Tying Guide Flies and Other Favorites
Landon Mayer
Fly Fisher/Fly Tier/Guide/Author
★ ★ ★ ★ ★Colorado professional guide Landon Mayer is well known in the Rockies for putting his clients on to incredible trophy trout. Landon shares tying steps and fishing and rigging tips for several of his signature guide flies for trout and bass. These nymphs, dry flies, and streamers have proven to be effective around the world. Join us and get the lowdown on why these flies work and how you can use them to catch more fish. GoFundMe page for Landon: https://gofund.me/b29b467e
Just a few of the questions asked and answered during the interview:
- How did you get started fly fishing?
- What are the elements of a guide fly?
- What size flies do you typically tie and fish?
- Do you prefer to tie flies for a specific location or general flies that can be used at multiple places?
- In a typical day of fishing, how many different fly patterns do you fish?
- What inspired you to create the Tube Midge?
- Why is the Tube Midge an important fly to have in your box?
- What makes the Trident Tube Midge different from other stillwater midge patterns?
- How do you rig for the Trident Tube Midge, and how do you fish it?
- What was the reason you created Mayer's Mini Leech?
- What colors do you type Mayer's Mini Leech in?
- What makes the Mini Leech Jig Damsel different from other stillwater damsel patterns?
- What are the key elements of the Mini Leech Jig Damsel?
- How did you come up with the Tails Up Trico, and why is it such a deadly pattern?
- What is your most tied fly, and is it the most effective fly in the varied waters and conditions we face in fly fishing?
- Which fly you designed surprised you the most on how successful it was and how popular it became? ...and why?
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