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ABU Optic Chillimps

Mar 31. 2018
In 1969 the Abu Optic Chillimps was introduced. The simple palmer hackled shrimp fly was already a legend in River Mörrum before the Optic eyes were added.
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Blue Zulu Spey

Mar 28. 2018
A spey style version of the classic UK trout fly, made for seatrout, salmon and steelhead fishing. Note that I tie the Whiting Spey hackles in at the butt end of the feather...
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Salmon River Flea aka the Steelhead Flea

Feb 8. 2018
The Salmon River Flea a.k.a. the Steelhead Flea is a really simple but effective pattern for fishing the large salmonids that occupy the 13 miles of New York's Salmon River.
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Fish Taco

Feb 2. 2018
The Fish Taco is a simple fly to tie and provides a ton of action in the current. The fly is unweighted and can be fished at depth by using split-shot or weighted heads.
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How To Tie an Intruder Fly

Jan 14. 2018
A sparse version of an Intruder Fly, this spider style Intruder only has one station.
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Northshore Stonefly Nymph

Dec 14. 2017
The Northshore Stonefly Nymph is a simplified stone fly nymph pattern designed for trout and steelhead.
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Editor (variant)

Dec 3. 2017
This variation of the Editor is tailored for the steelhead swings. The original pattern was conceived by longtime Trout & Salmon Magazine editor SandyLeventon.
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Hoh Bo Spey (var)

Nov 29. 2017
The Hoh Bo Spey fly was created with year round fishing in mind and can be fished on the swing pretty much any time the water is open and flowing. The original pattern was designed by Charles St.
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The Blue Peacock Tube Fly

Nov 17. 2017
A great looking pattern that uses a lot of peacock feathers.....nothing man made can replace the blue/green look of peacock on a tube fly!!!
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Paint Brush Spey

Nov 17. 2017
The Paint Brush Spey....a great tube fly for both salmon and steelhead!
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Yellow Badger

Nov 16. 2017
Another tube fly! This pattern worked well for us last summer. Really like the look of the badger hackle wing!
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Orange Heron Spey

Nov 15. 2017
Materials Used; Hook, T.G Classic Salmon/Steelhead size 1/0 Thread, Uni-8/0 Red Tag, Silver Tinsel Ribs, Flat and Oval Silver Tinsel
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Night Dancer

Nov 13. 2017
I'm pleased to share this video with our first guest fly tyer Dave Stewart from the website Wet Fly Swing (http://wetflyswing.com)
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Chaddock

Nov 13. 2017
The pattern was created by Karl M. Haufler of Edmonds, WA. The fly was designed to mimic a leech and is quite effective in lakes and ponds whether leeches are present or not.
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Egg Sucking Ice Tiger

Nov 9. 2017
This pattern comes from a client request. It is similar to a steelhead Egg Sucking zonker leach.

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