Patterns

All the great fly patterns, fly tying recipes. Streamers, nymphs, dry flies, salmon flies, saltwater flies.

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Hair Winged Salmon Flies Dec 5. 2024 Patterns Material listings, pictures and tying notes for no less than 34 hair winged salmon fly patterns See them all here	Knotting Nymphs Nov 27. 2024 Tying Introducing a way of making nymph bodies using elastic bead cord and a knotting technique Here's how
Pipette Hoppers and Poppers Oct 21. 2024 Lab equipment Lab equipment flies tied using plastic pipettes. See the tricks here	Ribbontail Baitfish Sep 24. 2024 Saltwater A mobile tailed baitfish pattern tied with organza and synthetic fibres See how to tie it here

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Article Hair Winged Salmon Flies Dec 5. 2024 Patterns Material listings, pictures and tying notes for no less than 34 hair winged salmon fly patterns See them all here	Article Knotting Nymphs Nov 27. 2024 Tying Introducing a way of making nymph bodies using elastic bead cord and a knotting technique Here's how	Article Pipette Hoppers and Poppers Oct 21. 2024 Lab equipment Lab equipment flies tied using plastic pipettes. See the tricks here
Article Ribbontail Baitfish Sep 24. 2024 Saltwater A mobile tailed baitfish pattern tied with organza and synthetic fibres See how to tie it here	Article Chain Gang Crayfish Apr 23. 2024 Clawed We should fish crayfish imitations more than we do. Crayfish can be used to target trout, bass, carp and other species See how to tie one here	Article Copper Braid Mar 27. 2024 Material This type of braid is found in electronics stores, but is a great new addition to the fly tyer’s arsenal of useful copper products See some patterns here
Article Mini Headbanger Mar 9. 2024 Cased A scaled-down version of the author’s own Headbanger Caddis, a cased nymph caddis pattern See how to tie it here	Article Steel Pin Shrimp Feb 25. 2024 Gammarus A scud pattern with 26 individual legs is no task if you make this small, ingenious tool out of wire. See how here	Article Steel Shrimp Feb 10. 2024 Chained Another Nick Thomas fly using bead chain for weight and orientation See the easy pattern here
Article Get Knotting Jan 30. 2024 Tie the knot Monofilament of many kinds can be used as a fly material as it can be seen in this simple Knot Bug See how here	Article Chain Worm Jan 7. 2024 Rubbery An upside-down latex worm, which is easy to tie and very efficient in high and dirty water Tie along here	Article Springtail Dec 18. 2023 Bendy The Springtail has a soft and bendy body made from a boiled coil of colorful, elastic jewelry string See the pattern here
Article 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	Article 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	Article Facehugger Oct 19. 2023 Alien At the vice no one can hear you scream. A spacy fly

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