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Eyes
Dumbbell, bead chain, mono, stick-on

Martin's Mundane
Crazy Dane

Simple: A slight variation of an really old fly of mine, which again was a derivative of Bob Nauheim's famed Crazy Charlie. It's simple and really mundane, and simpler than the already very simple original!
See how 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

Proceed to "Colored Mono Eyes" here

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

Go to "G-String Eyes"

G-String Eyes

Music to Your Eyes: If you play guitar and tie flies...you are wasting some valuable tying material every time you change your strings. Old guitar strings have something to make flies land softly on the water and jig just enough to tease fish into striking. Learn from GFF partner Steve Schweitzer what to keep from old strings and how to tie
G-String flies.

Click to see "Tabou Daddy"

Tabou Daddy

Crayfish: Steve Schweitzer is at it again. He just can't stay away from those chick-a-bou feathers. Maybe it's because chick-a-bou is so versatile and incredibly buggy looking. After tying up four variations of a crawdad pattern, he finally found what worked best. See what he caught on his latest addition to the Tabou Series of flies and
learn how to tie the Tabou Daddy.

This link takes you 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.

See "The Pink Pig - Pattegrisen" by clicking here

The Pink Pig - Pattegrisen

A tentacled all-rounder : You have probably heard about and maybe even watched The Pink Panther. If so, you also know the soundtrack. Put that on and take a look to see what a Pink Pig is, and if it has anything in common with the panther or if there is more Miss Piggy in this fly tied for tarpon, bonefish and trout.
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"Eyes of Epoxy" is found here

Eyes of Epoxy

Make your shrimps look well: 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.
Learn here how to do it

"Honey Shrimp" is found here

Honey Shrimp

Shrimp for a cocktail: 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.
See how to make the leggy one here

Skip to "My Eyes!!"

My Eyes!!

Painting Eyes: Painting eyes on streamers is nothing new, but as with any other tying procedure, there are some tricks that can help, and some pitfalls that should be avoided. This article shows you how to do it on-the-cheap with readily available materials.
Click here to read more

Go to "Brush eyes"

Brush eyes

Salt: Shrimp patterns are always fun to tie. These salt water imitatoins are easy to do and fish well. Martin Joergensen has once again pursued the art of imitating these salt water arthopods - this time utilizing his family's hair brushes! Read the story and find the patterns here.

Read more on "The Match Shrimp"

The Match Shrimp

Matching the hatch is rarely the item when fishing for sea trout in the ocean. The fish are rarely selective and you're sometimes surprised by which flies they are willing to take. But on a few occasions it can be important to imitate the small animals eaten by the trout.

Jump to "Bead chain eyes"

Bead chain eyes

Looking: You will see that many of the Danish saltwater flies -- The Magnus, Bjarke and Grey Frede are prime examples -- have bead chain eyes. These eyes serve two purposes: weight and imitation. The eyes till add quite a bit of weight in the front end of the fly and the balls obviously look like eyes. Their shiny surface even adds an attractive feature that will glimpse and get the attention of the fish.

Click to see "Beads and eyes"

Beads and eyes

Looking: Beads or eyes are added for one or both of two reasons: weight and appearance. The eyes and beads discussed here are made from metal: brass, steel, lead - even tungsten. This will make them heavy and thus add weight to the fly. The weight will bring the fly down and often give it a certain behaviour - a diving or jigging motion. But it will also add to the looks of the fly, the most obvious case being eyes added to fish or fry patterns like streamers.

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How to make Shrimp Eyes

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Pro Easy Shrimp

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Shrimp fly tied with lots of pre-fabricated materials: Easy Shrimp Eyes, Easy Shrimp Legs and Pro 3D Shrimp Shell.

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Deadly pattern for Pike, Musky & and Pickerel.

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This is a simple and easy streamer. Tied on a size 4 streamer hook. Hope you guys like it, because I super glued my hands together filming this.

RK's Variant Sculpin

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The Variant Sculpin is a pattern I designed with inspiration from many different patterns such as the "Sculpzilla" and the "Slumpbuster". This particular fly is tied on an AFF S403 (Down-eye, 3x-long, round-bend, streamer hook) by Allen Fly Fishing. AFF has a great selection of hooks, beads and much more. Check them out at www.allenflyfishing.com

Cheech's Low Fat Minnow - Bluegill edition

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Fun little minnow imitation. This is the bluegill version. Can be tied in a variety of colors

Go to Eyes from pearls

Eyes from pearls
There are other ways than bead chain eyes to make eyes for a fly. Here are two ways: Copper thread and pearls and melted monofile.

Go to Monofilament eyes

Monofilament eyes
These eyes are actually quite easy to make, but can tease a bit if you want to do them both on the same piece of monofile -- which is the neatest way to do things.

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