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Tying the Green Machine

May 8. 2010
The famous Atlantic salmon fly from Canada. See <a href="/patterns/green-machine/">our article here</a>.
Article

Green Machine

Nov 4. 2008
Go green The Green Machine is a classic salmon fly from the Eastern part of Canada. It's fished as a wet fly in spite of being tied with deer hair and a hackle like a bomber. This article shows you step by step how to tie it and shows an alternative and easier way to create the green body.
See more here.
Blog entry

Thunder Creeks

Apr 6. 2008
These were the first Thunder Creek streamers I have ever tied. A couple weeks ago I was rummaging through a stack of Fly Tyer magazines and tripped across a profile of Keith Fulsher.
Article

Tie a muddler

Jul 14. 2007
Pictures One evening when I was tying flies with a couple of friends, one of them, Nils, asked me to tie a muddler, just as a demo. I did. Luckily the other friend, Henning, was quick and caught these great pictures of the process.
These step-by-step pictures show you how to tie a nice muddler.
Article

The Cautery

Jan 22. 2006
Cut, cut Martin Joergensen writes: "I always wanted one of these tools. I have seen them used at fly tying shows and by a few tyers elsewhere, and found the tool to be an excellent companion for the lazy and sloppy fly tyer. Just my kind of tool!"
Read his review of the tool that burns material here
Blog entry

Classic Clouser

Dec 20. 2005
Tied my first Clouser Minnows ever a few minutes ago. What a fly!
Article

Bow River Bugger

Nov 30. 2005
Wooly Bugger and muddler Al Grombacher has shared with us one of the most effective patterns for the Bow River in Alberta, Canada, famed for its excellent fishing for rainbow trout.
Click here to read more.
Article

The Zuddler

Aug 14. 2004
Steelhead fly Question: What to you get when you combine elements of a Muddler Minnow and a Zonker? Answer: A Zuddler - an excellent steelhead fly. Joe Emery and John Rode have combined a zonker strip, a muddler head and a cone head into a killer pattern.
Read their story in the Patterns section
Article

Black Funnel

Jan 25. 2004
Buzzing This fly is kind of a coincidence. An idea. A fad. But it works. It is a funnel dun, Deveaux, Joergensen kind of pattern, which will imitate a hatching mosquito - albeit a very large one in the original version. It consists of two materials and is very easy to tie.
Martin Joergensen shows you how here
Article

SHCZCDNTM

Jul 30. 2003
Again Yep! It's yet another one of that Danish madman's muddlers. This time with an even longer name: The Short Heavy Chicago-Zürich-Copenhagen Delayed Nutria Tube Muddler or SHCZCDNTM for easier remembering!
Read Martin Joergensen's further explanation here
Article

Ghost Reindeer Shiner

Dec 13. 2002
Streamer This article should rightly be subtitled "what to do when you don't have the right material that a pattern calls for?"
See more here
Article

Comparadone!

Nov 9. 2002
Learn it Comparaduns are one of the most versatile mayfly patterns in existence representing a low-riding mayfly to near perfection. However, many tiers shy this simple pattern due to the perceived complexity of tying the deer hair wings. Learn to master the technique with GFF partner Steve Schweitzer.
Article

CZCDNTM

Oct 15. 2002
Tubed A tube fly is different - a muddler is me - a tube muddler is a perfect choice. Tube muddlers are not unknown to me. I have tied and fished a few in my time, and I like them... so do the fish by the way.
Article

Muddler mania

Jan 18. 2002
It should be no secret that I'm a great fan of muddlers. These functional, characteristic and very beautiful flies that I connect directly with my favorite kind of fishing: night fishing for sea trout in the ocean. The technique used for tying them has always fascinated me, and although I do tie a lot of them, I still have a lot to learn in respect to spinning deer hair.
Article

Muddler mania - Small Polar Muddler

Jan 1. 2002
Muddlers A small muddler
Pattern here

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