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Sep 13. 2021 Rattle.Bum Popper 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	Jul 18. 2021 DIY wooden landing net 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	Jul 13. 2021 Syd Glasso Classics Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer
Jul 7. 2021 The Grizzly Wonder 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	Jul 1. 2021 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 See the pattern here	Jun 17. 2021 NailFly 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. Learn to tie it here
May 17. 2021 GFF Survived! Pandemic Some of you may have noticed that it’s been awfully quiet here lately. Covid was here… Update	Mar 19. 2021 Freaner’s Flasher Streamer Simple A simple and flashy streamer that’s originally designed for smallmouth bass Read about it here	Mar 16. 2021 Buying Saddle Hackle 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
Mar 11. 2021 Einars’ Vulgata Emerger Floating This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects See the pattern here	Mar 5. 2021 Red Tag Revisited 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	Mar 5. 2021 Red Tag Odyssey Patterns A bunch of pattern descriptions and materials lists for flies inspired by the Red Tag See them here
Feb 23. 2021 Nymphing Without An Indicator Technique Keeping it simple. Understanding the advantages of nymphing without an indicator and how to do it best. Read more here	Feb 3. 2021 Books that formed me Litterature ...as a fly tyer and flyfisher, that is. Other books influenced me as a person, but that’s a whole other story. See the some of them here	Jan 10. 2021 The Feather Mechanic Fly design This is a book I have been looking forward to for a while. And it doesn’t disappoint.
Dec 19. 2020 A heartfelt thank you! Money It’s been one and a half years since I started accepting donations to keep the site running, and the support has been overwhelming! Thanks	Dec 14. 2020 Chalk and Cheese French An English flyfisher acquires a house in France - which just happens to have a chalk stream running its property	Dec 8. 2020 Fish Scaled Up Large Danish fly angler and professional photographer Søren Skarby got an idea: to photograph fish like they'd never been photographed before More here

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