Uncle Cheech from FlyFishFood is on the podcast today to share his top nymph fly patterns and to share his wisdom on all things fly tying and fly fishing. FlyFishFood has created on of the best online resource for finding fly materials and great fly patterns.
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Nymph Fly Patterns Show Notes with Uncle Cheech
5:50 – Uncle Cheech tells the story of how he met Curtis Fry – Curtis was on the podcast in episode 40 here
9:55 – Lance Egan was also on the podcast in episode 108 here – he’s one of the best when it comes to euro nymphing
16:00 – FlyFishFood.com is where you can buy fly tying materials and watch fly tying tutorials
16:35 – The Provo River and the Weber River are the big rivers in Utah
17:54 – The Red Dart is one of Lance’s patterns and is one of their most popular patterns – learn how to tie the Red Dart here
20:55 – Learn how to tie the Code Cracker here – easy split case PMD nymph
21:15 – Split-case PMD nymph tutorial here
22:38 – Cheech fished with a Squirracell – learn how to tie Squirracell nymph here
22:44 – Craig Mcdonald from Fulling Mill UK designed the Duracell – learn how to tie the Duracell nymph here
28:37 – The Ribby Pellet tutorial here – another perdigon style nymph
37:33 – The Squatchy B is a bulky stonefly pattern – Squatchy B tutorial here
38:25 – The Hare Bomb is one of Uncle Cheech’s favorite euro nymph fly patterns – Hare Bomb tutorial here
43:21 – FlyFishFood.com has over 400 fly tying tutorial videos – see categories here
45:28 – Join Fly Tying with Uncle Cheech group on Facebook and follow Fly Fish Food on Instagram and on Youtube to get notified of their new videos
48:40 – Check out the Fly Fish Food’s Shop Talk Podcast playlist here
49:51 – Larry Dahlberg was on the podcast in episode 241 here
54:06 – The Masked Marauder is one of Cheech’s designs
54:22 – The Secret Squirrel tutorial here
54:34 – The Thread Frenchie is one of Lance’s design
55:09 – Mil-Spec Style tutorial here
1:03:19 Uncle Cheech recommends Kelly Galloup – check out KG’s videos here – Kelly was also on the podcast in episode 52 here
You can find Uncle Cheech at FlyFishFood.com
Fly Fish Food’s Top 12 Nymph Fly Patterns
- Red Dart
- Code Cracker
- Split case PMD
- Squirracell
- Duracell
- Ribby Pellet
- Squatchy B
- Hare Bomb
- Masked Marauder
- Secret Squirrel
- Thread Frenchie
- Mil-Spec Perdigon
Related Podcast Episodes
Fly Fish Food with Curtis Fry – Dry Flies (WFS 040):
Euro Nymphing Rig and Tips with Lance Egan (WFS 108):
Larry Dahlberg and the Hunt for Big Fish (WFS 241):
Read the Full Podcast Transcript Here:
KW Conclusion with Uncle Cheech
Uncle Cheech shared some of FlyFishFood’s top 12 nymph patterns. Cheech also shares the FlyFishFood story and how they created one of the largest online fly-tying resources in the world. Come join me to find out what makes Uncle Cheech tick!
Which of these nymph fly patterns is your favorite? Comment below or send me DM on Instagram.