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Fly Tying- a CDC indicator Caddis and the difference between Croupion and Cul
Marc Petitjean didn’t invent Croupion De Canard* feathers nor was he the first to use them to tie flies but when it comes to this particular material he’s one of if not the best in the field so getting...
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Fly Tying- the Chroma Caddis Cutie
yes, i think this thing’s cute but more importantly, fish do too. some would say that HackleAndWing‘s version of the not-so-new latex bodied caddis pupaepattern is a little overly fussy and i’d mostly...
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Fly Tying Tools- the Bend-A-Blade
we don’t see new fly tying tool concepts very often but this just-out razor blade holder should make more than one deer-hair aficionado very happy. not only is it a razor holder to not have to hold it...
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Fly Tying- a DIY knotted Leg Tool
i haven’t tried this yet but this little home-made gizmo found on In The Riffle’s Fb page gets a doubleplusgood for creativity and ingenuity. how does it stack up to pre-existing leg-knotting options...
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Fly Tying- All about Cones heads, Discs and Beads
rarely do we get such in-depth research on fly tying materials such as what Martin Joergensen has recently put together for us to learn from and help decide which product will be best suited for our...
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Fly Tying: A Complete Dubbing Techniques Tutorial
it’s been brought to my attention that the original article has glitches in both text and images and given how such an amazing dubbing how-to reference really needs to be out there, well, alive and...
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Fly Tying- Jasper’s Carrot
if we take a quick look at the fly below we’ll see a really nice looking pattern but we also might think ‘nice but old hat’. now, if we take a look at the video and pay close attention to how it was...
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Fly Tying- Hans and his Klink
hard to think of a trout fly fisher anywhere around the Globe that hasn’t heard of or used Hans van Klinken’s notorious Klinkhammer emerger, one of the rare true innovations the fly tying world has...
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Fly Tying- Like Jim Said
as promised, here’s a special-guest fly tying nugget via buddy Tim Trengrove from Wellington, North Island New Zealand. Wellington happens to be as far away on the other side of the globe from me as...
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Fly Tying- A neat and nifty Spool Tender trick
via Tom Sutcliffe’s great The Spirit of Fly Fishing here’s an excellent, easy, ingenious and inexpensive way to keep threads, wires, monofilaments, tinsels, yarns and whatever else that might be on...
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how to shave your squirrel
Cheech @ Fly Fish Food– what can i say, the guy’s in a class of his own. enjoy ! Filed under: Fly Tying Materials, Fly Tying Tips and Tricks Tagged: Cheech - Fly Fish Food, coffe blender for dubbing,...
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Ceramic flies- What they are, what they do and how to make them
they don’t look like anything in particular, just some general bug-type shape with just enough bug-type elements that suggest food and colour contrasts to set them apart from river debris and nothing...
View ArticleItsy Bitsy, Teenie Weenie, Yellow Comparadun
B….. ok, enough singing and on to some praising ! here’s a little two matirialed, size 24 ephemera/mayfly imitation that comes together in that just-right manner at the end of the tie. getting tiny...
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Winged Nymphs for Dynamic Nymphing
some high-level fly design from Lucian Vasies any and every nymph fisher might (read should) take into consideration: it’s that good. “Winged Nymphs for Dynamic Nymphing could be considered a new...
View Articlethe Good side of Clowns
as far as real clowns are concerned there aren’t any. they’re creepy, sadistico-perverted, fatty-reptilian sub-being leftovers from some nasty Bosch vision of hell. on the other hand and in their...
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Fly Tying- Wet and All Purpose
half-full Clark/Cheech says its a “hybrid of a hybrid” and this half-empty guy says its a “variant of a variant” but ! this isn’t a personality contest, its a friggin’ awesome fly. why ? the...
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Fly Tying- getting Good Heads
“Let me be honest with you: I tend to judge a fly tier’s skills on his or her ability to make a nice head on a fly. Simple as that.” and i’ll be just as honest in saying that i completely agree and...
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Fly Tying- a Long Hackled Secret
why ‘secret’ ? well, to start with, this usually reserved for wet fly method of hackling a dry fly is anything but common. in its finished all-in-one-step legs and wing aspect it closely resembles the...
View ArticleFly Tying- More than an Egg
we’ve taken the egg tying route before with the standard egg yarn design- the Good side of Clowns and a pretty darn realistic, resin-based- a Perfect Embryo. most tiers would leave it at that and...
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Fly Tying- a Looooong Mouse
by Andreas Andersson via KanalGratis.Se if you’re the fast-food type that needs quick tutorials and quick ties you might want to look away. on the other hand, if you want what’s very probably the most...
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