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About getting skunked

Dec 17. 2019
Blog entry
A part of fishing is not catching anything. If you’re only in it for the catching, there’s something you have misunderstood.

Does anyone proofread this crap?

Oct 4. 2019
Blog entry
Yes, a non-native English speaker proofreads material from a host of mostly non-English amateur writers, and sometimes errors do slip through

I'm on the air!

Sep 26. 2019
Blog entry
Dave Stewart from the podcast "Wet Fly Swing" contacted me for participation in one of his podcasts, and it’s now online to enjoy.
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Article

Trophy rainbows in Slovakia

Sep 4. 2020
Europe Read about Slovakian Andrej Polcic's fascination with the strong rainbow trout in his home rivers
Read much more here
Article

Betters' Flies

Sep 1. 2020
Dries Fran Betters was a creative tyer and originated several patterns that have become quite famous. Mike Hogue covers four of them in this article.
See the original flies here
Article

Einars’ Floating Foam Caddis Pupa

May 5. 2020
Burnt A great and high floating caddis fly made with foam as a base material and a very simple and cool technique.
See the pattern here
Article

Euro BWOs Revisited

Apr 14. 2020
Imitations In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions.
Much more here.
Article

The GFF Interview

Mar 13. 2020
In the press GFF gets too little press coverage, so I interviewed myself, and asked myself a number of intelligent questions and offered some equally brilliant answers.
Article

Durable flies: Wrapping thread

Mar 3. 2020
Tied to hold The basic technique of wrapping thread over - and under - materials is a key to getting flies that will hold well
Read the third chapter here.
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Videos

Nov 21. 2020
Video

Foam Beetle

Easy to tie, effective on the water...
Nov 21. 2020
Video

Strawman

A very beautiful little pattern that is my take on the strawman cased caddis larva pattern.
Nov 21. 2020
Video

Parachute Ant

Being the most prolific terrestrial on just about every river and still water, this extremely simple but effective parachute ant will not only float high and dry, but tick all the boxes for ant fee
Nov 21. 2020
Video

Red Hot Chilli Pupa

An extremely quick and effective winter pattern for searching pocket water. Try it in smaller sizes with a green or yellow body.
Nov 21. 2020
Video

Bottom Crawler Jig

A little jig with a couple of nice techniques for breathing gills and a shell back. Visit my site https://thefeatherbender.com
Nov 21. 2020
Video

Craftfur Baitfish

Once again we have had the skilled tyer and flyfisher Martin Votborg behind the vice making magic. THis time he ties one of his favorite sandeel-patterns: The Craftfur Baitfish.
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Article

Kavik

Feb 23. 2020
Furry The Kavik is a simple zonker-based streamer, well suited for a lot of different fish, and easy to adapt in color and material choice
See how to tie it here.
Article

Moulin’s Deer Hair Parachute

Feb 21. 2020
Technique Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one.
See more here
Article

George Grant Nymph

Feb 18. 2020
Classic US fisherman and fly tyer George Grant came up with a type of nymph where both body and hackle uses special techniques.
See how to here.
Article

The Monster Brown Trout of Thingvallavatn

Jan 31. 2020
Big trout The Icelandic lake Thingvallavatn has become synonymous with monster ice age brown trout. People from all over the world come to chase their dream fish. Many have their dream come true from the first cast, others go home empty handed.
Get the lowdown here
Review

The Atlantic Salmon Fly

Jan 9. 2020
Art Why review a 30-year old book? Well, because it's a great book that deserves some attention.
Review

Hardy’s Salmon Flies

Dec 11. 2019
Catalog Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.
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