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Circus Peanut

Russ Maddin's Circus Peanut is by many ”trophy-trout hunters” mentioned as one of the best modern streamers ever tied! One of the first ever mass produced streamer patterns that utilizes two hooks.

Mar 22. 2025

Leggy Hair Day

Brendan Ruch – a skilled smallmouth guide and owner of Ruch Angling in Pennsylvania will in this video demonstrate his favorite pattern for his bellowed smallmouth bass fishing.

Mar 20. 2025

Kojola

Hi 👍🏻 This new tutorial is the Kojola fly. It’s invented by Petri Rahikainen, who uses this fly with his friend Jonas Nilsson, on the Swedish coast with great success.

Apr 21. 2023

Back to Basics

Sometimes simple is best. Simple and scruffy in fact. Nick Thomas shows you how to tie a both simple and scruffy fly.

Apr 2. 2023

Coming up with new fly patterns is essentially like coming up with new dishes: it’s basically impossible. Everything is a variation of a variation of something that has been made before - even The Yarn Thief

Apr 2. 2023

The Third Yarn Thief

How to tie the fly pattern that I "invented" in connection with a discussion about coming up with new fly patterns.

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