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2000

Date	Title	Body	Image
Sep 28. 2000	Dry Fly Fishing	Dave Hughes has authored a number of excellent and practical books covering a variety of fly fishing topics. This volume is no exception.
Sep 20. 2000	Pete's EZ Hopper	"...once they broke the surface film, the butts would tilt down and the head and shoulders would be the only part of the grasshopper above water. They neither rode high in the water, nor lay in a horizontal plane. My thought was to design a hopper that would duplicate that presentation."
Sep 8. 2000	Steelhead Fly Tying Guide	Kent Helvie has provided the Steelhead fly tyer with a very good basic fly pattern book. There are both modern and "classic" steelhead fly patterns of every type.
Sep 1. 2000	Sullys Rod Drying Motor	I don't expect much from a rod drying motor. It should turn smoothly and hold a rod section securely while it turns. Bumps and wobbles and starts and stops are most unwelcome. Sections that come loose and stop turning are definite no-nos. An on-off switch is nice
Aug 1. 2000	The IQ Zeb Macahan	This fly was ordered by Swedish Fly fishing shop as a logo type. I got the material and colors witch would be included and free hands to create. IQ Zeb Macahan was the final product of this.
Aug 1. 2000	Book column August 2000	I'd like to discuss the topic of old and antique fishing tackle from two perspectives. First as actual fishing tackle and second as collectibles. The resurgence in interest for old stuff seems to be okay to me because I'm also old and worn.
Jul 8. 2000	Deceivers	A recent article in Fly Tyer magazine sparked quite a debate on the streamer list about the use of this popular and effective saltwater fly in fresh water. The debate found the authors "defending" the fresh water deceiver and prompted us to write a small
Jul 4. 2000	Glimpses of Maine's Angling Past	I recently spent an evening reading a new book entitled "Glimpses of Maine's Angling Past", authored by Donald Wilson.
Jun 1. 2000	Book column June 2000	Fly's Bug-ology Course. Required Reading: "Serious River Rat Level"
May 31. 2000	Martinek's CS streamers	The three original Carrie Stevens Patterns on this page are shared with us from Mike Martinek's private collection with his comments.
May 26. 2000	The Flatwing style	The flatwing streamer style has been a consistant producer for me over the years, particularly in the smaller casting sizes for brook trout.
May 17. 2000	Garfish on a flyrod	Belone belone - Danish inshore species
May 15. 2000	White Marabou	What's so exciting about a simple white marabou streamer? It doesn't have any exotic ingredients. No epoxy. No goggle eyes. No genetic hackle. You could tie a million of them for the cost of a gallon of milk. There are no fancy techniques in the tying, so everyone who can wrap thread can tie their own.
May 10. 2000	Palmer hackling	A way to palmer or body hackle
May 1. 2000	Book column May 2000	Flyfishing "how-to" Books
May 1. 2000	21st century	A small gallery to celebrate the joy of fly fishing. Fly fishing photos from the 21st century
Apr 17. 2000	Bass bugs	I'm not sure how floating bass flies got the name "bug", but it certainly has stuck. Whether constructed of wood, plastic, foam, or hair, they all seem to be lumped into the generic category of "bass bug".
Apr 10. 2000	Flatwings	One style of streamer that is very effective here in Maine in the smaller casting sizes, is the flatwing streamer. The feature that defines this style, the flat wing, normally consists of a flank feather from some species of duck tied flat on top of the hook, instead of in the classic "upright" manner that the classic New England Streamer patterns specify.
Apr 1. 2000	Book column April 2000	There are a lot of important books that have been published and some recent additions also.
Mar 1. 2000	Streamer Video	Of the numerous videotapes available to aid and instruct the tyer in the various fly types, relatively few fall under the category of the streamer fly. For the streamer-fanatic, to have another tape available on the subject is a treat. Read Chris Del Plato's review of this new video by Mike Martinek.
Mar 1. 2000	Book column March 2000	The Guys that Came in Second
Mar 1. 2000	Applying dubbing	Dubbing must be said to be one of the most universal fly tying methods. Dubbing is mostly used for bodies, but will often form other parts of the fly as well. Using different materials and tighter or looser dubbing along with different techniques, can result in an amazing variety of body shapes and textures.
Mar 1. 2000	Brook trout	The brook trout is native to North America. It is found from the Canadian Maritime Provinces, including offshore islands, Newfoundland, Labrador, and Quebec.
Feb 29. 2000	Laksefluer (Salmon Flies)	Danish-American Poul Jorgensen belongs among the greatest inspirators when it comes to classical salmon flies. His book 'Salmon Flies - Their Character, Style, and Dressing' is metioned by many well known international salmon fly tyers as the book that started them as salmon fly tyers.
Feb 15. 2000	The Fly Fishing Show 2000	Below we present you a brief pictorial essay of The Fly Tying Show, Saturday January 29, 2000.
Feb 10. 2000	Bobs Garage	There is a story behind "The Garage". Not too long ago my wife and I were renting a two story house that had a tiny little room upstairs with no closet. Since we already had a spare bedroom for family visitors, this room was quickly claimed as the "Sports Room".
Feb 1. 2000	Book column February 2000	A Selective Historic Overview of Fly Fishing
Feb 1. 2000	Tube Muddler	A great looking tube fly
Jan 28. 2000	Simo Lumme	He send me copies of some of his own creations and moreover delicate watercolour drawings of his in Scandinavia very famous Sedge Pupa - imitation. As his flies are very little known in Europe, I shall try to give a description.
Jan 27. 2000	Atlantic Salmon Handbook	Although this book is riddled with errors it does convey the basic information that a beginning Atlantic salmon fisher would need.
Jan 20. 2000	Monofilament eyes	These eyes are actually quite easy to make, but can tease a bit if you want to do them both on the same piece of monofile -- which is the neatest way to do things.
Jan 15. 2000	Common casting errors	In the following little animations I will show you the most common casting errors. I observe these errors very often, but with a little practice it is very simple to correct the causes for these errors. If you know the reason for such an error it is easy to kill the cause through excercises, believe me.
Jan 11. 2000	Susquehanna Smallmouth patterns	If you mention smallmouth bass fishing in Pennsylvania, the Susquehanna River immediately comes to mind. This article features 14 efficient flies for Susquehanna smallmouth from the hands first time contributor Robb Nicewonger.
Jan 11. 2000	Better tinsel bodies	How to tie a nice, even, ribbed tinsel body. Here's one way. The description assumes that you want a silver body. If you want gold, just replace 'silver' with 'gold' below.
Jan 10. 2000	Herb Welch flies	If I was sitting with ten fellow trout fisherman and mentioned the name "Herbie Welch", I would probably get ten quizzical looks.
Jan 10. 2000	Nutria muddler	A large surface muddler for all fish that eat in the darkness.
Jan 10. 2000	Opossum	A simple fly for sea trout.
Jan 9. 2000	Bead chain eyes	You will see that many of the Danish saltwater flies - The Magnus, Bjarke and Grey Frede are prime examples - have bead chain eyes. These eyes serve two purposes: weight and imitation. The eyes will add quite a bit of weight in the front end of the fly and the beads obviously look like eyes. Their shiny surface even adds an attractive feature that will glimpse and get the attention of the fish.
Jan 8. 2000	George F. Grant’s Flies	George F. Grant's flies utilize some very special techniques.
Jan 1. 2000	Book column January 2000	This is where it all starts You are what you eat! You are what you read! Garbage in garbage out!
Jan 1. 2000	Spey Hackles	I've been fascinated with spey flies for a long time. The first I had ever seen was a Purple Spey tied by Tim Purvis, which arrived in a swap of steelhead flies a bunch of us FF@'ers exchanged several years ago. The next was an Olive Spey tied by Juro Mukai in a swap of atlantic salmon flies.
Jan 1. 2000	Woodduck Flank	I have to admit a particular fondness for woodduck flank. Ever since I was given my first baggie of feathers from a duck hunting friend, I was smitten. The color - the texture - the barring of the feathers.
Jan 1. 2000	Thunder Creek flies	Kieth Fulsher was particularly concerned with the size of the head and the eyes. He didn't feel that thread heads with painted eyes or jungle cock eyes appropriately represented the large head of a minnow.
Jan 1. 2000	Virginia Blue-Ribbon Streams - A Fly-Fishing Guide	Overall, I don't like where-to-fish guidebooks. Most of them are poorly researched, poorly written, and generally useless. This volume, however, proves the exception to the rule.

1999

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 30. 1999	Derek from SA	South African friend Derek goes to the Danish coast to try some sea trout fishing. Since he always comes during Christmas, it is bound to be cold.
Dec 11. 1999	The Red Fly	A large colorful fly for cod fishing.
Dec 10. 1999	Dave Lewis, USA	Late Dave Lewis was a master rod builder. We still host a few of his online articles.
Dec 10. 1999	Smooth as silk	Rod builder Dave Lewis of Performance Flyrods teaches you how to finish a cork grip. Dave covers the whole process from selecting cork over glueing to the final shaping.
Dec 5. 1999	Chillimps	Small orange fly for for garfish
Dec 1. 1999	Tying Foam Flies	What stirred my interest in this book was Charles Garwood's article on foam flies for panfish. In this he mentions Skip Morris as his inspiration. During a recent visit in Seattle I stumbled over the book, and as it's absolutely reasonable priced and looked very interesting, I immediately bought it.