Defrank's Flies

Backed by 35 years of combined commercial & competition tying experience our mission is to furnish our customers with unique and innovative fly fishing products at competitive prices without sacrificing quality to give you the most rewarding and successful fishing experience possible.

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DeFrank’s Flies Master Tier and Owner Mark DeFrank recently took third place out of 360+ entries in the Fly Tyer Magazine 30th-Anniversary Fly-Tying Championships. The Championships were conducted with the cooperation of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum. For this contest, each tier was required to submit two flies: one mandatory pattern and one “tiebreaker” fly of the tiers choice. The selection of mandatory flies included the Royal Wulff, Hair-Wing Blue Doctor, and Flashtail Whistler. The tiebreaker could be an established pattern or an original fly. The only real rule is that the tiebreaker fly must be a pattern that would be used for actual fishing. For his mandatory fly Mark tied the Royal Wulff and his Wiggle Hex was submitted as the tiebreaker. A panel of judges, chosen by the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum, selected the top 20 mandatory flies. The top 20 tiers, which included Mark, then progressed to step two: the judging of the tiebreaking flies. The 20 top tiebreaking patterns were mounted and on display during the 2008 Fly Fishing Hall of Fame festivities at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center the weekend of October 18, 2008. The visitors to the festivities, which included some of the biggest names in fly fishing and tying, casted their votes for the winning tiebreaking flies. For being awarded third place Mark receives his choice of an Orvis Helios Rod and a large-arbor Battenkill reel.

Upcoming events Free Fly Tying Demo - November 28, 2008. Black Friday. While your significant other is out getting a head start on Christmas shopping, spend some time with Mark at Woodlands World for a fly tying demo. This event is FREE and open to the public. Mark will be tying flies geared towards hot patterns for the Great Lakes Steelhead Alley. Steelhead School Spring 2009 - The Fall Steelhead school was a great success! Look for the Spring School dates sometime after the first of the year. Dunbar Sportsmens Club Tying Classes - Classes start February 2, 2009.

	Mark DeFrank, owner and master tier of DeFrank's Flies, has created many of his own patterns and is continually improving old ones. His latest contribution to Steelhead Fishing is being listed in John Nagy's newest Steel Head Guide 4th edition, with his Blue Steel Caddis being honored in Nagy's new Dirty Dozen. By request Mark has put together an assortment featuring the 5 hot patterns published in the book, which also includes other popular Steelhead egg patterns.
New listings!
Don't miss out on one of Mark's newest and most innovative fly patterns - a new twist on an old standard - the Electric Glo Spawn.
	Check out Mark's newest Steelhead assortment - a sampler pack of some of his most popular signature patterns as well as some old standards - all at a great package price!
New listings!
Heat up your fly box with some of Mark's new Hot Bead Estaz Eggs!
	Mark's favorite beadhead bugger assortment has just been added to the site! Click on the picture to see a detailed listing of what is included in this terrific new assortment!
Coming Soon!	Mark's Bleeding Clouser
Mark uses Pseudo Hair in place of Bucktail on his Bleeding Clouser. The Pseudo Hair provides better movement and undulation in the water to entice more strikes.