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Article #32 Once and Away (emerger) Jan 12. 2024 #32 #32 Once and Away (emerger) tied by Dutch Hans van Klinken Read the notes here	Article #32 Wonderbody Parachute Nov 19. 2023 #32 Notes for a #32 Wonderbody Parachute tied by Dutch fly tier Henk Verhaar Read the notes here	Article Doing a Step-By-Step Sep 22. 2023 Photography This article teaches you how to do a proper series of step-by-step photos of a fly pattern being tied - also known as an SBS. Good advice is found here
Article When AI invents flies Jun 24. 2023 Machines We challenged artificial intelligence to create a fly pattern. It went fairly well ... and then again … not quite well. Read about it here	Article How to invent a fly pattern Apr 2. 2023 Ideas Coming up with new fly patterns is essentially like coming up with new dishes: it’s basically impossible. Everything is a variation of a variation of something that has been made before - even The Yarn Thief See what I invented	Article The world's smallest shrimp fly Jan 24. 2023 Microscopic This fly is unbelievably small! It was tied by me for Dutch Hans Weilenmann’s project SFP or Smallest Fly Page. The pattern was tied once in 1998 – and probably won't be again! Read the story here
Article Sling Wings Nov 20. 2022 Taped wings A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style. Se how here	Article Tom’s new Hummingbirds Mar 2. 2022 DIY Dutch Tom Biesot has shown his skills in making tying tools before, and now takes his Hummingbird bobbin holder to new levels. See his magic here	Article Linked flies revisited Dec 14. 2021 DIY Some 25 years ago, I experimented with what I back then referred to as "linked flies". Today they’d be called articulated, and I have taken the tying method up again. Join the revisit here
Article YR3D dubbing brush tool Nov 22. 2021 3D printed Siberian Ramil Yamaliev makes a lot of things on his 3D printer - from fly reels to lamps. And then this brilliant dubbing brush twister.	Article The Grizzly Wonder Jul 7. 2021 Feathers Grizzly hackle is something which most tyers use all the time and which we all take for granted, but in my eyes grizzly isn't nearly as appreciated as it deserves to be Much more here	Article Buying Saddle Hackle Mar 16. 2021 Shopping What to look for when buying coarser saddle hackle - for saltwater and pike flies, for streamers, for salmon flies or other uses Learn what to look for here