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Review Flytying for Beginners Oct 24. 2021 Rookie A beginner's book that I'd actually recommend to beginners! Great pattern selection, excellent photography and nicely coupled to online videos.	Video The Davie McPhail Interview Oct 9. 2021 Having worked with Davie for many years and tied his flies too, we've got to know him pretty well.	Review Simple Flies Nov 13. 2020 Three materials Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.
Article Motley Flies Nov 12. 2020 Assorted I recently went through my large archive of images. Suddenly I had a whole bunch of fly images. I gathered them into a small gallery. See it here	Video The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques Sep 1. 2019 The feather bender’s new book is out, and it’s fair to say I’m pretty excited about it!	Video Fly Tier's Reunion Mar 23. 2019 In this video, I give details related to Chuck Furimsky's "Fly Tier's Reunion," Friday, April 5, 2019. This event will take place at Seven Springs, inside their Sporting Clay's Lodge.
Video Life of Fly Feb 26. 2019 Follow this fly from birth to retirement. A short film featuring fly tying and north Florida's flood tide fishery.	Blog entry Flies for a friend Jan 20. 2019 A good friend offered me a macro flash he didn't use any more in exchange for a handful of flies	Review Top Saltwater Flies Jan 5. 2019 Colossal An impressing three volume collection of patterns for the most sought after fish in warm saltwater
Video Flies: To tie or to buy? Dec 7. 2018 It's obvious that I'm a fly tier, but there are instances in which I buy flies. I discuss one of my favorite "flies to buy" and then ask all of you to share your thoughts on this topic.	Video Joe Messinger Q & A: Fly Tying (Part 2 of 2) Dec 22. 2017 This video features a legend of fly tying, Mr. Joe Messinger. In Part 2, Joe talks about his early fly tying influences, plus some of his father's notable patterns.	Video 10 Fly Tying Hacks and Tips #1 Aug 2. 2017 These may not apply to every tyer, but I hope there are a couple tidbits every tyer can glean from the video.
Video A little tour of my tying room Jun 13. 2017 This ia a short tour of my tying room and photo studio here at home. Not the best filming but you'll get a good idea of how its layed out and works.	Blog entry Why tying with others is great Jun 1. 2017 Meeting up with a bunch of people and tying flies together doesn't just provide good company, but also education - and an easy shortcut to new fly names	Review Fleye Design Mar 21. 2017 Bob Popovics can rightfully be called one of the most innovative fly tyers today. And he keeps on sharing new methods in his latest book.

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