Good morning Matt. Great tip with latch hook will have to get me one of those. Really cool fly will have to try and tie some of these. Have a great weekend and stay safe my friend.
Thanks Karl! No fishing for me this weekend. Too much to do around the house with the family. But it'll be a great weekend. You have a good one too my friend!
Great looking pattern Matt. It may have been said before, but a tip for tying the legs...place your feather in your vise to tie multiples...it frees both hands to use the latch hook and hold the fibers. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.
Exactly right Todd! That's how I did it when I tied them a bunch at a time while still on the feather. And after you get in a groove, you can make quite a few of them in about 30 minutes. :-)
Really like this! I have been contemplating really buggy flies with realistic legs and presto… “Matt the Mindreader” delivers again! Thanks for taking the time to make and share such great content.
Ha!! Thanks Bill. This is definitely one of those unique patterns that you might want to hide away in the corner of one of your fly boxes. And after six hours on the river of getting skunked, when you're at the point of trying anything, you pull it out and bam. It works. :-)
Definitely a cool pattern and nicely tied. I really like the latch hook idea for tying the knots in the pheasant tail fibers. I'll have a put a few in the box. Thanks Matt for sharing
Definitely worth having Layton. Making the knotted legs is always the biggest pain with some hopper patterns. If you take one pheasant tail feather, you can spend a half hour and make enough legs to last you the season. :-)
Good Morning Sir Matt, this crane fly looks amazing. There for a minute I thought you were tying a Texas mosquito lol 😆. I have got to put at lease a dozen of these in my box. Thank you Sir Matt.
A nice looking if unusual fly. I never thought of tying one of these but the large profile should be attractive to fish. Keep the good stuff coming Matt.
Thanks Dave! I'm thinking the first time I try this out might be on a local warmwater pond. I'd say it might be more effective against the less finicky panfish. :-)
Interesting fly. I have Dawes' book but never tied one since I never saw a trout or bluegill take one . Indefinitely like using the latch hook for tying the legs. Some Hopper patterns used tied legs and I always shield away from tying them. This provides a simpler way to do it. Thanks, Gavin, for another great video. Always enjoy them and learn something.
Good morning Matt. ☕️time. Never used to pay much attention to bugs when I was fishing except to swat at them. That’s changed. Now I look at them to see what they are and what they look like before I swat at them. 😀. That latch hook made tying those legs look pretty easy. Cool looking bug. Definitely will take up room in a fly box if those legs are splayed out. Take care Matt and have a great weekend.
Thanks John and you too my friend! And I'm the same way... I didn't have near as much interest in bugs until I really got into trout fishing. It's just one of the things that make this sport more fun. :-)
This is a really cool fly. That leg technique is definitely neat. That’s for sharing this one buddy. As for fishing it and just letting it sit. Man there are days that’s perfect. Times that I want to fish, but just not into working hard that day. Great video Matt. Thank you Sir.
Interesting tie, Matt. I’ll be adding a few of those to my box. Thank you for the idea for tying legs with pheasant tail. Thanks a lot for sharing again. Cheers my friend.
Love using the old crane fly and crane fly larva, it works Never seen that style before, looks good Thanks for the video Matt and hope you have a great weekend
Thanks Bob! This reminds me that I've often wondered what kind of memories fish have. If you think about it, grasshoppers work in the summer because the fish have probably seen some, and eaten some recently. But how often do they actually see them? You'd think any given fish might see one once a week or so, at the most. But by September they get rarer and rarer. And by November, they probably haven't seen one in a couple of months. Have they now forgotten that they're food? And if you drifted a big green hopper across a fish in January, has he totally forgotten that a grasshopper is food? So a pattern like this makes me wonder. Why would a fly like this crane fly ever work, when the chances are that any given fish may have never seen one of these on the water? If it's just some innate trait in their brain that tells them what looks like food, then why wouldn't hoppers or beetles work in January? Anyway, I'm rambling but these are the kinds of questions I ask myself sometimes. :-)
Pretty cool Matt! I like watching how you tied the legs, I would not have thought to do it that way. Love watching your technique. Excellent! Tight lines. 👍
I could not get the item at Joanne Fabric's but did order using your link. I hope the transaction went through correctly and will benefit this site. I would highly recommend this process. Thanks again for all you do, now all I have to do is wait patiently for the item so I can tie the fly. Patience is not one of my virtues.
Well thank you Howard! I do get a small percentage of any purchases on Amazon through these links. It doesn't add up to much, but an extra $30-40 a month does help me give away another book or two. :-)
Thanks Lee! This was the smallest latch hook I could find on Amazon. I might have to try a specialty sewing store to see if I can find a smaller one. I think it would make it a bit easier.
@@SavageFlies most of the rug latchhoooks are. Made for 2 strands of 4 ply yard, I made some of those in the 80's. The small crochet hooks are made for thread to create lace.
Great looking crane fly, Matt. The thin PT abdomen looks a lot more like naturals I see in this area. Most of the foam flies I see are way too large. Thanks for sharing.
Fun looking pattern. Thanks for the demonstration of creating legs. I have watched several different ways to do that but I like your way. BTW congratulations on J Stockard’s fly of the month the Eggie Special! Warm regards, Mark
PS You’re not kidding about turkey feathers not floating. My son once shot a wild turkey that flopped into a nearby stream. It sank like a rock and we were unable to retrieve it. High spring runoff and snow on the banks made it impossible.
Great looking fly! I'm definitely going to try tying some of these in different sizes. I may try changing them up, perhaps with peacock or ostrich, as well as foam, for the body.
Awesome looking tie Matt! I see you've also done a foam bodied version in an older video. Those "daddy" legs must be a great trigger on any pattern, there's certainly a lot of them. Crane Flies are very cool, I love how they fly away from the leaf litter when you walk. Their larvae are worth having in your box too, especially after a good rain. Knit Pickers are a great tool. I bought one a long time ago to repair snags on knit sweaters and the tops of my hunting socks. Seam rippers are also good tools. I use them to cut fur trim bindings from old clothes. Some tyers use them to cut the thread after finishing the the fly. When you gonna tie a Spotted Lanternfly? 😉 That's a beautiful but devastating insect. I haven't seen any up here, how about down your way? Thank's Matt, good luck on the snakehead hunt 🐍!
Oh my Joe, so you're one of the twelve people who watched that old video of a crane fly I did? That had to have been one of my very first ties on the channel. I'd be scared to go back and watch that. I'm glad you mentioned seam rippers... I definitely need one of those. I bought some kind of fur garment at a flea market and it had some kind of material trim on the underside. Funny thing, I can't tell if it's rabbit or fox. But it was $2 so I couldn't pass it up. As far as the spotted lantern fly, Sean Holsinger has a video of that on his channel. I actually talked to him at a shoe in November when he was tying it. It really looks cool, but you've got to have a dyed red hen saddle and that thing takes forever to tie. I'm looking at his video now and it's almost 20 minutes long! It could be a fun one to tie though. And BTW, my 9-wt rod arrived today. I took it out in the backyard and holy cow the difference between that and my 3-wt (in exact same rod model) is like two different sports. But imagine yanking a 15-lb snakehead out of the weeds in two feet of water. Oh man, I can't wait to get out there and try that. :-)
It's interesting that you mention their larva. I do see a few fly patterns of them but I was wondering why as these aren't aquatic insects. Their larva live in the dirt!
Nice fly Matt and well tied, i dont have the patience to sit and knot legs so i just buy them pre knotted and keep someone in a job 😂 The Crane fly or daddy long legs as we call them over here are absolutely deadly, it's the only dry I really use in September/October on the lochs but they work well on rivers too. Fish tend to smash them to put them under then come back and take them so never strike straight away! A gold bead daddy is a deadly fly as well and well worth tying for your box.
Great comment Graham, and that's exactly what Mike Dawes said too... don't set the hook until you're sure they've taken it. But I have to admit I'm terrible at that. It takes every bit of patience I can muster to not strike the instant I see what I think is a take. :-)
Definitely let me know and send some pictures! I just sent you a picture of my latest rod. I can't believe I now own a 9-wt. Holy cow this thing is beefy. And my kayak is going to be here next week. The snakeheads of Maryland better watch out. :-)
Hi from Kansas City 🎣🤠 Dave I've been using a crochet hook for making a pheasant feathers legs. On the body I'll put in a piece of 🦆 goose quill on top of the hook, makes it float really nice. Kinda old school. Good health for you and your's 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes
Well thank you for the note! We don't actually see a lot of them around water here, but apparently there are enough that some folks fish with them. :-)
Right now in my area the crane flies are everywhere. I was fishing a local community lake yesterday evening (March 15th) and having decent success with a hopper, but was watching as the crane flies would land in the water. None of them made it more than 10-15 seconds before being inhaled.
Very cool fly. I've been thinking that there must be a good pattern, we have a ton of them hatching right now, which is fine by me - a lot fewer mosquitos!
In all my time as a fly fisherman, I have never, seen these bugs out much or see fish actively feeding on them. However, I do know some fly fishing wizards, who mysteriously end up catching fish on them?!
I'm kind of the same way. I've only sporadically seen these and it's now while I'm out fishing! I guess they do occasionally fall into the water though.
I'm probably the only person watching this high and have zero knowledge of fishing but completely amazed by the video
Well I'm glad you enjoyed it! There are plenty of others on this channel that might be just as interesting. Stay safe my friend. :-)
Good morning Matt. Great tip with latch hook will have to get me one of those. Really cool fly will have to try and tie some of these. Have a great weekend and stay safe my friend.
Thanks Karl! No fishing for me this weekend. Too much to do around the house with the family. But it'll be a great weekend. You have a good one too my friend!
Great looking pattern Matt. It may have been said before, but a tip for tying the legs...place your feather in your vise to tie multiples...it frees both hands to use the latch hook and hold the fibers.
Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.
Exactly right Todd! That's how I did it when I tied them a bunch at a time while still on the feather. And after you get in a groove, you can make quite a few of them in about 30 minutes. :-)
Really like this! I have been contemplating really buggy flies with realistic legs and presto… “Matt the Mindreader” delivers again! Thanks for taking the time to make and share such great content.
Ha!! Thanks Bill. This is definitely one of those unique patterns that you might want to hide away in the corner of one of your fly boxes. And after six hours on the river of getting skunked, when you're at the point of trying anything, you pull it out and bam. It works. :-)
It's that time of year again. Love tying and using terrestrials. Hope to see more.
Thanks Matt.
Thanks Frank! I'll try to do a couple more before the summer is over. :-)
Definitely a cool pattern and nicely tied. I really like the latch hook idea for tying the knots in the pheasant tail fibers. I'll have a put a few in the box. Thanks Matt for sharing
Definitely worth having Layton. Making the knotted legs is always the biggest pain with some hopper patterns. If you take one pheasant tail feather, you can spend a half hour and make enough legs to last you the season. :-)
Good Morning Sir Matt, this crane fly looks amazing. There for a minute I thought you were tying a Texas mosquito lol 😆. I have got to put at lease a dozen of these in my box. Thank you Sir Matt.
Ha! A Texas mosquito. That's funny Edward. Have a great weekend my friend. :-)
A nice looking if unusual fly. I never thought of tying one of these but the large profile should be attractive to fish. Keep the good stuff coming Matt.
Thanks Dave! I'm thinking the first time I try this out might be on a local warmwater pond. I'd say it might be more effective against the less finicky panfish. :-)
Interesting fly. I have Dawes' book but never tied one since I never saw a trout or bluegill take one . Indefinitely like using the latch hook for tying the legs. Some Hopper patterns used tied legs and I always shield away from tying them. This provides a simpler way to do it. Thanks, Gavin, for another great video. Always enjoy them and learn something.
Thanks Ed! It is definitely a unique pattern. I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Good morning Matt. ☕️time. Never used to pay much attention to bugs when I was fishing except to swat at them. That’s changed. Now I look at them to see what they are and what they look like before I swat at them. 😀. That latch hook made tying those legs look pretty easy. Cool looking bug. Definitely will take up room in a fly box if those legs are splayed out. Take care Matt and have a great weekend.
Thanks John and you too my friend! And I'm the same way... I didn't have near as much interest in bugs until I really got into trout fishing. It's just one of the things that make this sport more fun. :-)
This is a really cool fly. That leg technique is definitely neat. That’s for sharing this one buddy. As for fishing it and just letting it sit. Man there are days that’s perfect. Times that I want to fish, but just not into working hard that day. Great video Matt. Thank you Sir.
In the u.k they tie them small on size 8 to 12 on wet fly hooks.
Thanks for the info Colin!
Interesting tie, Matt. I’ll be adding a few of those to my box. Thank you for the idea for tying legs with pheasant tail. Thanks a lot for sharing again. Cheers my friend.
You're welcome Glen! I appreciate you watching my friend.
Good morning Matt another nice fly thanks for sharing have a blessed day my friend
Well thank you! And you have a great weekend my friend. :-)
Love using the old crane fly and crane fly larva, it works
Never seen that style before, looks good
Thanks for the video Matt and hope you have a great weekend
Thanks Dave and you too my friend!
I’ve never seen a crane fly near the waters I’ve fished, but I have seen a few in my back yard. That is a very realistic looking pattern. Nice job.
Thanks Bob! This reminds me that I've often wondered what kind of memories fish have. If you think about it, grasshoppers work in the summer because the fish have probably seen some, and eaten some recently. But how often do they actually see them? You'd think any given fish might see one once a week or so, at the most. But by September they get rarer and rarer. And by November, they probably haven't seen one in a couple of months. Have they now forgotten that they're food? And if you drifted a big green hopper across a fish in January, has he totally forgotten that a grasshopper is food? So a pattern like this makes me wonder. Why would a fly like this crane fly ever work, when the chances are that any given fish may have never seen one of these on the water? If it's just some innate trait in their brain that tells them what looks like food, then why wouldn't hoppers or beetles work in January? Anyway, I'm rambling but these are the kinds of questions I ask myself sometimes. :-)
Awesome looking fly. Thanks for sharing. Have a good weekend Matt
Thanks Chad and you too my friend!
Super Cool Cranefly Matt ! Mega Thx for an awesome terrestrial pattern like we were discussing. I’m gonna try this one first chance I get.
Thanks John! It was fun to tie; I appreciate you prompting me to. :-)
Pretty cool Matt! I like watching how you tied the legs, I would not have thought to do it that way. Love watching your technique. Excellent! Tight lines. 👍
Appreciate it Jim! You have a great weekend my friend. :-)
I could not get the item at Joanne Fabric's but did order using your link. I hope the transaction went through correctly and will benefit this site. I would highly recommend this process. Thanks again for all you do, now all I have to do is wait patiently for the item so I can tie the fly. Patience is not one of my virtues.
Well thank you Howard! I do get a small percentage of any purchases on Amazon through these links. It doesn't add up to much, but an extra $30-40 a month does help me give away another book or two. :-)
Love this fly! The latch hook idea is great. I found out bout it when watching one of the Feather Bender’s ties. Works great. Thx Matt. 🙂
I haven't seen that one Clyde; I'll have to check it out!
Thanks for the video ! Have a great weekend and be safe!
You too Mike! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Great tip with the latch hook. I use a hook like that to tie knots too, since my fingers don't work like they used to.
Another cool pattern Matt, Great history and video. I have used crochet hooks to knot material before, sizes down to .5mm are available.
Thanks Lee! This was the smallest latch hook I could find on Amazon. I might have to try a specialty sewing store to see if I can find a smaller one. I think it would make it a bit easier.
@@SavageFlies most of the rug latchhoooks are. Made for 2 strands of 4 ply yard, I made some of those in the 80's. The small crochet hooks are made for thread to create lace.
Great looking crane fly, Matt. The thin PT abdomen looks a lot more like naturals I see in this area. Most of the foam flies I see are way too large. Thanks for sharing.
You bet Jim! I agree, it's hard to get a foam body that's going to be nearly as thin as the real bug.
Morning! Sweet looking fly.
Thanks Jeff! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
@@SavageFlies you are very welcome
Fun looking pattern. Thanks for the demonstration of creating legs. I have watched several different ways to do that but I like your way. BTW congratulations on J Stockard’s fly of the month the Eggie Special! Warm regards, Mark
PS You’re not kidding about turkey feathers not floating. My son once shot a wild turkey that flopped into a nearby stream. It sank like a rock and we were unable to retrieve it. High spring runoff and snow on the banks made it impossible.
Thanks Mark! And yeah, I was surprised they asked me to do their Fly of the Month. I felt quite honored. :-)
Nice tip for the tying those legs
Great looking fly! I'm definitely going to try tying some of these in different sizes. I may try changing them up, perhaps with peacock or ostrich, as well as foam, for the body.
Go for it! It is a pretty fun one to make, albeit not one I'll probably fish very often. Thanks for watching!
really cool pattern matt thanks ....see ya joe. and as always i will be watching.😎
Appreciate it Joe!
Awesome looking tie Matt! I see you've also done a foam bodied version in an older video. Those "daddy" legs must be a great trigger on any pattern, there's certainly a lot of them. Crane Flies are very cool, I love how they fly away from the leaf litter when you walk. Their larvae are worth having in your box too, especially after a good rain. Knit Pickers are a great tool. I bought one a long time ago to repair snags on knit sweaters and the tops of my hunting socks. Seam rippers are also good tools. I use them to cut fur trim bindings from old clothes. Some tyers use them to cut the thread after finishing the the fly. When you gonna tie a Spotted Lanternfly? 😉 That's a beautiful but devastating insect. I haven't seen any up here, how about down your way? Thank's Matt, good luck on the snakehead hunt 🐍!
Oh my Joe, so you're one of the twelve people who watched that old video of a crane fly I did? That had to have been one of my very first ties on the channel. I'd be scared to go back and watch that. I'm glad you mentioned seam rippers... I definitely need one of those. I bought some kind of fur garment at a flea market and it had some kind of material trim on the underside. Funny thing, I can't tell if it's rabbit or fox. But it was $2 so I couldn't pass it up. As far as the spotted lantern fly, Sean Holsinger has a video of that on his channel. I actually talked to him at a shoe in November when he was tying it. It really looks cool, but you've got to have a dyed red hen saddle and that thing takes forever to tie. I'm looking at his video now and it's almost 20 minutes long! It could be a fun one to tie though. And BTW, my 9-wt rod arrived today. I took it out in the backyard and holy cow the difference between that and my 3-wt (in exact same rod model) is like two different sports. But imagine yanking a 15-lb snakehead out of the weeds in two feet of water. Oh man, I can't wait to get out there and try that. :-)
Interesting tie sir!
Thank you Garrett!
Hell yes they so! Especially in Missouri. This is an excellent looking pattern. And very easy. You should definitely do a larvae counterpart.
It's interesting that you mention their larva. I do see a few fly patterns of them but I was wondering why as these aren't aquatic insects. Their larva live in the dirt!
Nice fly Matt and well tied, i dont have the patience to sit and knot legs so i just buy them pre knotted and keep someone in a job 😂
The Crane fly or daddy long legs as we call them over here are absolutely deadly, it's the only dry I really use in September/October on the lochs but they work well on rivers too. Fish tend to smash them to put them under then come back and take them so never strike straight away! A gold bead daddy is a deadly fly as well and well worth tying for your box.
Great comment Graham, and that's exactly what Mike Dawes said too... don't set the hook until you're sure they've taken it. But I have to admit I'm terrible at that. It takes every bit of patience I can muster to not strike the instant I see what I think is a take. :-)
that was fantastic what a ty thanks matt
Thanks John! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Really cool fly
Thanks Jim!
I’m going to have to tie some of these up, they’ll look great in some shadow boxes.
I think they would Chris! Thanks for the note my friend.
Vary nice thank you for your time sir I'm digging this fly
Appreciate it Charlie! Have a great weekend my friend. :-)
Hey Matt☕️☕️
Very cool bug I love it, I am in Palm Coast Florida about to go out on the boat. I will let you know how it goes 👍
Definitely let me know and send some pictures! I just sent you a picture of my latest rod. I can't believe I now own a 9-wt. Holy cow this thing is beefy. And my kayak is going to be here next week. The snakeheads of Maryland better watch out. :-)
@@SavageFlies it’s late I just seen everything will email ya👍
That is an awesome way to make the legs. I have tried and tried to tie them by hand without success. I am going the Joanne Fabric's today.
Thanks Howard! And go for it my friend. :-)
Awesome... thanks
Cool fly Matt
Thanks for watching!
Hi from Kansas City 🎣🤠 Dave
I've been using a crochet hook for making a pheasant feathers legs. On the body I'll put in a piece of 🦆 goose quill on top of the hook, makes it float really nice. Kinda old school. Good health for you and your's 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes
Thanks Dave! A crochet hook is a great idea. Have a great weekend my friend. :-)
Hello Matt! Sadly there is no crane flies in Argentina... But that pattern is lovely. All the best.
Well thank you for the note! We don't actually see a lot of them around water here, but apparently there are enough that some folks fish with them. :-)
Right now in my area the crane flies are everywhere. I was fishing a local community lake yesterday evening (March 15th) and having decent success with a hopper, but was watching as the crane flies would land in the water. None of them made it more than 10-15 seconds before being inhaled.
Oh man, what fun it would have been if you had a few of these in your box!
@SavageFlies that's exactly why I found your video! I was standing there like dang it, I gotta tie some of those!
Very cool fly. I've been thinking that there must be a good pattern, we have a ton of them hatching right now, which is fine by me - a lot fewer mosquitos!
Exactly right Tom! These things are mosquito exterminators. :-)
Loves starting the day with coffee with Matt nice looking bug I'd squish it
Ha! Thanks Marty. Have a great weekend my friend. :-)
Interesting pattern. It will take up a lot of room.
Definitely Bruce! If you have more than two, this thing might need its own box. :-)
I use waltz worms all the time! very thing on a streamer hook works great
Cool to know Sean!
I have a friend who ties horse Flys. I caught a brook trout on one
Cool to hear! I can't stand horse flies. If I go out in the summer without a hat, they zero in on my bald head. :-)
In all my time as a fly fisherman, I have never, seen these bugs out much or see fish actively feeding on them. However, I do know some fly fishing wizards, who mysteriously end up catching fish on them?!
I'm kind of the same way. I've only sporadically seen these and it's now while I'm out fishing! I guess they do occasionally fall into the water though.
Gostei muito da mosca parecido com. Um moskito 👏💯🦟🦟
I found out that fish hare lady bugs as much as birds.
Interesting! I've never fished with one, or don't even recall seeing any near the water. But I do see them all over my barn. :-)
Hackle and all those dangly bits… I’m sure fish will eat that
I'm sure some fish might think this thing looks tasty. :-)
Gostei muito da mosca parecido com. Um moskito 👏💯🦟🦟