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See "Wasp Year" by clicking here

Wasp Year

The sting: It has been a hot and dry summer in Scandinavia. Wasps have been a plague in many areas. They have been in every apple, every drink and every house. Some of them may have crossed a stream or river, winding up on the surface before continueing the rush. Some of them never left again.
Read and get stung here.

Proceed to "The CDC & Elk family" here

The CDC & Elk family

Improving the best: Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.
Meet the family here

This link takes you to "Martin's Mundane Crane Fly"

Martin's Mundane
Crane Fly

Simple: The crane fly or daddy longlegs is a simple insect with some very distinct characteristics, in particular the very long legs, which are a key ingredient in any crane fly pattern. This pattern uses two materials and is dead simple to tie.
Follow the instructions here.

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This link takes you to "Domestic Fly"

Domestic Fly

Buzzz: The common housefly is indeed... eh.... common, and an obvious insect to imitate. Bulgarian Radoslav Kiskinov has made a simple but very efficient pattern imitating Musca domestica using foam, raffia and peacock herl, which will catch several species when fished dry.
See how to tie it here.

Domestic Fly

Type Terrestrial

Originator
Radoslav Kiskinov

Year of origin
2008

Difficulty
Medium

Target species
Brown trout
Chub

Materials

Hook Mustad 94840 #14
Thread Black
Abdomen Black foam and three peacock herls
Wings Roman Moser Plastic Raffia Sheeting Lt. Dun
Back and head Black foam
Thorax Three peacock herls
Legs Black monofilament
Eyes Pearl Flat Tinsel Medium Lureflash

Tying instructions
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