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Apr 8. 2021 Super Simple Cicada In short Detailed instructions for tying a Super Simple Cicada.	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
Mar 3. 2021 Glove Grub In short Tying a grayling grub from a rubber glove in 3 minutes. A quick easy tie using the rolled edge of an old pink washing up glove and a bit of dubbing.	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	Nov 28. 2020 Streamers 365 joins the Global FlyFisher! Merger The renowned streamer aficionado site streamers365.com is shutting down, but GFF has "inherited" all its fantastic content. Read about it here	Nov 20. 2020 Swimming Caddis Pupa Norwegian This ragged looking caddis pupa from the hands of Norwegian Viggo Larsson will work well on both fast and calm water See how to tie it here
Nov 13. 2020 Simple Flies Three materials Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.	Nov 12. 2020 Motley Flies Assorted I recently went through my large archive of images. Suddenly I had a whole bunch of fly images. I gathered them into a small gallery. See it here	Nov 1. 2020 Nick Mayer Fishy art Nick Mayer's watercolors are large, colorful and stunningly beautiful. Read about his journey from his childhood sketchbook to becoming a full time artist. The story is told here

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