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The Salmon Fly Proportion, Design & Layout Guide

Jan 1. 2001
Size matters The first rule of salmonfly tying is preparation... gathering your materials, laying them out and sizing up the situation.
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Dyeing material

Jan 1. 2001
Color This small section with advice on dyeing fly tying materials was made after a discussion took place on the European fly fishing mailing list. The text was put together from input from several people of this list: Graham Ward, John Davies, Pat Orpen and myself.
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Deceivers

Jul 8. 2000
Feature A recent article in Fly Tyer magazine sparked quite a debate on the streamer list about the use of this popular and effective saltwater fly in fresh water. The debate found the authors "defending" the fresh water deceiver and prompted us to write a small 
feature on some of our own deceiver patterns.
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Bobs Garage

Feb 10. 2000
@home There is a story behind "The Garage". Not too long ago my wife and I were renting a two story house that had a tiny little room upstairs with no closet. Since we already had a spare bedroom for family visitors, this room was quickly claimed as the "Sports Room".
Read about Bob Petti's Garage here
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Woodduck Flank

Jan 1. 2000
Feathers I have to admit a particular fondness for woodduck flank. Ever since I was given my first baggie of feathers from a duck hunting friend, I was smitten. The color - the texture - the barring of the feathers.
they have a natural beauty above and beyond the world of fly tying.
Article

Wet fly hackle

Apr 20. 1998
Wet fly Learn to tie a really classical wet fly hackle.
All about it
Article

Fisker tube tool

Oct 5. 1997
Plastic This Danish tool might be an alternative. In spite of some minor drawbacks, it's a very good tool at a very reasonable price.
Article

Stacking material

Dec 28. 1995
Even When stacking materials it is important to consider it as consisting of more than just one process. There are several steps involved: material selection, cleaning and preparing, selecting the right tool and performing the stacking process itself.
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A portable fly tying kit

Apr 10. 1995
In the most simplistic terms, a flytying kit must only have the tools and materials necessary to tie the flies you may use on a single trip or a single river. However, like most of us, a travelling flytying kit consumes more space than 26 high-schoolers crammed in a Volkswagen Beetle.
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Micropatterns

Apr 5. 1995
Book review With this book you get your moneys worth in weight. The book is a large format book with more than 300 pages. The size alone can make this book a bit scary, and innocent flytyers who leaf through it, will probably be intimidated by the huge volume of information.

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