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Article

My oldest piece of material

Oct 26. 2019
Ancient I have a dried hare skin, which I have owned for as long as I have tied flies. A lot of flies and a lot of wisdom has come from that skin.
Read the story here.
Video

Simple Hare's Wool Nymph

Oct 24. 2019
A simple fly only using material from a hare's skin or hare's mask apart from the hook and tying thread. Easy to tie and very generic, and a useful fly.
Video

Deer hair preparation tutorial for streaking caddis

Dec 10. 2016
I have had so many questions regarding the correct deer hair for tying the streaking caddis that I have made this little tutorial on deer hair and prep for the streaking caddis.
Article

Buying Dry Fly Hackle

Apr 22. 2013
Shopping Learn what to look for when buying feathers for dry fly hackle. How to choose the right saddles or necks and get the most and the best feathers for your purpose.
Get some buying tips here.
Article

A very versatile material

Aug 25. 2012
Birding Golden Pheasant must be one of the most versatile fly-tying materials you can get your hands on. The wealth of different feathers on one skin is simply overwhelming. And the skin is inexpensive too.
What's not to like?
Article

Washing your materials

Aug 12. 2012
Material handling If you never tried washing a newly bought saddle, neck or bucktail, it's about time you try! Proper treatment can transform the useless to useful and the mediocre to sublime.
Start your laundry here
Article

Steaming your materials

Aug 12. 2012
Material handling Steaming materials has a fantastic effect! Feathers, fur, hair deserves some steam. You will be amazed what a little vaporized water can do.
Put on the kettle here
Review

Dyeing and Bleaching

Nov 10. 2011
As you probably already know I'm an avid proponent of buying used books, and because of this you often see reviews of books with a few years on their back.
Article

Raising chickens

Jan 1. 2001
Back yard You don't need to raise birds to get feathers for fly tying, but it's both easy and fun. Here's the story about how I have chickens for eggs, meat and not least feathers
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