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Nov 28. 2021

Two Spring Creeks on one Incredible Afternoon

Spring Creek & small stream fly fishing for brown trout is one of the highlights of trout stream anglers. Stalking rising and cruising brown trout takes on a whole new level of fly fishing in trout streams.

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Video Flashy Snelda Nov 27. 2021 In 2021, the Danish salmon fisherman Tobias Park has spent more than half of the salmon season's 180 days in waders along the Danish salmon stream Skjern Å.	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 Perfect Seven Nov 9. 2021 Rod choice Are you looking for a perfect single-hand gear set-up for salmon fishing? Here’s Nils Folmer Jorgensen’s preferred tools, how he ended there and his honest opinion on why. See his selection here	Review Flytying for Beginners Oct 24. 2021 Rookie A beginner's book that I'd actually recommend to beginners! Great pattern selection, excellent photography and nicely coupled to online videos.

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.

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A lousy old fly rod

Jun 29. 2021

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Some years back I had to fish with the oldest and worst fly rod I ever owned... and you know what? It wasn't bad at all.

Being on Instagram

Jan 7. 2021

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Social media can be a strange experience. It's really a mixed bag. And on Instagram 40% of all anglers seem to be women!

About getting skunked

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

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Josephine Baker

Bead it This fly was originally a colorful bream fly from the southern US called Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez. I transformed it to fit my needs and named my version Josephine Baker

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Nov 27. 2021 Video Dubbing Brush Wet Fly Materials List: Sprite Dry Bronze #14 https://bit.ly/SpriteDryBronze	Nov 25. 2021 Video Redfish Gotcha How I Tie The Redfish Gotcha	Nov 25. 2021 Video Charlie Boy Hopper I developed this pattern almost 20 years ago while guiding on Colorado’s Tarryall Creek.
Nov 25. 2021 Video A Quick look at Davie McPhail's Tying Room A quick look at my tying room and the way I store my materials with Davie McPhail	Nov 25. 2021 Video Kate McLaren Dabbler Materials Used;	Nov 25. 2021 Video Captain America Zero Gravity Dubbing Balanced Leech Fly Pattern Tutorial Materials: Hook: Ahrex FW550 size 6 Thread: Semperfli 6/0 waxed thread Bead: Firehole 3.0 Tungsten Gold

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Polished Here’s a simple pattern for a summer salmon fly, which can be varied almost endlessly. It uses nail polish for the body and is super fast to tie.

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Article GFF Survived! May 17. 2021 Pandemic Some of you may have noticed that it’s been awfully quiet here lately. Covid was here… Update	Article Freaner’s Flasher Streamer Mar 19. 2021 Simple A simple and flashy streamer that’s originally designed for smallmouth bass Read about it 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
Article Einars’ Vulgata Emerger Mar 11. 2021 Floating This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects See the pattern here	Article Red Tag Revisited Mar 5. 2021 Origins I always loved the Red Tag. I have tied and fished this fly a thousand times, but tend to basically do it the same way every time. Not so anymore! See more here	Article Red Tag Odyssey Mar 5. 2021 Patterns A bunch of pattern descriptions and materials lists for flies inspired by the Red Tag See them here

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Article Dron’s Little Mice Gugger Oct 17. 2021 Mouse Mouse patterns can be highly effective on some species of fish. A small mouse is a good meal for most predators, and this pattern is easy to tie, and a great rodent imitation See how to tie it here	Article Rattle.Bum Popper Sep 13. 2021 Rattle and Bum Dron Lee from Malaysia has created this excellent little popper using a combination of foam and braided tube - and a rattle for some extra noise See how to tie it here	Article DIY wooden landing net Jul 18. 2021 Woodwork Wooden landing nets might not seem like the easiest or least expensive DIY-project, but this article shows how to easily make one almost for free See how here
Review Syd Glasso Jul 13. 2021 Classics Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer	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 Josephine Baker Jul 1. 2021 Bead it This fly was originally a colorful bream fly from the southern US called Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez. I transformed it to fit my needs and named my version Josephine Baker See the pattern here

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