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Article The Terrible Muddler Jul 17. 2011 A mess This is the lazy man's muddler, the sloppy tier's muddler, the beginner's muddler. It's actually quite close in style to some of the first Muddler Minnows tied by Don Gapen back in the 30's. See how to tie it here.	Video The Sunburst Coral Muddler Apr 4. 2011 Tying a Sunburst Coral Muddler by Davie McPhail.	Video The Sunburst Kate McLaren Jul 24. 2010 Davie McPhail ties the Sunburst Kate McLaren, a great looking muddler.
Article Tie a muddler Jul 14. 2007 Pictures One evening when I was tying flies with a couple of friends, one of them, Nils, asked me to tie a muddler, just as a demo. I did. Luckily the other friend, Henning, was quick and caught these great pictures of the process. These step-by-step pictures show you how to tie a nice muddler.	Article Messy Pike Fly Sep 1. 2006 Big fish fly Not one of Martin Joergensen's usual pike flies. For that it is way too complex and has too many tying steps and too many different materials. He doesn't like complex pike flies. "I spend dozens of minutes tying one, and a pike spends seconds shredding it!" he says. He ties it just the same in this article.	Article Bow River Bugger Nov 30. 2005 Wooly Bugger and muddler Al Grombacher has shared with us one of the most effective patterns for the Bow River in Alberta, Canada, famed for its excellent fishing for rainbow trout. Click here to read more.
Article The Zuddler Aug 14. 2004 Steelhead fly Question: What to you get when you combine elements of a Muddler Minnow and a Zonker? Answer: A Zuddler - an excellent steelhead fly. Joe Emery and John Rode have combined a zonker strip, a muddler head and a cone head into a killer pattern. Read their story in the Patterns section	Article SHCZCDNTM Jul 30. 2003 Again Yep! It's yet another one of that Danish madman's muddlers. This time with an even longer name: The Short Heavy Chicago-Zürich-Copenhagen Delayed Nutria Tube Muddler or SHCZCDNTM for easier remembering! Read Martin Joergensen's further explanation here	Article CZCDNTM Oct 15. 2002 Tubed A tube fly is different - a muddler is me - a tube muddler is a perfect choice. Tube muddlers are not unknown to me. I have tied and fished a few in my time, and I like them... so do the fish by the way.
Article Muddler mania Jan 18. 2002 It should be no secret that I'm a great fan of muddlers. These functional, characteristic and very beautiful flies that I connect directly with my favorite kind of fishing: night fishing for sea trout in the ocean. The technique used for tying them has always fascinated me, and although I do tie a lot of them, I still have a lot to learn in respect to spinning deer hair.	Article Muddler mania - Small Polar Muddler Jan 1. 2002 Muddlers A small muddler Pattern here	Article Muddler mania - Full Metal Jacket Nutria Muddler Jan 1. 2002 Muddlers A conehead muddler/zonker Pattern here
Article Deep in my heart Feb 1. 2001 Flies Deep in my heart, I prefer stream flyfishing for trout. However, Holland has precious few trout class streams, and next to none fishable trout, so most of my local flyfishing is for warmwater species. In fact all of my stream trout fishing happens abroad, mainly in the States, as well as in Belgium and Denmark.	Article Sculpin Oct 4. 2000 Forage This forage fish feature (say that 5 times fast!) is a the third in a series of articles being created as a group effort by members of the Streamer List. There are over 300 species of sculpins, most of them are salt water or brackish water occupants, but several are found in North America. Read more here	Article Selecting deer hair Feb 10. 1997 Tips Choosing the right hair will make your deer hair flies - Comparaduns, EHC's, Muddlers, bass bugs - much easier to tie. Advice from the master here

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