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Apr 2003 - Articles - Editorial articles only

Great rod gizmo!

The Magnetic Rod Guard from Tight Line Enterprises will solve more than the problem of keeping your rod out of harms way while you finish up by your car. A neat and simple product to solve a very common problem.

Read Martin Joergensen's review here.

Flyline Maintenance 101

Maintaining that expensive string coated with plastics and polymers is the best medicine for adding years of life your flyline. Consider cleaning flylines after every 3-5 uses or when the water is particularly dirty.

Click here to read how to clean and maintain a flyline - by GFF Partner Steve Schweitzer.

Better-Winged Olives

A recent tying binge left me with a few thoughts on how to tie a quicker and better blue-winged olive mayfly. The ideas aren't necessarily new, but they certainly are worth sharing.

Click here to read how to make a better Blue-Winged Olive.

Baby Buggers

Wooly buggers are one of the all time most effective fish catching flies. However, if you think you need heavy tackle and lots of lead to get them to work - think again. Peter Frailey tells about his "Baby Buggers", and how well they cast and fish.

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