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Hollow Helt

Countless predatory fish love bucktail flies, and the classic material is therefore praised by fly tyers and fly fishermen all over the world.

Jul 13. 2025

Armadillo

Step by Step showing you how to tie the Armadillo topwater fly.

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Jun 24. 2025

Pike Slider

We're taking a look at a step-by-step Pike Slider Fly Tying Tutorial that’ll help you tie one of the most effective patterns for targeting aggressive northern pike.

Sep 29. 2022

The Water Vole

This articulated fly tied by Danish Sune Andersen was inspired by the European water vole

Jan 23. 2019

The Flying Flash Carpet

Look! It’s a bird... It’s a plane... It’s the Flying Flash Carpet! A pike fly out of this world.

Fly-Fishing's Final Frontier

Nov 1. 2014

I recently reviewed the book "Flyfishing for Coarse Fish" by British Dominic Garnett, and noted in that review how untapped a resource these fish are.

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Ancient pike flies

Caught trolling

The "Stingel" fly

The Kenmure Pike

The size of a Wren

Gaudy pike fly

Pike jaw

Plate of feathers

Blacker Pike Fly

Pike Fly circa 1801

Pike-fly

Peacock pike fly

Ancient pike fly

The pike and the fly

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