Tie A Super Simple Trout Spey Fly | Using Just 3 Materials!

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you so much for watching this super easy trout spey fly tying tutorial!

[@jimbrandley6060]

I just learned a few new techniques to help me when tying and creating flies for trout spey on the Missouri River in Montana.

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

That's awesome! Definitely let me know how these flies do for you!

[@hankvana2149]

Nice one Dave! Like the fades between camera views - makes for easy viewing! My "guide fly" sculpin-intruder (very similar to this fly) for bass and walleye is made from natural raccoon tail (which has translucent guard hairs, similar to polar bear) and a hot spot or some trailing flash. I tie the rear dubbing loop sparsely with light colored tail fibers (and a little bit of underfur) and the forward dubbing loop heavier with dark colored tail fibers and enough underfur to create a bit of a shoulder so the fly has the same taper as the sculpin when wet. Suggestions if I may... use long scissors (like the ones that a barber uses) to cut the fur from the leather in one cut. And make a double-point bodkin (two pins attached to the square part of a chopstick to make a two-tine "fork") to use to spread/straighten the fibers between the threads before spinning - I made one of these and found it to be a lot more convenient than using my fingers. Cheers! Hank

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you so much Hank for the insight and for sharing your technique! I will definitely work on that for sure! Thank you again for watching and I'll talk to you soon!

[@stephencifka4629]

Gotta love that Angora Goat. This is such a great pattern. Each material brings a different quality to the pattern: propping, movement, silhouette. Nice!

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you so much! Yeah that angora is a miracle!

[@danielhashem7727]

Nicely done.

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you Daniel!

[@jimbrandley6060]

Well done!

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you Jim!! That really means a lot :)

[@mountaincreekfliesjimmy8386]

Awesome thank you sir for the lesson

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you again for watching and for the kind words!

[@michaelglennon6056]

Well done

[@carterconfidential7110]

Great informative video as usual

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you so much for tuning in and for your kind words!

[@cevisuals]

I love the simplicity of this tie. I'm in Oregon and trying to figure out a "trinity" Trout Spey fly setup to cover dark, neutral and light color for the Native Cutthroats on the McKenzie & Willamette Rivers. This video pretty much sums up the neutral colored fly. What color would you use for the butt on a black fly? Would you go with white for the light colored fly or something more flashy like bright orange/pink/or ??? I'm wondering if if the light colored fly would be similar to your White Widow Trout Spey fly... thoughts?

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you so much Cliff for watching and for the feedback! I really like reds with black flies and black/purple polar chenile as an accent for sure. I also like orange angora for the butts on most of my flies, especially the white ones

[@cevisuals]

@@CooperLandingFishingGuide Thanks for responding so quickly! I'm new to Trout Spey and looking for simple patterns to tie that will produce hook ups. Given all the various patterns out there, it's difficult to find ones that are both easier to tie and to cast. I"m using a 3wt Trout Spey setup with a 275gr Scandi Lite integrated head and running line and various Polyleaders. I can tie some of the more complicated patterns but they take additional time and I'd rather be out fishing ;) So I'm guessing my "Trinity" set of flies will be this one shown in the video, a Black one with Red or Purple Polar Chenille butt and White with Orange Butt?

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

@@cevisuals That sounds awesome! Also, any of the ones with weight, you can also take the lead eyes out and substitute bead chain or use no weight at all. For rainbows, I like blacks, browns, olive and white - I think with cutthroats, you can mix in a little bit of pink here and there. I imagine some pinks and oranges with the white and black flies would be killer :)

[@src4526]

looks like i'm number 900.

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

That's awesome! Thank you so much for watching and for the support!

[@greenback2180]

Likely a dumb question, but I'm just figuring out this articulated fly deal. What is the "up" side of this fly? Do you fish it with the hook up or down? Thanks!!

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Not a dumb question at all :) I generally fish with the hook down after lots of years of trial and error. As far as the "up" side of the fly, having a smaller trailer hook allows for a bigger fly and a smaller hook that the fish won't have that much leverage against to twist themselves free. A longer shaft hook or traditional hook is harder to keep the fish on, plus you can design the flies to have the hook wherever you'd like relative to how the fish attack your fly. Hope this helps!

[@SkidinDingo]

Add some krystal flash and tie it in pink and you basically have my go-to steelhead fly

[@philipradeck6822]

Great video and instruction. I’m just getting into trout Spey. I would consider this more of an intermediate tie rather than simple. Am I wrong? Are many other trout Spey patterns more complex? Just trying to learn and star tying these awesome patterns.

[@RT42069]

They get way more complicated. A lot of them have a shitload of different materials

[@marksleeper3752]

nice Kudos

[@alfredorusso9263]

tying at the tip is not working for that? It's necessary to go with dubbing loop for the marabou part?

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Oh yeah totally, I was just demonstrating how you could tie in caribou with a dubbing loop Mainly to control the length or to use maribou that is down towards the thicker stem that usually doesn't get used)

[@alfredorusso9263]

​@@CooperLandingFishingGuidethanks for the answer!

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Sure thing!! @@alfredorusso9263

[@buckshot21000]

Would this fly and the other trout spey flies you've done but ok on a 3wt trout spey or is that to light.

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

I think a lot of them would cast really well. You could downsize them a little, but give it a shot and let me know what you think. Thank you for watching!

[@SkidinDingo]

Theyll cast fine

[@misterfisher1]

Is there a reason you use Power Pro for the trailer on this pattern (vs wire)? Most of your ties seem to use wire. Your vids are good, btw.

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you so much John! No real reason in particular. I suppose i vary it up in my own personal tying so I figured I'd use power pro for this one lol. Thank you so much for watching!

[@davidclunk8126]

Just wondering why I have not seen any more videos recently ?? Hoping your just too busy. Miss seeing your stuff. Hope all is well. David M. Clunk - Fisher-of-Men Fly Tying Ada, MI

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Definitely got crazy busy lately! I really hope to have some up soon :)

[@dominiqueleblanc2193]

Nice one! Can I ask why four beads?

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you so much! The four beads are generally for just enough weight to sink a little bit and also give the fly a little "stability" so it will fish the correct way. I copied Greg Senyo's style with the 4 bead chain. Thank you again!

[@kylebowerman1]

Great video? It looks like you don't use wax and the other guys say wax is really important and you must use it. Do you find you material releases fibers over time?

[@CooperLandingFishingGuide]

Thank you for watching and for the kind words! I do use wax here and there, but I mainly tie for speed and for clients and honestly my flies get beat up a lot but hold materials extremely well :)