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Parachute Adams

Apr 18. 2019
One of the true classics that works just about everywhere.
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Flexi Bodi

Apr 12. 2019
An easy to tie extended body dry fly. The body is made by furling two colours of flexi floss with a length of organza.
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Parachute Blue Winged Olive

Mar 15. 2019
One of the earliest and most important mayflies for the trout fishermen. This easy tie gives a great foot print and is the perfect pattern for calmer flowing stretches of water.
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Rough Olive Comparadun

Mar 12. 2019
Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly size 16 Thread, Uni-8/0 Yellow Tail, Coq de Leon Light Specked Fibres
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Shipman's Claret Hopper

Mar 12. 2019
Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black or Claret Tail and Head, Veniards Plastazote White Foam cut to size
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Best Cicada Bite Ever

Feb 22. 2019
Fly fishing New Zealand with big dry flies to imitate cicadas, one of the best days fishing i have had in a very long time. sight fishing big Brown and Rainbow Trout all day.
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Dry Fly Hackle Foundation

Feb 22. 2019
Wayne Luallen explains why the thread foundation under a dry fly hackle is decisive for the final appearance of the finished hackle.
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Dyret - The Animal

Feb 22. 2019
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The Great Shaku Hunter

Feb 7. 2019
I followed Markus and Melinda to Japan in search of the secret fly fishing society known as the "Shaku Hunter".
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Burnt Wing Sedge

Feb 7. 2019
A quick little semi realistic caddis pattern with burnt feather wings, for those of you that like that little extra.
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Mayfly Spinner

Feb 4. 2019
This Wally wing mayfly is a semi-realistic spinner, that is fun to tie for those of you that enjoy this type of pattern. Not only a good looking fly but also a great fishing fly!
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Madam XXL

Feb 1. 2019
A simple tutorial for tying perfect bullet heads. This XXL variant of one of the great attractor flies, has accounted for at least 3 of my top 10 largest trout on dry fly.

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