Hollow Tie / Engler’s Pike Fly Tying the Hollow Tie Engler Pike Fly – Pike Fly Tying Tutorial Engler’s Pike fly is one of our all-time favorite pike flies developed by Duranglers guide and boat captain, Mark Engler. This is not that fly. This is the hollow tie variation. Little has been published of the original Engler Pike Fly, perhaps this is by design. Perhaps, there will be someday. In the meantime, the hollow tie variation comes from the mind of Duranglers shop manager Rob Schmidt. With an east coast striped bass background, Rob has put his hollow tie spin on this classic pike catcher for ..read more

Duranglers Spring 2021 Virtual Fly Fishing Festival – Durango CO It’s coming… with a little different program this year, our annual fly fishing fest is going online and live with the  Duranglers Spring 2021 Virtual Fly Fishing Festival !  This time, we will be celebrating with a FULL WEEK of live streaming events, clinics, interviews, seminars, and of course…gear giveaways. We will be kicking off our fest on April 5th and running through April 10th!  Mark your calendars and plan to  tune in to YouTube for daily videos and a 5pm live stream each weeknight  and get ..read more

Cream Midge Larva Variant – Duranglers Cream Midge Larva Variant Tying Tutorial – This Fly Catches Fish The cream midge larva was probably one of the first truly “Colorado” flies I learned about when I moved here in 2002.  Coming from the world of midwest fly fishing, my familiarity with tying and fishing small bugs was limited to the Brassies and Griffith Gnats.  Not that midges weren’t a primary food source on the spring creeks of the Driftless region in Iowa, but few anglers that I interacted with ever took a deep dive into representing and fishing them well. After I moved to Denv ..read more