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The March Brown Legacy

Nov 17. 2019
Historic The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries.
Its history is told here.
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The March Brown Odyssey

Nov 17. 2019
Variations My venture into the history and legacy of the classic March Brown led to a whole lot of variations over the theme
Se all the patterns here
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My oldest piece of material

Oct 26. 2019
Ancient I have a dried hare skin, which I have owned for as long as I have tied flies. A lot of flies and a lot of wisdom has come from that skin.
Read the story here.
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An Italian take on Ora Smith

Oct 18. 2019
Streamers Italian fly tyer Giuseppe Finardi is intrigued by US Ora Smith's streamers featuring wings made almost exclusively from golden pheasant crest.
See his take on them here
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The Magnus and Fred Clan

Sep 6. 2019
Kinship The classical Danish coastal flies Magnus and Grey Fred have been an inspiration for many derivative patterns as well as hybrids. This is their story.
See all the patterns here
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Meeting Magnus

Sep 6. 2019
History I had known Magnus for many years, the fly being a stable fly in my flybox. But it was only later that I met the man Magnus "live".
Read the story here.
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Omoe Brush in living color

Aug 27. 2019
Hues I purchased a purple dyed golden pheasant skin and thought I'd tie a Purple Omoe Brush… and then things happened.
See the results here.
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Today’s Fly

Aug 20. 2019
Stored Over the years I have collected a ton of flies, tied by all kinds of tyers. I have started publishing pictures of of these flies.
Read the intro here
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Sea Trout CDC&Elk

Jun 27. 2019
Caddis The CDC&Elk is a famous and efficient Caddis dry fly. This variation works for Baltic sea trout... and was actually inspired by the bonefish version of the fly
See how to tie it here
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Zkinny

Jun 20. 2019
Zonker A really simple and easy little baitfish fly, which will work for a lot of different fish and can be varied endlessly
See how to tie it here
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Sea trout and foam flies

Jun 14. 2019
In the surface Fishing Baltic sea trout in the surface with waking foam flies can be a lot of fun. Here’s how to do it – and a pattern that works.
Learn the tricks here
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Green Caddis Larvae

May 24. 2019
Biology Some say that caddisflies are even more important than mayflies. For us flyfishers that is probably correct. A good caddis pattern can save your day.
Learn more here
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Pacific Northwest Streamer Conversions

Mar 8. 2019
Upgraded A small series of flies from Roy Patrick's pattern book converted into streamers
See how to tie them here
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The Brown Owl

Feb 23. 2019
Pattern This very buggy looking streamer-slash-stonefly-slash-nymph caught my eye. Such a fly should be able to catch almost any kind of trout
See the fly here
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Intruder conversions

Jan 26. 2019
Transforming I got the crazy idea to convert some Danish sea trout and salmon flies to intruders. It worked out surprisingly well.
See some examples in the article

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