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1997

Date	Title	Body	Image
Sep 1. 1997	The Real Deer Hair	A sedge pattern in the Goddard tradition - with a twist. This fly is a combination of the G+H Sedge and a hackling method adapted from Dutch Piet Weeda - making it a one-material-fly.
Aug 12. 1997	Hanafi Saleh, The Netherlands	Hanafi Saleh is another of those Dutchmen that seem so abundant on the fly tying and fly fishing scene. And I say that with envy.
Jul 21. 1997	Picric acid	Dyeing with picric acid yields colors between a gorgeous olive and an electric yellow.
Jul 15. 1997	Doing the Limbata	I apologize to you in advance for the disappointment you will feel upon learning that this article is not about a hot new dance step from south of the border and will not contribute to your romantic relationships or skills on the dance floor.
Jul 15. 1997	The Flex Hex	The fly that did the Limbata as told by Jim Hauer
Jul 5. 1997	Coney Snowbugger	This streamer fly is actually a variation of the well-known Woolly Bugger. It imitates a small baitfish.
Jul 1. 1997	Twist of Lemon	This fly uses a special technique where a strand of floss and a strand of tinsel is twisted together before the combo is wound on the hook shank.
Jun 15. 1997	Tying the Matuka style	Who would have guessed that a fly tied to fish the lakes of New Zealand would have such an impact all around the world?
Jun 15. 1997	Fatal Attraction	Part wet fly and part streamer, it has all the obnoxious flash of a Mepps spinner in the water, and it's just as effective.
Jun 15. 1997	Charlie's Bead Head Scud	A simple and good looking scud pattern from Charles Garwood.
Jun 15. 1997	Fly Festival Pictures 1997	Danish Fly Festival 1997, Gallery. The Danish Fly Festival attracted both 'actors' and audience from many places. Here are a few pictures with impressions from the successful arrangement. All the pictures were taken with a digital camera and many were put online on the web during the Festival.
Jun 12. 1997	Chilli Pepper Flies	So you thought that chilli pepper was a small, strong, spicey fruit? Well, it is... but it's also a seemingly popular name for fishing flies. In the past I have come over no less than three patterns with the name Chilli Pepper.
Jun 10. 1997	Coney flies	The flies on this page are all well known patterns which have all been juiced up a bit - many with some modern materials, but all with cone heads. By Bas Verschoor
Jun 6. 1997	Charlie's Phesant Tail Nymph	The Pheasant tail nymph is a true classic. The original was tied by Frank Sawyer using only copper thread and phesant tail fibers. This pattern has been elaborated a bit by Charles A.Garwood from North Carolina, and uses peacock herl for the abdomen and regular tying thread.
May 27. 1997	Flies from the Flyleaves of my Diaries	And at last the book is there: Torp in English. At last a book with the potential to reach beyond the borders of his small home country.
May 25. 1997	May 25th 1997	Sea trout and garfish
May 11. 1997	The Shank	An almost naked fly with almost no materials.
May 5. 1997	Magnus Muddler	This muddler is tied on a small stainless Mustad hook using orange deer hair, orange dyed grizzly hackle and natural rabbit dubbing with a bit of orange flash mixed in. A small beauty indeed and sooo easy to see at night.
Apr 23. 1997	April 23rd 1997	A normal season Everything indicates that this season will be far better than the last one - which was catastrophic.
Apr 15. 1997	Foam flies for panfish	I purchased a copy of Skip Morris' book on tying flys for bass and panfish and another of his books on foam flies. His books are excellent and I recommend them above all others for beginning tyers. The pictures and instructions are superb!
Mar 25. 1997	Sheep hair flies	Recently I've begun working with a material that was introduced to me through the tying of Dave Whitlock. In particular, his "sheep series" of baitfish flies. It's Icelandic Sheep Hair, although some distributors refer to it as "Streamer Hair" or "Secret Streamer Hair". I've found it to be a wonderful tying material for large streamer type flies.
Mar 6. 1997	March 6th 1997	The sea trout season has started...
Mar 1. 1997	Charles Garwood, USA
Feb 16. 1997	Charlie's Prince Nymph	This fly was inspired by the original Prince Nymph, but modified by Charles Garwood of North Carolina for an easier tie and more visibility. Says Charlie: "The prince nymph has been with us for a long time! I've simply added flashabou because I found it enhances attraction and because I find it slightly easier to tie than white goose biots. Plus it eliminates the gold braid too. It just simplifies the pattern"
Feb 10. 1997	Selecting deer hair	Choosing the right hair will make your deer hair flies - Comparaduns, EHC's, Muddlers, bass bugs - much easier to tie.
Feb 10. 1997	Chris Helm, USA
Jan 20. 1997	January 20th 1997	The ice is gone...
Jan 1. 1997	Miss Ring	The name and appearance of this fly owes a bit to the New Zealand Mrs. Simpson flies in which a couple of feathers are roofed on each side of the fly. These flies are also known as Killer flies or tied in the Killwell style.
Jan 1. 1997	Tying Glass Bead Flies	If you are like me, when glass beads came upon the fly tying scene a few years ago, you passed them by.

1996

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 12. 1996	December 12th 1996	A couple of questions from Germany I recieved an e-mail today and will let that be the first 'Right now' section for a long time:
Nov 30. 1996	The Magnus	Magnus is a 'classic' on the Danish coast. This small anonymous fly and its very similar brothers the Frede, Sandshrimp and many others, are probably the most catching flies on the coasts of Denmark. The eyes and the palmer hackle are the prime characteristics of the Magnus, which is mostly used in clear water.
Nov 25. 1996	The history of the gold bead	The gold bead flies that are now so popular, actually originated in the central part of Europe - more than 100 years ago.
Nov 24. 1996	International Fly Tying Symposium 1996	This story was mailed late november 1996 to both the U.S. and European flyfishing mailing lists.
Nov 24. 1996	Tyer gallery	The International Fly Tyers Symposium in New Jersey 1996 featured a lot of well known tyers. Here just a few of the impressive list.
Nov 20. 1996	Poul Jorgensen's General Practitioner	In this autumn I had the pleasure of meeting my countryman Poul Jorgensen at two lectures he held here in Jutland, Denmark. One of the flies he tied was his version of Edmund Drury’s famous salmonfly, the General Practitioner. Tied after its original recipe it’s something of a task to make; but Poul has found out a simpler, but just as effective pattern.
Nov 13. 1996	Beads and eyes	Beads or eyes are added for one or both of two reasons: weight and appearance. The eyes and beads discussed here are made from metal: brass, steel, lead - even tungsten. This will make them heavy and thus add weight to the fly. The weight will bring the fly down and often give it a certain behavior - a diving or jigging motion. But it will also add to the looks of the fly, the most obvious case being eyes added to fish or fry patterns like streamers.
Nov 1. 1996	Absolute hilarity	Combine the practicality of Sheridan Anderson, The witty prose of John Gierach and the comedic illustration of Gene Trump and you have the only Alan Pratt book ever published. Click here to read why this book surpasses simple flyfishing comedy into absolute hilarity. A genuine 6 on the GFF scale!
Oct 30. 1996	October 30th 1996	The first autumn storm The first autumn storm is sweeping the nation. High velocity winds, rising water and falling leaves mark the move from kind indian summer to rough autumn.
Oct 25. 1996	Cleaning fly tying material	Why bother to clean your materials? Bugs, dirt and chemicals are likely on the material.
Oct 24. 1996	Monster Muddlers	A large muddler pattern for big fish. This one has caught both pike and baby tarpon.
Oct 15. 1996	Float Tube Regatta 1996	The Float Tube Regatta 96 was a meeting between Danish float tubers arranged by my fly tying and fishing guild The Bananaflies.
Oct 7. 1996	The biggest catch - hooking yourself	A story about a hook in the finger
Sep 15. 1996	My float tube is a Sputnik	Floating poetry
Aug 30. 1996	The nature of feather construction	We have all read fly patterns that refer to quills, barbs, barbules, fibers, shafts, stems, vanes and so forth, but when we read these terms do we know what they have reference to? This article sets all these terms and many more straight.
Aug 6. 1996	August 6th 1996	Summertime...
Aug 1. 1996	Poul Jorgensen flies	Salmon fly tyer Poul Jorgensen.
Jun 9. 1996	June 9th 1996	Water is warming up fast
Jun 6. 1996	Hooks break	Hooks do break occasionally. It's a typical error when night fishing: you trust that everything is OK at the business end and just cast away
Jun 1. 1996	IPS 96	As a reaction on the Illustrated Pattern Swap 1996 participant Joe Cronley posted this message to the FF@ fly fishing mailing list: I must confess: When this swap was first proposed, I thought it was a bit odd and too complicated to work. My procrastination in submitting my materials was in part a reaction to that feeling.
Jun 1. 1996	The Jassid	The headline contains some truth in the sense: When trout/graylings eat tiny surface-food, they only nead to open their mouth to a narrow slot and sip the fly in. If one presents them with a fly with a broad hackle - then they can’t suck it in through their narrow mouth.