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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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Lacewing Moth

Feb 1. 2019
Lacewing Moth/Passion Vine Hopper Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly size 16 Thread, Uni-8/0 Rusty Dun Rib, Fine Copper Wire Body, Pheasant Tail
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Spanish Slik Body Dry Fly

Feb 1. 2019
Materials Used: Hook, Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly size 16 Thread, Uni-8/0 Lt.Chill Tail, Coq de Leon Light Speckled Rib, Yellow Silk Thread
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Rollover CDC Mayfly

Jan 30. 2019
Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-purpose Medium size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Rusty Brown Tail.Cock Pheasant dyed Yellow Rib, Small Oval Gold Tinsel or Fine Gold Wire
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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.
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The dry dropper rig

Dec 28. 2018
In this weeks episode of the Educated Angler, we show how to set up a Dry Dropper rig and why it is beneficial. Hope you guys can learn benefit from this, enjoy!
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Catch of the Past

Dec 25. 2018
Greetings, Catch Magazine followers!
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CDC Comparadun

Dec 19. 2018
This is a simple mixed wing comparadun that has a really nice effect. With a turkey biot body and a little UV sparkle mixed with the CDC and lemon wood duck in the wing.
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V-Wing Mayfly

Dec 12. 2018
Wayne Luallen: V-Wing Mayfly fly tying tutorial

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