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The Scrap Beetle Foam, hackle and rubber legs Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:10-picture:1 In node 159693 Yes Edit
From the bin It doesn look much, but it's enough for a fly Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:10-picture:2 In node 159695 Yes Edit
The resulting Wastebasket Stickleback This bugger style fly tied from scraps could easily act as a stickleback imitation Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:11-picture:1 In node 159702 Yes Edit
From the bin Foam and hackle - I feel a beetle coming Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:3-picture:1 In node 159694 Yes Edit
A floss bit It's not much, but it's more than enough for a tag or veiling on a salmon fly, rib on a March Brown or yellow streaks in a wing. Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:4-picture:1 In node 160337 Yes Edit
Hackle tips When having hackled a fly using the base of a feather, you may have the tip left. Save them. To some these are pure gold! The leftover tips could become wings on a dry fly or the tail on a coastal fly like a Magnus. Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:4-picture:2 In node 160338 Yes Edit
Marabou tip Having used the fluffy part of the marabou feather, I'm left with the tip. This is actually the exact part used for tails or wings on many patterns, and absolutely worth saving. Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:4-picture:3 In node 160339 Yes Edit
Lots of flash Demo tyers often have access to a lot of material, and might not need to be as frugal as the rest of us. PS: To be fair: I don't know if Erik Tveskov buys his own flash. Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:5-picture:1 In node 159936 Yes Edit
Access to materials Staff tyers and people from fly tying suppliers mostly have easy access to materials, and might not be the right ones to teach frugality. Again I have to be fair: this image of Bjarne Laursen is just used for illustration. Bjarne might have to buy all his materials himself. Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:5-picture:2 In node 159937 Yes Edit
Plenty premium hackle Having access to as much premium hackle as Steve Schweitzer has it here isn't for everyone, so saving makes good sense Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:5-picture:3 In node 159938 Yes Edit
Tinsel under control By cutting up paper binding clips like the one seen in the background, you get some convenient and cheap spool locks Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:6-picture:1 In node 160583 Yes Edit
Tinsel still on the spool When tying in tinsel, you can leave it on the spool and cut it when the right amount has been tied in Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:7-picture:1 In node 160584 Yes Edit
Too much material This is a still from a video with the late Oliver Edwards, where he adds weight in such a way he has to snip off bits in both ends. Such a waste! Learn Fly Fishing magazine block-instance:8-picture:1 In node 160560 Yes Edit
The Scrap Beetle This little beetle was tied exclusively with materials that I picked out of my fly tying trash basket. I just needed a hook and some thread. Martin Joergensen magazine block-instance:9-picture:1 In node 159697 Yes Edit
Waste Nymph Davie McPhail ties a small nymph from waste Davie McPhail not used In node 160559 Yes Edit
Tail ready - Martin Joergensen not used In node 160582 Yes Edit
Folding flash - Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:1-picture:1 In node 160576 Yes Edit
Catching thread - Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:1-picture:2 In node 160577 Yes Edit
Tying down - Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:1-picture:3 In node 160578 Yes Edit
Folding back - Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:1-picture:4 In node 160579 Yes Edit
In place - Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:1-picture:5 In node 160580 Yes Edit
Cut loops - Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:1-picture:6 In node 160581 Yes Edit
A hackle in the waste basket My waste basket next to my vise contains quite a bit of stuff - much of it useful Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:2-picture:1 In node 159698 Yes Edit
Trashed red marabou This marabou bit is full of useful material Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:2-picture:2 In node 159699 Yes Edit
A yarn bit Enough bits of yarn like this will make a dozen fly bodies and save you cutting into new material Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:2-picture:3 In node 159700 Yes Edit
Feather bits The base of a green rooster hackle has more than enough material for a bugger tail Martin Joergensen picture frame-instance:2-picture:4 In node 159701 Yes Edit

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