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Ken's Incredibly Simple Shrimp

Keep it simple stupid: Shrimp flies are very much en vogue in the Baltic region, and keep on getting more and more complex. This one is simple and dead easy to tie - and still a very good imitation.
See that KISS is not (always) a rock band

Tom's Line Winder

DIY: Build your own line winder for maintaining your fly lines and getting them on and off the reel. Tom Biesot considers the line cleaning process and use and construction of your own line winder.
Follow the detailed instructions here.

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The Fly Fisher's Playbook

Review: This book is good and useful for its intended purpose and just may be the ticket you need to retool your bad fly fishing habits. This book is for the serious-minded nymphing-oriented angler wishing to dissect, analyze and improve his or her technique.
Read the review here

Find "Fishy photos: Pasi Visakivi" here

Fishy photos:
Pasi Visakivi

Pictures: Finnish photographer Pasi Visakivi has been interested in photographing from very young age but is still learning new important things almost every day.
We shot off the usual photo questions and Pasi replied

"Matching Major Eastern Hatches" is found here

Matching Major Eastern Hatches

Book Review: Henry Ramsay has given us a peak inside his fly box and shared with us his rationale for how and why he has developed his fly patterns. To a fly tyer, that is pure gold. It is chock full of good ideas, sound angling theory, and easily digestible fly tying concepts. There are flies in here that I will try.
Read the review here

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My first flies

Beginner: I honestly don't remember exactly how many years ago I started tying flies, but a rough calculation says about 30 years. A lot has happened since then - luckily!
See some of them here

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Duck's extended body

Body work: Roger Duckworth shows an innovative and extremely easy technique to make durable extended bodies for mayflies, caddis, and stoneflies, and he shows a way of hackling the dry flies so that the hackle is under the body but above the hook so that it supports the fly more like the natural.
See how it's done here

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Yves Laurent

Fishy art: Canadian Yves Laurent does beautiful wood carvings of fish and other animals - and flies. His work is meticulous and detailed and even the stones are carved in wood!
We asked questions, Yves replied

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Mickey Finn

Bucktail: The Mickey Finn is one of the all time classic streamers. Simple, beautiful and fairly easy to tie - and a catcher.
Here's its history, the original tying recipe and a bunch of variations

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Reflections

Better pictures: Well placed reflections can add tremendously to an otherwise ordinary picture, and since we often have the reflective surface: the water, why not utilize this more in our images.
Read about reflections here

Go to the article "The Bat Fly"

The Bat Fly

Emerger: To tie Andrew Herd's Bat Fly, you will need a packet of Polo mints, a pair of shears and a full-bore rifle.
Read more in this excerpt from Chris Sandford's book Mayflies and More

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Goldmine Crab

Crab: A weedless crab pattern with lots of flash and color, yet with a discrete landing suitable for finicky fish. Tied for redfish and other warm saltwater species
See how to tie it here

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Adriano Manocchia

Fishy art: A mail ticked in: "One of our clients thought that Adriano Manocchia's art would be a nice addition to your art gallery section." And true enough. Manocchia's beautiful, almost photo realistic art would certainly be a nice addition to our Fishy Artists series.
Learn more and see samples his beautiful art here

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Streamers 365

A streamer a day: The Streamers 365 project has delighted streamer aficionados worldwide by delivering a new and beautiful streamer photo online every day. We have talked to Darren MacEachern, the man behind the project.
Read about it here

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