Flymen Fishing Company

Flymen Wins 2 “Best in Show” Awards at 2011 IFTD

Martin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:09:35 +0000

At the 2011 International Fly Tackle Dealer (IFTD) Show, we launched 3 new fly tying products and 2 new fly ranges.

The show was really successful for us and we won two “Best in Show” awards!

The new Fish-Skull Sculpin Helmet won “Best in Show – Fly Tying Materials” and one of our new flies, the Fish-Skull Crafty Deceiver won “Best in Show – New Saltwater Fly Pattern”.

The Flymen Fishing Booth

Steve Wascher in action!

Best In Show - Fly Tying

Best in Show - Saltwater Fly Pattern

Great Review in the “Fly Fishing in Saltwater Magazine”

Martin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:03:20 +0000

Great product review they did for us in the latest “Fly Fishing In Saltwater Magazine”!

http://www.flyfishinsalt.com/techniques/fly-recipies/fish-skull-fly-heads?cmpid=enews070811

Review in the FlyFishing In Salt Magazine (July/August isse)

A big thanks to everyone who contributed.

Check it out! – Martin

New Small-Medium size Fish-Skull is now available!

Martin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:42:34 +0000

The new size Fish-Skull is now available!

The new Small-Medium size fills in a small gap we had between the Small and Medium skulls and is the perfect size for #2 and #4 streamer sizes. Will give everyone much more options now.

Happy Tying!

Australian Angler lands huge Snapper on Fish-Skull fly

Martin — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:19:27 +0000

Congratulations to Lee Hurley of Brisbane, Australia who landed some HUGE Snapper on a recent trip to New Zealand. He caught them using a fly of his own design using a Fish-Skull. Very Nice!

He was guided by well known salt-water fly fishing guru, Craig Worthington of Bay of Islands Fly Fishing, Tel +64-9-4037812, Mobile +64-27-388-9058) craig.worthington@xtra.co.nz

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See http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/australian-fly-angler-lands-huge-snapper_topic59462.html

20 New Nymph-Head step-by-step tying instructions

Martin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:37:43 +0000

To support the launch of the 2011 Nymph-Head bead ranges, members of the Flymen Pro Tying have created 20 new fly patterns with full step-by-step tying instructions and photos.

These are now available for you http://flymenfishingcompany.org/flytying/nymph-head-patterns/

Flies tied with Nymph-Head HEAVY METAL tungsten beads include:

Berg’s Caddis Larve tied by Ed Berg

JC’s Electric Caddis tied by John Collins

Nymph Skin Pupa tied by Leif Ehnstrom

Voodoo Stonefly tied by Bill Chandler

Rainbow Scud tied by Anthony Giaquinto

ARF Devil’s Doorman tied by Al Ritt

Mike’s Metalhead ESM tied by Mike Schmidt

Gaja’s Special tied by Fabrizio Gajardoni

Little Black Stone tied by John Collins

Chilli Pepper tied by Tony Spezio

Flies tied with Nymph-Head FLYCOLOR brass beads include:

Olive FC Scud tied by Chris Watson

Bugaboo tied by Mike Schmidt

Nick’s Pick Volume IV tied by Vern-O

Red-Headed Sparrow tied by Rob Galante

Firebug Midge – tied by Anthony Giaquinto

HM Tellico Nymph tied by Mike Stewart

The Whirling Dervish tied by Greg Becker

Swimming ISO Nymph tied by Dan Caruso

Stone-A-Mite Wiggler tied by Steve Wascher

3 New Fish-Skull Tying Videos

Martin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:35:33 +0000

We have just added 3 new Fish-Skull streamer tying videos to the Video section of our website.

The Ice-Pick by Richard Strolis of Catching Shadows

The Fish-Skull Intruder Steelhead Fly by The Caddis Fly Angling Shop

The Knucklehead Streamer by Richard Strolis of Catching Shadows

The “Ice-Pick” Streamer from Richard Strolis on Vimeo. Visit Richard at www.catching-shadows.com

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The Knucklehead Streamer from Richard Strolis on Vimeo. Visit Richard at www.catching-shadows.com

Fish-Skull™ wins the 2010 Dealers Choice Award for the Best New Fly Tying product

Martin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:42:11 +0000

We are very excited to announce that the Fish-Skull™ won the Dealers Choice Award for the best new Fly Tying product at the 2010 International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in Denver, Colorado.

See http://www.facebook.com/americanangler?ref=search#!/americanangler

Best New Fly Tying Product 2010

IFTD 2010 Booth

Featured Fly on Hatches Magazine website

Martin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:37:14 +0000

The Forage Fly is the featured fly on the Hatches Magazine website

Magazine

http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2010/08/09/step-by-step-the-forage-fly/

Beau Beasley discusses the Forage Fly and Fish-Skull with Martin Bawden and Mike Smith at the Virginia Fly Fishing Festival.

Martin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:32:23 +0000

Forage Fly and Frantic Tails now available!

Martin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:40:06 +0000