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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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Wiggling Frog Legs

Jun 17. 2018
Froggy Frogs are high on the menu for many fish If there's one thing that gives away a swimming frog, it's the legs!
Learn to make sexy frog legs here.
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Sam-I-Am

Oct 3. 2017
Shrimp I do not like bright shrimp flies. I do not like them Sam-I-Am. I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. Or maybe I would...?
Why Dr. Seuss might be right.
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The Octopus

Aug 8. 2016
Sea runs Danish Allan Nørskov Johansen ties a large, gaudy and semi-crazy fly with lots of hair, flash and rubber legs for stream fishing at night for sea run brown trout.
See a step-by-step here
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Intruder introduction

May 19. 2016
Style Intruders have been around for many years, but if you are new to this fly style, this could be a good place to start.
Read on to learn more
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Sea Trout Munker

May 5. 2014
Salty muddler Inspired by Kim Sorensen's salmon fly the Munker I set out to make a sea trout variant for the salt
See what I ended up with here
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The Munker

May 5. 2014
Tube muddler A very successful Danish muddler tube fly developed by Kim Sorensen for salmon and sea trout, particularly suited for slow water.
Muddler and Zonker becomes Munker
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The Ronker

Jul 20. 2012
Zonker Rubber legs and a zonker... in orange. The Ronker is a fly for deep dwelling trout, featuring some weight bright colors, mobile materials and not least rubber legs.
See the pattern here
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Jack Plotts' Foam flies

Dec 25. 2011
Foam These foam flies were sent to us 10 years ago, and this article has been long underway... High time we did something about it! Digging into the digital archives we found this bunch of crazy foam flies.
See them here
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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