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Tying methods, tricks and tips - Become a better fly tyer

Light Curing Resins

Glue: If you're still messing around with two-component epoxy, it's about time to lift your head from the vice and discover the new Light Curing Resins, LCR's.
Read more about this New Age Epoxy here.

Danish tube fly inspiration

Class: Here are some general tips on composing a Scandinavian style salmon tube fly - and a bunch of flies to inspire. Learn some basic methods and you can experiment wildly and still get some beautiful flies.
See the lecture here

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Shrimp anatomy for the fly tyer

Lecture: Having seen, tied and fished shrimp flies for many years, Martin feels a need to do a little lecture on the real appearance of shrimp, especially targeted at fly tyers.
Take the shrimp class here

Go to "Seatrout flies for 2012"

Seatrout flies for 2012

Flybox filling: The seatrout season will soon be upon us here in northern Europe, and Martin thought he'd expand his horizon a bit and add some new seatrout patterns to his flybox before the 2012 season.
See what patterns Martin chose here

Proceed to "Upgrading the Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear" here

Upgrading the Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear

Buggy: It might seem futile to try to improve one of the world's most proven patterns, but there's room for improvement. Trevor Morgan gives some classics an overhaul.
Se them here

See "Favorite Flies for Baltic Seatrout" by clicking here

Favorite Flies for Baltic Seatrout

Self-published: In this new book Martin has tried to cover his favorite fly patterns, and has included 29 of the flies that he and his best fishing friends use 90% of the time when they fish for Danish coastal seatrout.
See pictures of the book here

See "How to submit a pattern to GFF" by clicking here

How to submit a pattern to GFF

Contribute: Occasionally visitors ask whether they can contribute a fly pattern to this site, and the answer is a clear and loud YES!
Read how to do it here

Directly to "Martin's Mundane Fly Project"

Martin's Mundane
Fly Project

Vow: This is the Mundane Fly Manifesto: Few and cheap materials, easy to find in the shops. Simple tying methods. Mundane flies. The whole idea is to make it simple and efficient to tie flies that work. Read Martin's Mundane Manifesto here.

Find "Oatman's Silver Darter" here

Oatman's Silver Darter

Step by Step: Someone asked me how to create the "slightly tapered" body on an Oatman Silver Darter and it was pretty difficult to describe in words, so I tied up a sample and took some photos along the way. Here for your enjoyment is a Lew Oatman favorite, the Silver Darter
Click here to read more

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The Killer Mantis

Epoxy: Who else than epoxy wizard (and madman) Bob Kenly would take on tying... eh, building... eh, constructing a Mantis Shrimp as a fly? Follow the project this article where you can read Bob's story about the fly and see pictures of the process and the finished fly.
Join in here

Go to Everyday Fly Tying Tips

Everyday Fly Tying Tips
I am as likely to sit down and tie six different flies as I am to tie six of the same pattern. Speed is not a concern, but I don't want to waste my time either. There are things I can do to make my life easier which may be different from a professional production tyer.

Go to Major Traherne's flies

Major Traherne's flies
Back in 2000 the Danish Fly tier, Kim Rasmussen compiled all Major John Popkin Traherne's beautiful salmon fly dressings into one poster, and now, more than 10 years later The Global FlyFisher can show all these beautiful flies.

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Tying with CDC
Dutch Hans Weilenmann tells the history of the use of CDC feathers in fly tying, covers the different types of feathers and their use and lists both CDC tying tips and a bunch of CDC patterns.

Go to The CDC & Elk family

The CDC & Elk family
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.

Go to DIY brushes and combs

DIY brushes and combs
These are some of the least expensive and most useful fly tying tools you can make yourself. A Velcro stick, a brush and a comb made from strips of Velcro, pieces of wood, hair combs and even ice lolly sticks!

Go to The Bloody Zonker

The Bloody Zonker
This fly is a bright and tasty looking bite of feathers and fur that can sometimes be the key to luring a big trout. It's a variation of a variation of the Bloody Butcher.

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Patterns
·GYMF
·Shrimp anatomy for the fly tyer
·Djihad
·PK Mysis Variant
·Mini Pig
·Rolled Muddler
·Frida
·Pinky Pain
·Brenda
·Seatrout flies for 2012
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Fish Better
·Lake Vintter
·Fish safely
·How to fish with more than one fly
·The only knot
·Capt. Mel's Tube Knot
·The Fish & The Fly Q&A
·Stepping into the Stream Q&A
·The bag trick
·A Backyard in Nowhere Q&A
·When lightning strikes
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Gallery
·Fishy photographer: Henry Hegeman
·Nick Laferriere
·Fishy photographer: Nick Price
·Jason Tison
·Fishy photographer: Corey Kruit...
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·Fishy art: Juan Serra
·Fishy photographer: Angus Drummond
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