger and flashier than I do but he makes some great patterns. Regarding this one without the turkey wing... I have no idea how it would look. With just the squirrel tail I think it might look like more of a standard baitfish, or even a trout fry, than it would a sculpin which I think the muddler most closely resembles.
Very interesting and cool looking. I like the red tail it has. You mentioned something about this guy's dad also fly tying... I'm now curious, do any of your sons do this like you do ? I mean fly tying
Ha! Thanks Otto. But no, my son does not tie. Or fish. If he can't do it in a computer game, he doesn't want anything to do with it. Oh well. Still hope for my daughter. :-)
I'd say use whatever you would use for he fish you are targeting. If you're fishing it as a small streamer in small to medium trout water, sure, use your 3- or 5-wt rod and light tippet. But if you're tossing it for some big bass, you'll want to be using whatever you use for that. My bass rig is a 9-ft 7-wt, but I've used my 5-wt plenty of times for bass (both smallmouth and largemouth). Good luck!
I love your channel and even though it's still small.... You started it right and it's going to be amongst the top ten in no time. I would love to watch you cover a few books: Pop fleyes by popavics Fleye design by popavics Game changer by blane chocklett It's just where my journey has taken me and I think it would add a wonderful dynamic to your channel. Keep em coming man........ One more book I'd love to watch you cover..... Even tho it's not in your area is: .essential flies for the great lakes region By jerry darkes ....... phenomenal book..... This is my stomping grounds when I'm not fishing my sweet carolina waters.
Wow, thank you my friend! I appreciate the kind words and encouragement. I've got "essential flies for the great lakes region" on my to-do list already. There is another one focused on the Great Lakes called "Matching Baitfish" that I'm considering picking up. I'll look at the Popavics books as well, and definitely consider if I start dabbling in some saltwater patterns. Cheers. -Matt
Love this pattern. It allows me to combine 4 hobbies. Turkey hunting (feather), Air rifles (provided a squirrel tail from the backyard), Fly tying, and fly fishing! Awesome. Thank you for sharing this!
Great note! And what's cool about two of your hobbies- turkey and squirrel hunting, one nice turkey and you're set for feathers for a few years! I do tie a lot with squirrel but I don't go through more than 2-3 a year and they're so easy to come by. I could probably take a drive right now and get three off the side of the road in half an hour. :-)
Matt! Thanks a million for the nice shoutout for the Streamers 365 project and my channel. Much appreciated!
The fly looks great, those bodies can be tough. I find pulling the Mylar until it stretches a little helps keep it smooth. But like you say, fishing flies don't need to be as pretty ;) Cheers!
You bet Darren, happy to promote your project. It was such a great idea and I'm sure people will be tying from it, and using it for many years to come. :-)
Very nice panfish fly's. Thanks for your time and knowledge hope all is well with you and your's Dave Hughes 🎣🤠
Matt, nice looking fly!! I have tied this several times gave it away as gifts. Darren's book Streamers 365 is a joy to read, have volume 1-3. I miss his live streams. He is agreat mentor and taught me much over the last 5yrs. I really miss his impromtu lives streams was a great source of information. Matt keep up the great work, stay safe, and have a great day.
Steve, it's nice to see your comment here! I'm hoping to get back to doing some of those impromptu live streams again. Cheers
@@PiscatorFlies P.S. Miss the camaraderie from the regular tiers who commented as well. Cheers!!
Thanks Steve! I wasn't around yet when Darren was doing live streams. I do hope he brings them back though! Cheers. -Matt
@@SavageFlies Matt you are doing a great job!!! Thanks for taking the time to keep fly tying tradition alive for all of us thread heads. Have a great day!!
@@stevetrybalski3082 Thanks Steve!
Thanks matt for another great fly. Some of my favorite trout fisheries have smallmouth bass in them. This looks to me as a universal fly that would appeal to both fish. Thanks and keep the good videos coming. God Bless n Fish on!
Good Morning Sir Matt, Great Fly and it's so cool that you started this series, alot or warm water around where I live. I can practice my fly fishing there, but my favorite will always be trout fishing, theirs just something about it. so thanks again Sir Matt.
You bet Edward, and thank you my friend. And just remember, bluegill and panfish will eat almost any trout fly we've tied on the channel, and the big bass will probably eat anything they can fit in their mouth. Especially if it looks like a big meal. :-)
Streamers 365 sounds like another great resource I need to check out. Thank you for that heads up. This is a cool looking streamer. I’ll never complain about any warm water fly that you are willing to share with us. Thank you Matt.
It's definitely worth checking out Jeff. Darren from Piscator Flies hasn't posted any new tying videos in a while but he's got a great library of tying videos. :-)
@@SavageFlies Matt, thank you buddy. I have taken a quick look at Piscators Flies Video Library. You are 110% correct. They have a ton of videos. This just solved a huge part of my warm water fly tying options. I have subscribed to their channel. I truly want to thank you for this advice. You are a blessing my friend.
Great fly again. I’m gonna give this one a try with Christmas silver tinsel.
Another great fly and book, thanks Matt!
Thank you John! I did pick up an extra copy of this book so I'll probably be doing a full review soon.
Nice tie Matt. Those long shanks can be tricky to wrap the perfect tinsel body, lol. I like to use holographic tinsel, this hides the imperfections that I get.
Thanks for sharing
Layton- that is a great idea! I have a few spools of holographic tinsel but have usually used it for ribbing. I'm definitely going to try it for bodies now. Thank you!!
I enjoy watching you tie these streamers. Before I got into fly fishing and tying these are the flies that I thought were always used. I recall seeing them in ads, on outdoor magazine covers. Nice work Matt.
Oh yeah, thanks John! I know what you mean. Bucktails and streamers are such classic patterns, you often saw them in the pages of old Field and Stream magazines and such. :-)
Another one for the fly box. Good job Matt . Thanks for sharing.
Appreciate it Butch. Thanks for watching my friend!
Nice tie, I think I'll try substituting the Black chenille and use Rams wool for the head
Yep, the one in Streamers 365 also used black wool for the head and it looks great. Thanks for the note Mike!
I’ll definitely use this when visiting family in Texas. Thx Matt. 🙂
There you go Clyde! This should definitely be a killer in some of the Texas warm waters. :-)
Awesome tie Matt. I like bulky heads like on the old Lake Flies for bass or the "Gaudy Wets" as they were called. pushes water. I like the almost Spey-like turkey slip over wing on this one. Yes Darren is an amazing man, humble, generous, awesome fly tier. We had some great conversations over the years and I met some very nice, knowledgeable people on that channel. Hank Vana, Steve Trybalski, Kerry Pitt, to name a few. I flipped out when I found out Darren was behind Streamers 365. Now I see his connection with Kerry Pitt. So thanks for getting the band back together, your channel has the same community feel that Piscator has. BTW, I wondered if DAN Gapen was the same Gapen that has the tackle / lure company. I fish "gear" as well as "fly" and used his Ugly Bug jig for walleye - killer lure. In the images was the Thief from Streamers 365. I'll have to look further. Thanks again Matt.
Joe- this is a great bit of history! Steve and Kerry watch a lot of my videos and always leave some great constructive comments. And I agree- Darren is a great guy. Generous and certainly helped me out a few months ago. And thanks for saying the channel has a community feel to it... that's really something I was hoping to be able to build. Plus encourage new tiers and give back whenever possible. I'm not sure if this Dan Gapen is the same one you remember, but it may very well be as that's not too common of a name. Thanks again for the nice comment. Cheers. -Matt
Nice neat and different tie.matt thanks as always.
Appreciate it Mike; thanks for watching!
I will be trying this one for sure!
Thanks Matt
Awesome Al. Have fun with it!
cool tye looks like a fun one to tie .Thanks for sharing Matt!!
Appreciate it James and yes, it was a fun one to tie! :-)
This chenille head is a good substitute for hard to tie deer hair heads. Thank you!
Absolutely! I'm going to start using chenille even more for things like heads. Thanks for the note Nigel. :-)
Thanks for sharing, the book is awesome a lot of great flies in it!
There sure are. I picked up an extra copy so will probably be doing a review of it pretty soon. Thanks for watching Hardy!
Lovely tying Matt I’m beginning to think you are deliberately looking for flies that are alien to me lol 😂
Ha! Thanks Tom. Sometimes I pick flies that are totally alien to me too. :-)
Awesome looking fly. Mega Thx
Thank you my friend I appreciate the note!
Can't say I've ever seen that one before. That circling wrap of the squirrel tail under wing eliminates the need for the super glue mess some tiers insist upon.
Yep, I agree Jim. I still occasionally use super glue but I end up with it on my fingers, or bodkin which then gets on my fingers. And yes... a nasty mess!
Nice pattern! Thanks for sharing bud!!
You got it Franky! And hey, I just saw your email. I'll get back to you later tonight. (I usually check that email on my non-tying nights.) Cheers. -Matt
Nice tie Matt! I had no idea that they had named a tie about politicians! 😄
Ha! That could be an interesting idea though. I would probably have to go back to some long ago politicians though to not offend anybody. I could see a pattern called the George Washington. Or the Honest Abe. :-)
That is definitely a interesting fly Matt, I will have to give it a try
Thanks for the video
Appreciate it Dave; thanks for watching my friend!
The wings are way more complicated to me to tie than the deer hair. Hehehe it’s so complicated 🤯
Neat streamer, thanks Matt
Appreciate it Lee. Thanks for watching my friend!
Nice looking fly. I bet it would work quite well for any freshwater fish & maybe even salt. When tying a bunch of these, it might be a good idea to coat the bodies in UV resin or nail polish (old school) for durability, then tie in the wings & head.
This would be an interesting fly to test in the water tank.
Yes, it would! Thanks Bob, I still haven't taken the Flymen Tester out of the box yet. Ugghh... I've got to get to that soon. :-)
Thanks for keeping it real Matt.
Appreciate it Barry. Thanks for watching man!
Interesting, looks a lot like a fly I thought I originated using a very similar idea!
Only goes to show many people can come up with the same basic pattern!
I'd say you're right Mike, that lots of similar patterns have likely been designed by different tiers from different eras and regions. Think of it this way... if more than one person came up with a very similar pattern, it's probably a good one. :-)
Cannot speak to his version but mine is one of my go to minnow/ dragon fly patterns!
Used on the point with a small (+12) wet soft hackle 2 ft. above on a short stiffish dropper,
and fished in pulses on the swing has caught some nice trout for me! Plus, it is a fast easy tie!
Hey matt I was wondering what u think ... i dont have any squirrel so could i use dark buck tail instead. Thanks
Sure, you can substitute for the hair wing. But keep in mind that bucktail is a bit more hollow than squirrel so it will be more likely to float unless you put some weight on it. Other options for this would be calf tail (I think it's a little more dense than bucktail.) You could also probably use other varmints like muskrat or opossum guard hairs if you had any long enough.
Ok ty
Nice. What do you do with the leftover bits? Smaller flies? Trash?
I would be smart to keep them in some kind of container to use for other flies, but I usually just throw them out. :-)
By any chance do you know how to dye squirrel tails? I’ve been looking for a video but can’t find one. I finally caught my first streamer trout today! It was on a buck tail streamer with some Crystal flash in the tail, the trout was about 16 inches 👍
I've dyed a squirrel tail one time. I was dying a yellow batch of fur and just threw in a squirrel tail because I had some extras. I did it the same way I do any materials. Do note, that the dark brown and black parts of the hair won't take dye and really just the light parts will come out with any color. Note- I'm no expert on dyeing and have only done it a couple of times, but here's a video I did of the basics of dyeing: th-cam.com/video/-mlyOdxuUS8/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for the question!
I like the fly. I'm wondering if it wouldn't fish just fine without the turkey wing. My wife tells me I think too much sometimes. What does she know she doesn't fish. I see you watch Brian Wise too Matt. Keep the good stuff coming.
Oh yeah, I love Brian's channel. He ties a lot bigger and flashier than I do but he makes some great patterns. Regarding this one without the turkey wing... I have no idea how it would look. With just the squirrel tail I think it might look like more of a standard baitfish, or even a trout fry, than it would a sculpin which I think the muddler most closely resembles.
nice fly
Very interesting and cool looking. I like the red tail it has. You mentioned something about this guy's dad also fly tying... I'm now curious, do any of your sons do this like you do ? I mean fly tying
Ha! Thanks Otto. But no, my son does not tie. Or fish. If he can't do it in a computer game, he doesn't want anything to do with it. Oh well. Still hope for my daughter. :-)
@@SavageFlies how old is he if you don't mind me asking.
I don’t mind. He’s 18. My daughter is 13 so both are now too cool for mom and dad. 😎
@@SavageFlies haha I know the feeling. My son is about to be 13 as well. Fortnite and Sea of Thieves all day long with his buddies lol
Which kind of rod setup for this fly?
I'd say use whatever you would use for he fish you are targeting. If you're fishing it as a small streamer in small to medium trout water, sure, use your 3- or 5-wt rod and light tippet. But if you're tossing it for some big bass, you'll want to be using whatever you use for that. My bass rig is a 9-ft 7-wt, but I've used my 5-wt plenty of times for bass (both smallmouth and largemouth). Good luck!
Nice fly, I tried the first link and got an error message saying there is a type in the line. Maybe it's just me.
Thanks Thomas! I double checked the links, and all of them worked for me so not sure what's going on. Maybe just a fluke...
@@SavageFlies most likely is my phone
I love your channel and even though it's still small.... You started it right and it's going to be amongst the top ten in no time.
I would love to watch you cover a few books:
Pop fleyes by popavics
Fleye design by popavics
Game changer by blane chocklett
It's just where my journey has taken me and I think it would add a wonderful dynamic to your channel. Keep em coming man........
One more book I'd love to watch you cover..... Even tho it's not in your area is:
.essential flies for the great lakes region
By jerry darkes ....... phenomenal book..... This is my stomping grounds when I'm not fishing my sweet carolina waters.
Wow, thank you my friend! I appreciate the kind words and encouragement. I've got "essential flies for the great lakes region" on my to-do list already. There is another one focused on the Great Lakes called "Matching Baitfish" that I'm considering picking up. I'll look at the Popavics books as well, and definitely consider if I start dabbling in some saltwater patterns. Cheers. -Matt
THAT NAME....LOL....NICE MATT THANKS....SEE YA JOE.
Yeah, who knows how they came up with this name Joe. But it is pretty cool. :-)
SWEEEEETTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
Thank you Dan!