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Article Alaska Mary Ann Bucktail Jul 20. 2017 Streamers365 It is the official fly of the Alaska Flyfishers and has a storied past. I used a few hooks from my Mustad 9575 collection for this video. The hook is...	Article Vintage Streamers Jun 29. 2013 Vintage Flies I saw a post by Ted Patlen on a fly tying bulletin board. It was a simple post - a photo of a group of flies and a short statement stating his intention of tying the flies as close as possible to the way the originator tied the flies. Click here to read more.	Article Buying Bucktail Apr 13. 2013 Shopping What to look for when buying bucktail, a cheap and easily accessible and very useful fly tying material. Learn how to get the best quality for streamers, saltwater patterns and pike flies. Get some buying tips here.
Article Mickey Finn Feb 9. 2013 Bucktail The Mickey Finn is one of the all time classic streamers. Simple, beautiful and fairly easy to tie - and a catcher. Here's its history, the original tying recipe and a bunch of variations	Article Herb Johnson Bucktails Sep 17. 2011 Streamers365 I can hardly believe that the fall is almost here. I've been checking out the salmon returning to the tributaries this past week and am glad to see...	Article The Clouserish May 20. 2011 Not quite Very inspired by the Clouser style as well as the Thunder Creek, but not tied quite as any of the originals. The Clouser-ish will still go in the Clouser Deep Minnow category, and as all these flies it's an excellent and easy-to-tie fly. See how to go about it here.
Article Clouser Deep Minnow May 20. 2011 Bucktail Only a few patterns are as generally useful and widespread as the Clouser Deep Minnow. Only a few patterns have their own entry in Wikipedia, but the Clouser Deep Minnow is up there with the Woolly Bugger, the Muddler Minnow, Grey Ghost, Royal Coachman, Diawl Bach and a few others. Read about this simple but ingenious flly	Article Barrel Full of Bucktails Apr 13. 2011 Streamers Some of these flies are among the most well known of any genre of fishing flies others are a little on the obscure side. Some are simple and some are a bit complicated. I like 'em all. They all have their place on the water, and they all have a story to tell. Click here to read the whole article	Article Yellow Marabou Special Jan 31. 2011 Marabou Winged Streamer While tying up a batch of streamers for a fly swap, GFF partner Bob Petti remembered an old tinsel trick that reduced some of the hand cramping thread wrapping that is all too common with long shanked streamers. Click here for more
Article Flats in the cold Jun 14. 2010 Fly style Flatwings - "the new black" in Denmark and Sweden. Are they really that good. Not too big for casting? For the trout? Will they twist? Are they better than other sand eel imitations? Are they better suited for pike? Kill your skepticism and take a tour de flats here	Article Jiggy Nov 21. 2008 Stolen hair A jigging fly for almost any predatory fish originated by Bob Popvics. After a trip to Danish island Bornholm in 2007 Kasper Mühlbach wanted to tie and try this successful pattern and ordered a special color. But someone else came first and bought his custom dyed bucktail. See the result here.	Article Lake Erie Shiner Dec 11. 2002 Lake Erie Shiner is a Killing Bucktail from the vise of Floyd Franke See it here

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