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Fly fishing in Prague

Hunting for chub on a meadow creek with terrestrials and fiberglass fly rod.

Jan 27. 2022

Trophy chubs on damselfly

Fly fishing with damsel- and dragonflies for trophy chub is exciting and challenging method during summer season in Slovakia.

Mar 28. 2009

“What is this”
“A fly!”
“What kind of fly”
“Well, this is a fly that imitates a beetle”
The fly that he showed me then was really huge one, may be about 2 - 2,5 centimeters or almost and inch in diameter.
“Wow, why is it so big?”
“Because I am an old man, I can not see well”

May 24. 2025

Sedgeetle

A when-in-doubt-fly that can be a sedge/caddis, beetle, moth or anything you – or the fish – might fancy

Apr 24. 2025

Chubby Chernobyl

Chernobyl Ants are some of the most popular and effective terrestrial and stonefly foam dries ever created.

Oct 21. 2024

Pipette Hoppers and Poppers

Lab equipment flies tied using plastic pipettes.

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Step 1 - thread

Step 2 - herls

Step 3 - foam

Step 4 - herl body

Step 5 - raffia

Step 6 - wings

Step 7 - foam

Step 8 - thorax

Step 9 - monofilament

Step 11 - back

Step 12 - eye separator

Step 13 - flash

Step 14 - eyes before

Step 15 - divide

Step 16 - legs

Step 17 - done

Buzzzz

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