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Flies from the Flyleaves of my Diaries

And at last the book is there: Torp in English. At last a book with the potential to reach beyond the borders of his small home country.

May 25th 1997

Sea trout and garfish Spring is reluctant to take over completely, and the weather is still somewhat cold and windy. But the season has taken speed, and there are frequent reports of sea trout. The garfish have certainly arrived - to an extent where most fishers actually are tired of them. They can still be great fun though. Fish them on a light rod and small flies. Float tube fishing

The Shank

The Shank is a fly that will be both small and large at once. It's actually just a tuft of hair on a hook shank, but the hair chosen is fairly stiff squirrel, and will give the fly some volume. St...

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Magnus Muddler

This muddler is tied on a small stainless Mustad hook using orange deer hair, orange dyed grizzly hackle and natural rabbit dubbing with a bit of orange flash mixed in. A small beauty indeed and sooo easy to see at night.