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Aug 1996 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts

The nature of feather construction

We have all read fly patterns that refer to quills, barbs, barbules, fibers, shafts, stems, vanes and so forth, but when we read these terms do we know what they have reference to? This article sets all these terms and many more straight.

Read the article here

August 6th 1996

Summertime... The last 2-3 weeks have been really warm here, and summer is now as summer should be. The water is not as warm as usual this time of year, but it's still getting near 20 deg. Centigrade. This means that the trout - where ever they have been earlier - only will go close to shore when the air is cold - meaning night and morning.

Poul Jorgensen flies

Jorgensen... yes, that Jorgensen. A portrait and a couple of his excellent flies. Poul Jorgensen Need an address? Mayfly Sir Conrad

See a few pics here

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