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How I Make a Leather Flybox Nov 29. 2017 SBS In this article Romanian leather artist Remus Stanescu takes you through the process of making one of his beautiful leather fly boxes. See the process here	Remus Stanescu Nov 28. 2017 Bio Contributor Remus Stanescu lives, fishes and works in Transylvania, Romania Read about Remus here	The crystal clear rivers Nov 23. 2017 Destination Andrej Polcic shares his exploration of the crystal clear mountain rivers of Slovakia See the beautiful pictures here.
More Flies by Stefano Farkas Nov 20. 2017 Classics Italian fly tyer Stefano Farkas regularly sends me pictures of his beautiful, full dressed salmon flies. Here's another batch from him. See them here	IPS '96: Muddler Nov 17. 2017 Swap This is my entry from the first ever Illustrated Pattern Swap in 1996. No idea what an Illustrated Pattern Swap is? Well read on and learn. And see my entry here	A go-kart sea trout trip Nov 9. 2017 Report This is a report from a productive early morning coastal trip in Denmark. I was forced to get up early to be able to be home in time to watch Formula 1 on TV Read about it and see the pictures here.
Baltic flies for cold water Oct 25. 2017 Seasonal This article in the series on fly patterns for particular coastal water conditions in the Baltic deals with the season upon us: winter. See some tips and patterns here.	Trevor Hawkins Oct 20. 2017 Fishy art Australian artist Trevor Hawkins works with pen and watercolor on high quality paper to produce his beautiful, mostly naturalistic - but also sometimes abstract art See Trevor's beautiful art here	Tom’s complete vise project Oct 16. 2017 DIY The continuation of Tom Biesot's vise project - of course with many explanatory pictures. Read Tom's story here
The Big Laxa Oct 12. 2017 Iceland Laxá í Aðaldal AKA Big Laxa is probably the most legendary salmon river in Iceland. Not only is the river big, but so are the salmon. Read about this faous river here	Buying Fur and Skin Oct 9. 2017 Shopping Fur patches can be bought in flyshops, but there are many other sources for good fur - from furriers to roadkill. Learn what to look for here	Ugly Straggly Wolf Oct 6. 2017 A mess This fly came about as a way to use some yarn that I bought on a small vacation with my wife when she was buying yarn for a wolf. Yup, a wolf! See how to tie it here.
Sam-I-Am Oct 3. 2017 Shrimp I do not like bright shrimp flies. I do not like them Sam-I-Am. I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. Or maybe I would...? Why Dr. Seuss might be right.	Casey Underwood Sep 28. 2017 Fishy art American artist Casey Underwood does stunning and beautiful fish portraits using mixed techniques. Casey answers some questions here	Rattlesnake Streamer Sep 25. 2017 Large The Rattlesnake Streamer is a large, articulated fly originated by US tyer and guide Ray Schmidt. Read Ray's article about the pattern here
Articulated Flies Sep 15. 2017 Jointed One of the big things in fly tying these days is articulated flies. Utilizing two hooks, shanks or some other technique, flies get two or more parts linked together resulting in movement and size. Read about these flies here	Frances Plug Aug 28. 2017 Salmon Behind the somewhat strange name hides a somewhat strange fly originated by Danish salmon guide Marc Skovby. An efficient salmon tube fly that's both easy to tie and very efficient. See how to tie it here.	Not Everyone’s cup of tea Aug 18. 2017 Sweden South African Korrie Broos experiences the Swedish "summer" fishing. Read the story here.

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