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Sunray Shadow Double

Apr 26. 2020
The Sunray Shadow in double hook format. An incredibly successful sea trout and salmon fly, especially for fresh run fish.
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Stacking Bucktail Using a Hair Stacker

Feb 14. 2019
Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to even the tips of bucktain using a hair stacker and explains a bit about the nature of the hair.
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Tool Tip: Hair Stackers

Feb 5. 2019
Wayne Luallens shows a couple of types of hair stackers for fly tying, including the closed end hair stacker.
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Moh-Moh

Jan 28. 2019
The Moh-Moh (mohair mohican) is a versatile pattern for imitating sedge/caddis pupae.
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Stacking Deer, Elk & Moose

Jan 24. 2019
A few tips to properly stack elk and deer hair by Wayne Luallen.
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Hand Stacking Bucktail

Jan 24. 2019
Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to tame the sometimes difficult bucktail and get the tips even, just using you hands
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Stacking Calf Tail

Jan 24. 2019
Wayne Luallen gives a few tips on selecting and stacking calf tail.
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Black Bear Green Butt

Oct 13. 2018
Detailed instructions for tying a Black Bear Green Butt salmon fly.
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My Erna

Jul 14. 2018
Iceland A well proven Icelandic hair winged salmon fly, responsible for catching many large salmon
See the pattern here
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Hairwing Spent Gnat Irish Mayfly

May 26. 2018
Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 10 Threads, White and Black Uni-8/0 Tail, Dyed Black Pheasant Tail Fibres Tag, Red Holographic Tinsel
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Streamtease

Apr 11. 2018
The Optic fly was released by ABU in 1967 as "a streamer of tremendous killing power" - and that label wasn't all wrong.
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Billy Butt

Jan 16. 2018
Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Magni Double size 6 Thread, Uni-8/0 Yellow and Black Tag, Oval Copper Tinsel or Wire Butt, Glo-Brite Flu-Red No.4
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Less Mess Morrish Mouse

Oct 24. 2017
Detailed instructions for tying a Less Mess Morrish Mouse.
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Bundling Hair Wings

Oct 21. 2017
Tying tip #10. If your Elk Hair Caddis wings tend to slip off the top of the hook where you want them to stay then this tip is for you.
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Evening Hair Wings

Sep 6. 2017
If your divided hair wings are not always evenly divided then this VERY simple tip from the Beattys is for you. It is Tip #2 originally published in Fly Tyer magazine.

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