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The Test Tube Jan 6. 2013 Futurama A weird and futuristic construction from the archives. Really easy to tie... eh, make... uhm... construct... Metal, plastic and glue. See how to go about it here	Martin's Mundane Shrimp Aug 28. 2011 Mundane Another simple, three-material fly. This time a shrimp, well suited for seatrout and probably fine for a number of other saltwater species not least bonefish. Super simple to tie and with easily accessible and cheap materials. See the pattern here
Martin's Mundane Zonker Worm Aug 28. 2011 Zonker For many saltwater anglers the term "worm hatch" has a magical ring to it. When the worms spawn, the fish usually go berserk, be it trout, stripers or tarpon. As one writer puts it: It's like yelling "free lunch" to a high school football team. Learn to tie a simple worm here	Martin's Mundane Sand Eel Jun 20. 2010 Mundane Sand eels are very common in most waters around the world. This is a very simple flatwing style sand eel that can be tied easily with very few, common materials, and make a great imitaion that is easy to cast on a light rod. Read more here

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Article The Test Tube Jan 6. 2013 Futurama A weird and futuristic construction from the archives. Really easy to tie... eh, make... uhm... construct... Metal, plastic and glue. See how to go about it here	Article Martin's Mundane Shrimp Aug 28. 2011 Mundane Another simple, three-material fly. This time a shrimp, well suited for seatrout and probably fine for a number of other saltwater species not least bonefish. Super simple to tie and with easily accessible and cheap materials. See the pattern here	Article Martin's Mundane Zonker Worm Aug 28. 2011 Zonker For many saltwater anglers the term "worm hatch" has a magical ring to it. When the worms spawn, the fish usually go berserk, be it trout, stripers or tarpon. As one writer puts it: It's like yelling "free lunch" to a high school football team. Learn to tie a simple worm here
Article Martin's Mundane Sand Eel Jun 20. 2010 Mundane Sand eels are very common in most waters around the world. This is a very simple flatwing style sand eel that can be tied easily with very few, common materials, and make a great imitaion that is easy to cast on a light rod. Read more here	Article Une Création Dec 29. 2005 En Francais We crank out some strange flies every now and then. Get an idea, dig through piles of materials and tie up a handful of slightly different flies, each one better than the previous one, but none of them really good. But sometimes one comes out OK. Such a fly is Martin Joergensen's Création.	Article A Black Fly Sep 9. 2001 I've had little experience fishing with this fly which is quite recent in my collection. It has all the characteristics of a good night fly, it's fast and easy to tie and durable too. It should be a fly worth having in you box.
Article An experiment Sep 8. 2001 What else would you expect to find in a lab...? This fly is one of the many that I seem to crank out at random. Most of them end up as garbage and never even find their way into my fly boxes, but this one had something. Just a little something.	Article Picric acid Jul 21. 1997 To dye for Dyeing with picric acid yields colors between a gorgeous olive and an electric yellow. Read all about it

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