Dry flies

Flies fished in the surface

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Swimming Caddis Pupa Nov 20. 2020 Norwegian This ragged looking caddis pupa from the hands of Norwegian Viggo Larsson will work well on both fast and calm water See how to tie it here	Betters' Flies Sep 1. 2020 Dries Fran Betters was a creative tyer and originated several patterns that have become quite famous. Mike Hogue covers four of them in this article. See the original flies here
Euro BWOs Revisited Apr 14. 2020 Imitations In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions. Much more here.	Moulin’s Deer Hair Parachute Feb 21. 2020 Technique Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one. See more here

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Article The March Brown Legacy Nov 17. 2019 Historic The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries. Its history is told here.	Review America’s Favorite Flies Aug 30. 2019 Massive Impressing in both scope, size, page count and weight, this book presents 224 US fly tyers and their favorite patterns.	Review The Humpy Encyclopedia Aug 8. 2019 Free It’s hard not to like a completely free e-book with detailed descriptions on how how to tie 12 (and them some) different variations of the Humpy. 80 pages of knowledge, tips and inspiration on a single pattern!
Article Tying better flies Jan 16. 2019 Swiss/Norwegian Fabien Moulin aims to tie some really good looking flies, and ponders a bit about how to improve as a fly tyer. Read Fabien's thoughts here.	Article The Mighty Green Drake Nov 20. 2018 Summer pleasures The large mayflies are a summer phenomenon, but it might be worth reading up on off season. Get ready here.	Article Narova Foam Beetle Jun 23. 2017 Beetle Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski's Narova foam dry fly is an easy and robust pattern template for terrestrials, beetles in particular See how to tie it here.
Article Tup's Indispensable Mar 17. 2017 Classic Tup's Indispensable is a fly originated by R.S. Austin in 1890, utilizing a quite exotic material as dubbing. Read the story here	Review Perrault's Standard Apr 5. 2016 This might not look like the most exciting book I own. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly beautiful either – rather ugly actually. Still it's one of the gems in my collection.	Article Slovakian Grayling Feb 18. 2016 Spotting Sight fishing for grayling in the clear mountain rivers of Slovakia. Read why it's exiting here
Article Wings with CDC Nov 7. 2015 Upright CDC wings are good looking and makes a dry fly a great floater. Here's a few tips on getting them perfect. Find them here.	Article Taming the Humpy Mar 22. 2015 Universal The Humpy might be the greatest surface fly ever devised, but it also has a reputation of being difficult to tie. Learn to tame it here. Martin Westbeek shows you how	Article Euro BWOs Mar 12. 2015 Entomology Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) are very widespread and important insects when it comes to trout fishing on most rivers both throughout Europe and the US. Read more and see some patterns here
Article Buying some Schwiebert flies Dec 15. 2014 Auction A story about a group buying some of the Ernie Schwiebert fly collection. Read Mike Hogue's story here	Review Das große Trockenfliegen-Buch Nov 26. 2014 We don't often review books in German, but it has happened. And since we do have a large German audience - the second largest after the 'merikans - it's not totally out of the way to do so.	Review The Rising Salar Aug 25. 2014 The video starts out nicely sketching the contrast between work and fishing as many of us recognize it.

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