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Deer hair - articles

Article Moulin’s Deer Hair Parachute Feb 21. 2020 Technique Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one. See more here	Article Sea Trout CDC&Elk Jun 27. 2019 Caddis The CDC&Elk is a famous and efficient Caddis dry fly. This variation works for Baltic sea trout... and was actually inspired by the bonefish version of the fly See how to tie it here	Article 5 Minute Bug Nov 30. 2018 Terrestrial This little beetle imitation is amazingly lifelike. Using few and ordinary materials, Russian tyer Dmitri Tseliaritski makes it quick and easy to tie. See for yourself.
Article IPS '96: Muddler Nov 17. 2017 Swap This is my entry from the first ever Illustrated Pattern Swap in 1996. No idea what an Illustrated Pattern Swap is? Well read on and learn. And see my entry here	Article Rattlesnake Streamer Sep 25. 2017 Large The Rattlesnake Streamer is a large, articulated fly originated by US tyer and guide Ray Schmidt. Read Ray's article about the pattern here	Article Taming the Humpy Mar 22. 2015 Universal The Humpy might be the greatest surface fly ever devised, but it also has a reputation of being difficult to tie. Learn to tame it here. Martin Westbeek shows you how
Article 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	Article 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	Article Mouse flies Mar 19. 2014 Furry Somewhat an oxymoron - a fly that's a mammal - but still a fun fly to tie, and not least to fish when the large fish are tuned in on a mouse menu. See lots of mice here
Article Gapen's Muddler Minnow Jun 1. 2013 Messy Minnow This is an article about Don Gapen's original Muddler Minnow - a fly that is tied in countless versions and has inspired thousands of patterns, but only few that resemble the original See how it differs here	Article Buying Deer Hair Apr 17. 2013 Shopping In this chapter of our series we look at what to look for when buying deer hair for fly tying. Get the right material whether you are going to use it for caddis wings or for spinning bass bugs. Get some buying tips here.	Article The Bat Fly Feb 2. 2013 Emerger To tie Andrew Herd's Bat Fly, you will need a packet of Polo mints, a pair of shears and a full-bore rifle. Read more in this excerpt from Chris Sandford's book Mayflies and More