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Taco Emerger

Nov 23. 2023
Emerging The Taco Emerger was inspired by the split case patterns which are popular in the US
See the pattern here
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Sillikix

Nov 11. 2023
Silli I like rubber legs on dry flies. Their suggestion of something edible is the fish equivalent of ringing a dinner gong.
Ring the bell here
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Facehugger

Oct 19. 2023
Alien At the vice no one can hear you scream.
A spacy fly
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Baltic flies for calm and clear water

Oct 15. 2023
Water In this part of the series on different coastal conditions, we look at a common situation: water clear as gin and maybe even calm as a mirror. Not the easiest of fishing conditions, but adapting gear and flies to the situation helps.
See some here
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Canyon Caddis

Oct 7. 2023
Deep This is a fly that was designed for a wooded canyon on one of the author’s favourite small rivers where the water has carved out a deep narrow channel through the limestone
See how to tie it here
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Neoprene Beetle

Sep 13. 2023
This neat little beetle’s body is made from extruded neoprene cord, which is widely available and a really useful tying material
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Inspiration and Imitation

Aug 4. 2023
Rocks The story about how the Toothpick Stone Clinger was inspired by turning over rocks and taking pictures
Story and pattern here
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Highlighter Caddis

Jul 11. 2023
Penned The name of this fly is to be taken ad verbatim. You do need a highlighter pen to tie it
See how here
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Hitched Hoglouse

Jun 5. 2023
Freshwater The hoglouse is also known as a sowbug or a cress bug, and is a very common freshwater crustacean. Here’s an easy imitation using an interesting tying technique.
See how to tie it
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The Prefab Shrimp

May 17. 2023
Ready-made My shrimp patterns have always been pretty impressionistic. That was until I saw a video using some pre-made legs… then I dug into my stash, and a fairly realistic shrimp emerged
Tie along here
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Back to Basics

Apr 21. 2023
Simple Sometimes simple is best. Simple and scruffy in fact. Nick Thomas shows you how to tie a both simple and scruffy fly.
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How to invent a fly pattern

Apr 2. 2023
Ideas 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
See what I invented
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The Third Yarn Thief

Apr 2. 2023
Inventing How to tie the fly pattern that I "invented" in connection with a discussion about coming up with new fly patterns.
Not much new
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Micro Minnow

Mar 17. 2023
Small fish Minnows upcycle small lifeforms into a tasty package of protein for bigger fish to eat, so minnow imitations make effective flies
See the pattern here
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Bites in Pink Satin

Jan 6. 2023
Nymph Satin ribbon can’t be used in as many different ways as organza, but it definitely makes some juicy looking fish snacks.
Learn how to use it here

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