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Monday 9:30am - 5pm Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm Saturday 9:30am - 5pm Sunday 1pm - 4pm

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09/15/2026

Better than your (Green) We**ie? You tell me. 🐛🤣

Get your Wilmers Air Body tool at castersonlineflyshop.com.

The Green We**ie catches fish. No argument there. But I couldn’t leave a green worm alone.

I made this inchworm using vinyl and Wilmers air body tool—and now I’m challenging your we**ie.

Watch it come together. Would this earn a spot in your fly box, or are you standing by your we**ie?

09/13/2026

Carolina Panthers suck again, I see.

09/12/2026

They said the Squirmy wasn’t a fly… so I removed the thread. 😂

A hook, a bead, squirmy material, and Buffalo Bond. No thread. No wraps. No whip finish.

I may have just made the Squirmy even more offensive to fly-fishing purists. 🤣

Can you still call it fly tying if you don’t tie anything?

🎣 Fly, lure, or crime against tradition? You decide. 👇

09/11/2026

From the vise to a work of art! 🎨🎣

Huge thanks to Matt Z Zudweg for sending me this incredible “Craw Hise” pop-art giclée print. Seeing a fly I tied reimagined in Matt’s signature style is pretty damn special!

The blue claws, red tips, and that big “SNAP!”—so much personality in this piece.

Matt, thank you for the generous gift. I’m proud to own it and grateful that my fly inspired your art.

Give Matt Z Zudweg a follow and check out his work! 🔥

09/09/2026

The simplest fishing lure ever? You be the judge. 🎣

A little Sili Skin, a hook, and something fish mistake for lunch.

This is my original Ooey Gooey Grub—a fly I created more than 20 years ago. Watch a strip of material become a soft, translucent little larva in under two minutes.

Bach on the cello. Me at the vise. Grub on the menu. 🤣

Would you fish it—and what would you target?

09/07/2026

I TIED A WATER PENNY. 😳🪰

Yep… that weird little armored alien on the right is a REAL aquatic insect — and trout eat them.

It’s a **Water Penny larva**, and I honestly can’t remember seeing many people try to turn one into a fly.

So naturally… I had to. 🤣

This one fought me every step of the way. The flattened shell, the segmentation, the legs, the translucency — getting it to actually look like the real insect was a completely different challenge than tying a normal nymph.

But after a whole lot of experimenting…

**REAL INSECT ➡️ FLY**

Would you fish this thing — or have I officially gone too far? 😂

09/06/2026

Has anyone ever tied a Water Penny?

Not many have in the history of fly tying.

I’ve been working on my own version of this strange little aquatic beetle larva—and it’s finally coming together.

Water Penny SBS video coming soon. 🪰🔬

08/30/2026

This maggot breathes through its tail—and fish actually eat it. 🤣

Meet the mousie, a rat-tailed maggot and the aquatic larva of a hoverfly. That ridiculous “tail” is actually a telescoping breathing siphon that allows it to live in oxygen-starved water. The real larvae are even sold as ice-fishing bait for perch and various other species of fish.

So naturally, I had to tie one.

I used hollow tubing with fine mono to create the flexible, tapered siphon and tiny drops of resin for the pseudopods underneath.

Would you fish it—or has the Mad Flytyentist finally gone too far? 🤣

08/28/2026

I Turned Athletic Pre-Wrap Into a Catalpa Worm Fly

Creating the thick, juicy profile of a catalpa worm is difficult with standard fly-tying materials—so I built the underbody with athletic pre-wrap.

Then I added Kiley’s Exo Skin, Swiss Straw, golden pheasant tail barbs, thread ribbing and Veevus Midge Body for the lateral lines.

One of the South’s most famous natural baits…except this one is a fly.

Would you fish it?

Address

2427 North Center Street
Hickory, NC
28601

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday	9:30am - 5pm
Sunday	1pm - 4pm

Telephone

(828) 304-2400

Website

http://www.castersonlineflyshop.com/

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