Julian Tapping

Julian Tapping

  • Joined: September 4, 2017
  • Articles: 301

Knot Terminology

We are often trying to learn new knots for fishing, boating or just around the home. Here is a short list of some knot terminology used at times when describing knotting or rope parts in general. One term we often…

Types of Fly Lines Explained

Types of fly lines

There are a number of types of fly lines, one of the common differentiators of these is fly line density. Fly lines have different densities, each density is used for a different method of fly fishing. At the highest level,…

Spinning Deer Hair

Properly spinning and shave-shaping deer hair is one of the most challenging in fly tying, but the fish attracting successes of patterns utilising it make it an imperative to learn “how”. Patterns using the spun deer hair technique are generally…

Muddler Minnow

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Tying the Muddler Minnow. Source: InTheRiffle.com

How to spin deer hair

First designed to imitate a small bottom-dwelling fish, Muddler Minnows are now tied as general attractor patterns and to imitate anything from caddis flies to grasshoppers.[...]

Clouser Minnow

Clouser minnows

Clouser minnow in blue and white bucktail

The Clouser Minnow, or Clouser Deep Minnow, is an extremely effective baitfish imitation that catches a whole range of game fish in fresh- and saltwater. It’s allure comes from a combination of heavy lead eyes and long, mobile tail and wing that give it a wonderful ducking-diving action on every twitch and retrieve.[...]

June 2018 Newsletter

Members on a private dam removing excess silver perch

A Clarification from Don Dixon: It was great to read a little of what I get up to in my “spare time” but it needs a little correction. I am not the Captain of Camden Haven RFS and have never…