Trash Flies Blog: Wreaths, Plastic and Blue Winged Olives

Trash Flies Blog: Wreaths, Plastic and Blue Winged Olives

Trash Flies Blog: Headphone Stonefly Nymph

Trash Flies Blog: Headphone Stonefly Nymph: I was walking to my car the other afternoon and saw a pair of headphones laying on the payment. Now we all know I use the headphones wire as...

Trash Flies Blog: Potato Chip Bag Fly

Trash Flies Blog: Potato Chip Bag Fly: Hook: #14 Nymph Tail: Mink guard hairs Abdomen: Chip Bag strip Thorax: Peacock Hurl Wing-case: Chip Bad strip Dedicated to my son. I lov...

Trash Flies Blog: Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Expo

Trash Flies Blog: Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Expo: Hope to see you come by and visit. I'll be tying with headphone, chip bags, yarn, and anything else that can be made into a fly. Date: N...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: It's good to try new things.

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: It's good to try new things.: I am the world worst to get into ruts. Especially with types of flies I make. As a members of a few groups and forums I get to see design fo...

Trash Flies Blog: Crawfish and Chips

Trash Flies Blog: Crawfish and Chips: Recently I have started looking seriously at the packaging of common products. Seems like the material to keep items fresh and attract the c...

Trash Flies Index on the main page has few new patterns.

Trash Flies Blog: Bar B Que and Stonefly Nymphs

Trash Flies Blog: Bar B Que and Stonefly Nymphs: Okay I was watching TV and thinking about this week's article. Nothing was really jumping out. Noticed a bag of chips I had just finished an...

Trash Flies Blog: John Barr's Copper John gets the Trash Fly treatme...

Trash Flies Blog: John Barr's Copper John gets the Trash Fly treatme...: John Barr is in my opinion one of the greats in the realm of fly tying. He is one I hold high. I bought his book, that ought to say a lot. O...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Teaching some fly fishing to a high school senior....

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Teaching some fly fishing to a high school senior....: We went to the local Delayed Harvest stream. I casually discussed fly fishing, techniques, and the fly fishing culture. He listened and app...

Trash Flies Blog: Scud tied with recycled package from a wireless LA...

Trash Flies Blog: Scud tied with recycled package from a wireless LA...: Hook: #16 Nymph Hook Weight: Lead wire .015 dia. Body: Dazl-Hare's Ear Shrimp Antenna: Hackle fibers furnace Shell-back: Pink plastic bag f...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Crappie Fishing on the Fly

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Crappie Fishing on the Fly: Went this afternoon to catch some fish from the French Broad River. Took my 'Switch Rod' that is 11' long. Put on a 5' 'Slow Sinking Leader...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: First Delayed Harvest trip of Fall 2011

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: First Delayed Harvest trip of Fall 2011

Tightlines: Thanks to all of the volunteers who came out and h...

Tightlines: Thanks to all of the volunteers who came out and h...: At last count, we had 21 volunteers. We had the faithful regulars who always attend, and we had a lot of new faces. Thanks to school bein...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: I believe it's fall.

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: I believe it's fall.: I am not one of those folks who believes seasons follow the calendar. It has been a particularly hot summer in my opinion.I have gotten use ...

Trash Flies Blog: Trash Fly Tools

Trash Flies Blog: Trash Fly Tools: I am going to focus on some ideas for DIY tools. Tools made from common items and 'trash'. Hair Evener Copper pipe and fittings. Flair...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: After-school Special

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: After-school Special: We after them this evening after work. The river was pretty brown. Fished one of the side creeks with a small streamer. Not bad sized.

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Strange day and a old lesson remembered.

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Strange day and a old lesson remembered.: Now it's been rainy all around the mountains here for a couple of days. Really hard down pours in spots. I wanted to fish somewhere some how...

Trash Flies Blog: Woolly Bugger with one Material

Trash Flies Blog: Woolly Bugger with one Material: We all know that the Woolly Bugger is a fly pattern to count on. It really catches a lot of fish. Not just trout but a wide array of species...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Sometimes it just goes your way.

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Sometimes it just goes your way.: I didn't have a lot of hope for fishing this past Sunday afternoon. Mostly was a plan to take my mom to buy apples. Now I know some streams ...

Trash Flies Blog: Three Phase Molted Midge

Trash Flies Blog: Three Phase Molted Midge: The other day I was walking through one of the shops at school and noticed an electrician working. He was wiring in a piece of equipment,...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Panfish on the Swung Fly

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Panfish on the Swung Fly: Based on the title of this post some are going 'Awe h--l he's been watching those guys fish for steelhead'. My response is yes I have but th...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Many men go fishing all of their lives without kno...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: Many men go fishing all of their lives without kno...

Tightlines: LOS-TU September Chapter Meeting

Tightlines: LOS-TU September Chapter Meeting: Our September meeting will be Tuesday September 13 at the N. Asheville library on N. Merrimon at 7:00 PM. Our speaker will be Kelly Bandlow....

Trash Flies Blog: USB (Universal Serial Bus) and midges

Trash Flies Blog: USB (Universal Serial Bus) and midges: Now if you've been here before you have seen flies of several well know patterns get the 'Trash Fly' treatment ear bud headphones. Some prim...

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: SoHo, rain, BWO, and rain

Teachrtec's Fishing Journal: SoHo, rain, BWO, and rain: I had today off from school. Don't get many of those this time of year. It was misting rain at daylight. I fished a dry and dropper and caug...

Trash Flies Blog: Headphone Wire Midge #22

Trash Flies Blog: Headphone Wire Midge #22: Hook: #22 Scud Bead: Small Tunsten Thread: Blk 8/0 Body: Rd Headphone wire I have been tying and writing about using 'headphone' wire in fl...

Added to the websites list of Trash Flies today

Added to the list of Trash Flies: Little Black Stone-fly from crow and Burlap Mayfly Nymph. Check them out.

Trash Flies Blog: Dubbing, coffee mills and color

Trash Flies Blog: Dubbing, coffee mills and color: As fly tyer's we use a lot of dubbing for certain styles of flies. I know it's not a big expense but it does cost. It also is sometimes hard...

2011 Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Expo

I'll be tying there. Looking forward to it :)

http://www.wncflyfishingexpo.com/

New Face on the Website

Well I haven't updated the look of Trashflies.com in awhile. Last night and today I decided it really need to be re-arranged. I hope you all like the look and it is easier to navagate. I will be working on the group pages in the near future. I am also going to work on getting some step by step tutorials and videos up.

Thank you all for visting the site.

Trash Flies Blog: Barney Barnwell Is This Week's Guest Tyer

Trash Flies Blog: Barney Barnwell Is This Week's Guest Tyer: Traci Barnwell, Barney's wife, shared these great example of Trash Flies with me on our Facebook group and was gracious enough to allow m...

Trash Flies Blog: A Few Thoughts About the South Holston Flyfishing ...

Trash Flies Blog: A Few Thoughts About the South Holston Flyfishing ...: "Personally the timing of this show was great. The first week of school for me is always sort of stressful. I'm never sure why. Eighteen year..."

Trash Flies Blog: I'll be tying Trash Flies at the South Holston Fly...

Trash Flies Blog: I'll be tying Trash Flies at the South Holston Fly...: "Hope to see some of you there. Stop by the table and say hello :) I'll be tying and demonstrating some patterns made of trash and re-purpos..."

Trash Flies Blog: Baitfish fly scraps get a second chance to be usef...

Trash Flies Blog: Baitfish fly scraps get a second chance to be usef...: "Here's a recycling tip that you can do and never leave the tying bench. Enrico Puglisi has come up with some wonderful fly patterns, materi..."

Trash Flies Blog: Drift Boat Safety and Ferrying Class at Pisgah Cen...

Trash Flies Blog: Drift Boat Safety and Ferrying Class at Pisgah Cen...: "Pre-registration is required. Visit www.ncwildlife.org/pisgah to sign up. The Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education will host a presen..."

Trash Flies Blog: Lowe's Shrimp or Hardware Twine Shrimp

New post:

Trash Flies Blog: Lowe's Shrimp or Hardware Twine Shrimp: "This one may fall into the category of to many trips to the hardware this summer. Most big and small hardware's alike have rolls of polymer..."

Trash Flies Blog: Testing the deer hair substitute for scarce hackle...

Trash Flies Blog: Testing the deer hair substitute for scarce hackle...: " I took those flies tied with deer hair instead of hackle. They Work! Not a new fly to my little wild creeks just a new material on a old st..."

Check out the results at Trash Flies Blog

Updates July 9 2011

Added to the Website

Dragon Fly Prototype
Really Simple Crayfish	Inch Worm	Boot Lace Stone Fly Nymph

Trash Flies Blog: Faux Hackle Dryfly

Trash Flies Blog: Faux Hackle Dryfly: "Well I am pleased with it appearance wise. I have not fished it yet. Hook: #16 Dryfly Tail: Deer Body: Yellow dubbing Faux Hackle: Dee..."

In progress ^2

A deer hair hackle fly collar to replace my simple little Catskill like small streams pattern.

A shrimp made from the twin they have at the contractors exit a Lowes to bind down your materials. ( also might be a good crayfish).

Trash Flies Blog: Fashion vs Fly Tying

Trash Flies Blog: Fashion vs Fly Tying: "What has the world come to? Woman are using all the really good quality dry fly hackle to make their hair 'pretty'. This has from all accoun..."

Trash Flies Blog: Dragonfly Dry Prototype

Updated June 3 2011.

Trash Flies Blog: Dragonfly Dry Prototype: "The idea behind this pattern was a need for a good dragonfly pattern to fool largemouth bass. Idea time is in the mid day sun when dragonfl..."

Update May 11 2011

Here's one to check out Really simple Crawfish

Update May 8 2011

Rubber Band Worm by guest tyer Tyler Legg on the blog

Headphone Inchworm on the blog

Sorry for the slow updates. My dad is in the hospital in very serious condition. I have been there most of the days for the last 14. Thanks for everyone who has given a kind word or a prayer.

Update April 30 2011

Check out the Trash Flies Blog for a Inchworm pattern.

Update April 9 2011

Check out the Drug Store Fly Tyer on Trash Flies Blog. Comment and tell what you think.

Update April 3 2011

Check out the article on Trash Flies Blog

http://trashflies.blogspot.com/2011/04/todds-wiggle-minnow-get-trash-fly.html

Update March 27 2011

Added 'Todd's Wiggly Minnow (Flip Flop)'

Trash Flies Blog: Thin or Fat

Check out the newest blog entry.

Trash Flies Blog: Thin or Fat: "In this day and age everybody wants to be thin. Stay up late and I am sure you will find a host of infomercials trying to sell you somethi..."

Update March 12 2011

Added another take on rubber legs to the Trash Flies list.

Updates March 4 2011

Stonefly made from craft-store yarn dubbing has been added to Trash Flies page.

February 6 2011

Frank Sawyer's Pheasant Tail tied with recycled wire on the Trash Flies page. Check it out.

Update Jan13 2011

Just added to the Trash Flies Blog:

Follow Up to While Your Tying This Winter

Update January 10 2011

Updated the Trashflies page with a Recycled Rubber Legs page.