Tying Tuesday: Four Flies to Fight Cabin Fever

Hook: Risen 300’s size 10 (or similar streamer/nymph hook, sizes 4-12)
Weight: Lead wire (.015)
Thread: Veevus 6/0 (brown)
Tails &amp; Antennae: Bug Legs or Spanflex (brown or black)
Body: Variegated Chenille (brown/yellow or coffee/black)
Legs: Bug Legs or Spanflex
Head Cement: Solarez Ultra Thin UV Resin or Sally Hansen Hard as Nails

January 30, 2026 0 Comments

It’s late January, the rivers are locked up or running gray, and if you’re like most of us, you’ve been staring out the window wondering when you’ll feel a tug on the line again. Cabin fever is real, but so is the cure: a well-lit vise, a warm beverage, and a few hours of wrapping thread.

This week’s Tying Tuesday has no central thread (so to speak). We’re not building a matched hatch box or prepping for a specific trip. Instead, we’ve pulled together four videos that caught our attention—an eclectic mix spanning a meditative and articulated take on the most popular streamer in the world, a western guide staple, a tarpon fly repurposed for Great Lakes bass, and a quietly deadly caddis pattern from one of the best in the business. Call it a cabin fever sampler: something for every mood and every season to come.

So clear off the desk, queue up the videos, and tie something new.