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Josephine Baker

Jul 1. 2021
Bead it This fly was originally a colorful bream fly from the southern US called Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez. I transformed it to fit my needs and named my version Josephine Baker
See the pattern here
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NailFly

Jun 17. 2021
Polished Here’s a simple pattern for a summer salmon fly, which can be varied almost endlessly. It uses nail polish for the body and is super fast to tie.
Learn to tie it here
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Freaner’s Flasher Streamer

Mar 19. 2021
Simple A simple and flashy streamer that’s originally designed for smallmouth bass
Read about it here
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Einars’ Vulgata Emerger

Mar 11. 2021
Floating This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects
See the pattern here
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Red Tag Revisited

Mar 5. 2021
Origins I always loved the Red Tag. I have tied and fished this fly a thousand times, but tend to basically do it the same way every time. Not so anymore!
See more here
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Red Tag Odyssey

Mar 5. 2021
Patterns A bunch of pattern descriptions and materials lists for flies inspired by the Red Tag
See them here
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Swimming Caddis Pupa

Nov 20. 2020
Norwegian This ragged looking caddis pupa from the hands of Norwegian Viggo Larsson will work well on both fast and calm water
See how to tie it here
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Autumn Fly

Sep 7. 2020
Colors A great looking and very catchy Danish sea trout fly, useful all year round in spite of the name.
See how to tie it here
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Betters' Flies

Sep 1. 2020
Dries Fran Betters was a creative tyer and originated several patterns that have become quite famous. Mike Hogue covers four of them in this article.
See the original flies here
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Einars’ Floating Foam Caddis Pupa

May 5. 2020
Burnt A great and high floating caddis fly made with foam as a base material and a very simple and cool technique.
See the pattern here
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Euro BWOs Revisited

Apr 14. 2020
Imitations In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions.
Much more here.
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Kavik

Feb 23. 2020
Furry The Kavik is a simple zonker-based streamer, well suited for a lot of different fish, and easy to adapt in color and material choice
See how to tie it here.
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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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