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Epoxy and LCR's
Compound glues that harden - including the new, smart light activated ones

Peeete's Pheather'
n'Phlash

Phly welding: AKA Peeete's Welded Wide Body Tunnel Hull Pheather'n'Phlash Tube Phly. The name is complex, but the fly is simple, showing how to build a large baitfish imitation with few and easily accessible materials - and Pete Gray's neat welding technique.
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Allan's Winter Shrimp

Cold water: A simple shrimp pattern that does not use the popular but expensive Spey hackle
See the pattern description here

Click to go to "Fleye Foils"

Fleye Foils

Foiled: These new fish shaped foils from Bob Popovics are really great for making baitfish imitations. They come in several shapes and many sizes, and stick on the side of your flies, ready to be covered with resin.
See more here

"Light Curing Resins" is found here

Light Curing Resins

Glue: If you're still messing around with two-component epoxy, it's about time to lift your head from the vice and discover the new Light Curing Resins, LCR's.
Read more about this New Age Epoxy here.

Read more on "Shrimp anatomy for the fly tyer"

Shrimp anatomy for the fly tyer

Lecture: Having seen, tied and fished shrimp flies for many years, Martin feels a need to do a little lecture on the real appearance of shrimp, especially targeted at fly tyers.
Take the shrimp class here

Click to go to "The Killer Mantis"

The Killer Mantis

Epoxy: Who else than epoxy wizard (and madman) Bob Kenly would take on tying... eh, building... eh, constructing a Mantis Shrimp as a fly? Follow the project this article where you can read Bob's story about the fly and see pictures of the process and the finished fly.
Join in here

Find "Phloating Eyez" here

Phloating Eyez

Bella Donna: Eyes as large as tea cups on your flies? And still lightweight and not smashed down by loads of goo on the head? Yes, it's possible! Follow Pete Gray's instructions and your squids and baitfish will be gazing with larger eyes than ever before!
The full story here

Click to see "The Welded Phly"

The Welded Phly

Phlyz: Remember the line from "The Graduate"?
"PLASTICS!"
The hook was dressed with thread and body braid... fine makings for a proper foundation were in place... Temperamental pheatherz were spot welded in place without complaint nor defiance...
Another innovative Pete Gray technique!

Jump to "Coloring Raw Tubes"

Coloring Raw Tubes

Tube flies: "See what you can do with these" said Stuart Anderson, who owns the Canadian Tube Fly Company to Bob Kenly who often goes berserk with tubes and epoxy. And that's exactly what Bob did. He started painting the raw tubes.
Read more about it here

See "The Great Lakes Irish Invaders" by clicking here

Great Lakes Irish Invaders

Tube flies: Bob Kenly takes a turn with some tubes from the Canadian Tube Fly Company and converts a traditional Irish fly into something... let's just say not as traditional. So Chris's Irish Shrimp turned into Great Lakes Orange, a steelhead pattern tied on a tube.
See the pattern description here.

More about "Chinos!"

Chinos!

Prey: Colombian Carlos Heinsohn ties a neat baitfish pattern made of synthetic fibers. It's a tough fly with nice movement designed for any predator which feeds on smaller fish. The pattern is more a tying principle than a specific pattern.
See lots of examples here.

Directly to "Colored Mono Eyes"

Colored Mono Eyes

Five pairs of mono eyes dipped in epoxy for just around 5,50€ or 7$. It sounds like a good business opportunity, but as a consumer it just pushes you to make your eyes your self. On a trip to Fyn this spring two Danes and an American-wanna-be-German made their own.
See how easy it is

Jump to "Jiggy"

Jiggy

Stolen hair: A jigging fly for almost any predatory fish originated by Bob Popvics. After a trip to Danish island Bornholm in 2007 Kasper Mühlbach wanted to tie and try this successful pattern and ordered a special color. But someone else came first and bought his custom dyed bucktail.
See the result here.

Read more on "A Pheasant Under Glass"

A Pheasant Under Glass

Tubed: Two seemingly unrelated events led tube fly tyer par excellence Bob Kenly to this method of tying and to discover a coloring system that I have never tried before: dyed Lady Amherst tail feathers and a note requesting something different to be thrown in the water for salmon in New Foundland.
Here the result of the two events.

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Fritz Shrimp

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Step by step tutorial of how to tie the Fritz Shrimp.

The Holographic Grey Boy Buzzer

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Tying the Holographic Grey Boy Buzzer by Davie McPhail. Materials Used; Hook, Kamazan B110 size 10 Thread, UTC 70 Black Ribs, White Uni-Flexx and Small Red Holographic Tinsel WingBuds, Lite-Brite Hanks Silver Holographic and Red Marker Pen Cover all with Lite Bug-Bond and then a coat of Fine Varnish to finish..

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· New age epoxy - Epoxy isn't what it used to be.

Go to A Mad Epoxy Tier

A Mad Epoxy Tier
Bob Kenly is reknowned for his radically different epoxy tube flies. This article recaps his experience with epoxy - and adds advice on coloring epoxy. If you want some truths about epoxy - and want to witness the death of a couple of myths

Go to Eyes of Epoxy

Eyes of Epoxy
Tired of buying eyes, that make your shrimps look great? They are expensive and yet it is hard to find the color you want or the right size. It is not complicated and a good pursuit during winter time. Make your own in all sizes and colors you want.

Go to Honey Shrimp

Honey Shrimp
There are thousands of shrimp patterns in the world, made from the same template. This pattern is a time consumer, but it makes it more interesting tying shrimp flies. The eyes, proportions and legs gives this pattern some kind of magic.

Go to Surf Candy

Surf Candy
Experimenting with epoxy might glue you to the tying bench for hours, days, weeks. You can make highly durable, translucent baitfish imitations using synthetics and epoxy. Some years ago Bob Popovic's book "Pop Fleyes" introduced Kasper Mühlbach to the Surf Candy.

Go to Bunny Split

Bunny Split
Two tails are better than one says Mark Dysinger, who is an avid pike angler. In this, his latest pattern, he has created a large and very lively fly for the mossy green predator of the lakes. And it can tempt a bass too...

Go to DIY Epoxy Rotor

DIY Epoxy Rotor
If you tie a lot of epoxy flies and have been glancing in the direction of the nice but expensive epoxy rotors in the local flyshop, you may want to consider building your own out of some scraps and a disco mirror ball motor.

Go to Epoxy Miracle

Epoxy Miracle
A wish for a generic bait imitation was what made Kasper Mühlbach develop a fly, which he originally dubbed the Epoxy Triumph; A small epoxied baitfish imitation along the lines of the American tradition.
This fly was since modified a bit, and is now the Epoxy Miracle.

Go to Tooth & Nail

Tooth & Nail
Mark Dysinger presents a pair of pike flies that can take a beating - the Prince of pike and the Poxy Bunny. Large, durable and easy to tie as pike flies should be. Mark has used them extensively for his own Northern pike fishing

Go to Bonefish Bitters

Bonefish Bitters
Martin started using the Bonefish Bitters while fishing on his own in Mexico. He writes: "I continued using my Bitters and caught many more fish on them the following days. After two weeks of fishing I felt like a champion and was very satisfied with myself."

Go to Contemporary Saltwater Flies

Contemporary Saltwater Flies
David Klausmeyer is the latest author of a book on tying flies for saltwater fly fishing. His book, Tying Contemporary Saltwater Flies, offers excellent fly tying instruction as well as an impressive reference of fly patterns.

Go to Bamboo part 6

Bamboo part 6
Now that we have our strips of bamboo tapered into sections for our fly rod, the next step is to glue these strips together into whole rod sections.

Go to Pop Fleyes

Pop Fleyes
"When reading this book, you get the impression that the authors are proud of their work and they know that they have written an above-standard-book". Reviewer Kasper Mühlbach honors Bob "Pops" Popovics' and Ed Jaworowski's book with the best grade: Global Class. Read the review here.

Go to The Rocket

The Rocket
During a recent gettogether with some Danish flyfishers I hauled out some of my cod flies. One of them was this one - The Rocket. They were quite excited about the fly - first of all because it's a light tube fly, second because it's very durable. They saw in it not only the cod fly that I had made, but also a pike fly, a fly for pike perch and a universal fly for all kinds of deep fishing for larger fish.

Go to Bob Kenly

Bob Kenly
Staff writer Bob Kenly - tube fly meister par excellence

Go to Chinook in the salt

Chinook in the salt
The chinook is considered by many to be the prime game fish of the North East Pacific, with only the steelhead challenging that title. By Martin Bowers

Go to Supreme finish

Supreme finish
"In many ways, it was a rod builder's dream finish." Bob Petti writes about Trondak U-40 Duragloss LS Supreme and hands out one of the rare Global Class scores of 6 in his review. He also looks at Trondak's U-40 Rod Bond, which 'only' scores a 5. Read Bob's review.

Go to The Sabot Fly

The Sabot Fly
On the surface the job was simple, come up with some pike flies for my friend's teenage son's trip to Canada, something small enough that a teenager can handle and still tempt a pike.

Sullys Rod Drying Motor
I don't expect much from a rod drying motor. It should turn smoothly and hold a rod section securely while it turns. Bumps and wobbles and starts and stops are most unwelcome. Sections that come loose and stop turning are definite no-nos. An on-off switch is nice

Go to The Gladiator

The Gladiator
The Gladiator started as a joke but one with a lot of thought behind it's origins. By Bob Kenly

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