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Jun 14. 2019

Sea trout and foam flies

In the surface Fishing Baltic sea trout in the surface with waking foam flies can be a lot of fun. Here’s how to do it – and a pattern that works.

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Don't tie flies

This is in reality a declaration of love to the art and craft of tying fishing flies with lots of tips for the beginning fly-tyer.

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Danish Fly Festival Impressions

Mar 7. 2019

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Another Danish Fly Festival is over, and as always it was a great experience. Lots of people to meet, lots of things to see.

Why I like tying at shows

Feb 25. 2019

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In a few days I'm leaving for the Danish Fly Festival, and there I will be tying in the tyers row, an activity that I love

Unlimited access... not

Feb 19. 2019

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In principle there's free and unlimited access to all coasts in Denmark. That's what the law says. But in many places reality is different.

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Using bead chains

Eyes Plain and simple bead chain is one of the cheapest fly tying materials around, but very useful and a great addition to many flies.

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Videos

Jun 12. 2019 Video Sulphur Comparadun Detailed instructions for tying a Sulphur Comparadun.	Jun 12. 2019 Video Hidden BULKhead Hollow Fleye The Hidden Bulkhead Hollow Fleye is a lightweight, big profiled fly that is perfect for chasing Pike and Musky, as well as any large predatory gamefish.	Jun 9. 2019 Video Lefty’s Deceiver Unfortunately Lefty Kreh passed away last year, but his memory lives on with this (and many other) amazing fly patterns.
Jun 6. 2019 Video Copper Hare's Ear Nymph Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 14 Tying Wire, UTC X small Copper Wire Tail and Thorax, Pheasant Tail Fibres Rib, Copper Wire	Jun 6. 2019 Video Pearl Cathy's Coat As far as flies for salmon go, this one isn't too tricky to tackle. The fly is designed by Barry Thornton and tied specifically for fishing Vancouver Island's Black Creek area.	Jun 6. 2019 Video Looking for marble trout

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Microspey rods

An article about how spey style casting can be performed with rods rated for single hand, and how to build and line up your own microspey or micro Skagit rod.

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Jan 19. 2019

The Mörrum Fly

Pattern The Mörrum fly has been named after the south Swedish river Mörrum, but is also sometimes referred to as The Grünewalder after its originator, Danish Jan Grünwald

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Article Tying better flies Jan 16. 2019 Swiss/Norwegian Fabien Moulin aims to tie some really good looking flies, and ponders a bit about how to improve as a fly tyer. Read Fabien's thoughts here.	Article Bar Guac Hopper Jan 9. 2019 Terrestrial This pattern, which takes its name from the popular appetizer Guacamole, was inspired by the 'Bar Guac' special at a local fly fishing hangout. See how to tie it here	Review Top Saltwater Flies Jan 5. 2019 Colossal An impressing three volume collection of patterns for the most sought after fish in warm saltwater
Article Grasshopper Valley Dec 31. 2018 Hoppers Fly fishing with terrestrials in Slovakia at its best. Read the report here	Article CDC Loop Wing Foam Emerger Dec 28. 2018 Floating A simple and very hard-to-sink emerger from Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski See how to tie it here	Article The Prince Dec 20. 2018 Iceland There are quite a few rivers around Iceland claiming the queen crown. But there is only one Prince. Meet the river Hofsá Read more here

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Article Green Caddis Larvae May 24. 2019 Biology Some say that caddisflies are even more important than mayflies. For us flyfishers that is probably correct. A good caddis pattern can save your day. Learn more here	Article Pacific Northwest Streamer Conversions Mar 8. 2019 Upgraded A small series of flies from Roy Patrick's pattern book converted into streamers See how to tie them here
Article Hair pin intruder shanks Mar 4. 2019 DIY I have been making my own intruder shanks from straight hair pins for a while, and they are easy to make, inexpensive and work really well. See how here	Article The Brown Owl Feb 23. 2019 Pattern This very buggy looking streamer-slash-stonefly-slash-nymph caught my eye. Such a fly should be able to catch almost any kind of trout See the fly here

Article Rotating your bobbin holder Feb 19. 2019 Spin If you want to use the advantages of controlling twist in your tying thread, you need a bobbin holder that allows rotation. Not all do. Learn more here	Article 25 years online! Feb 17. 2019 Celebrating You won’t find many web sites, which have been running for 25 years, and I seriously doubt that any current fly fishing sites have a quarter century long history Read the story here	Review Steelhead Fly Tying Feb 11. 2019 Extravagant Beautiful photos, lots of detailed text and schoolbook step-by-step instructions on how to tie 24 fantastic looking steelhead flies
Article El Grande Jan 30. 2019 Billfish How James Widmaier caught a record breaking sailfish during his 50th wedding anniversary stay with his wife in Costa Rica Read the story here.	Article Intruder conversions Jan 26. 2019 Transforming I got the crazy idea to convert some Danish sea trout and salmon flies to intruders. It worked out surprisingly well. See some examples in the article	Article The Flying Flash Carpet Jan 23. 2019 Monstrous Look! It’s a bird... It’s a plane... It’s the Flying Flash Carpet! A pike fly out of this world. See how to construct it here

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