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Article Green Caddis Larvae May 24. 2019 Biology Some say that caddisflies are even more important than mayflies. For us flyfishers that is probably correct. A good caddis pattern can save your day. Learn more here	Article Squid Plus Three Jan 5. 2015 Cephalopod As the year changed from 2014 to 2015, the Danish sea trout community suddenly started buzzing about squid. And I buzzed along and developed Martin's Mundane Squid, soon to become the Squid Plus Three See how to tie it here	Article Hospitalized kids need your flies! Jul 12. 2012 Help It might sound crazy, but you can actually help hospitalized kids by tying flies for them! Tie flies in support for this science project for kids. Read on to learn why and how.
Article Domestic Fly Mar 10. 2009 Buzzz The common housefly is indeed... eh.... common, and an obvious insect to imitate. Bulgarian Radoslav Kiskinov has made a simple but very efficient pattern imitating Musca domestica using foam, raffia and peacock herl, which will catch several species when fished dry. See how to tie it here.	Article Monster's Bug May 3. 2007 Buggy The tendency is, that flies become smaller and smaller trying to fool the fish. We end up using 7X, size 24 hooks and stealth moves on the river banks. Sometimes you need to go the opposite way, if you want a big fish at end of your tippet. See how this big foam beetle from Lithuania is tied.	Article Wasp Year Aug 19. 2006 The sting It has been a hot and dry summer in Scandinavia. Wasps have been a plague in many areas. They have been in every apple, every drink and every house. Some of them may have crossed a stream or river, winding up on the surface before continueing the rush. Some of them never left again. Read and get stung here.
Article Real Enough! Jan 16. 2003 Imitations A bunch of quite realistic flies by a bunch of well known and unknown international tiers. These fantastic flies are not super realistic imitations, but they certainly look real and convincing enough to fool both men and fish! Read the story and see the pictures	Article Realistic Flies Dec 26. 2002 Trout and Grayling Realistic flies are not only for the display case. As Steve Thornton shows us, realism can also be applied to practical and effective fishing flies. Trout and grayling beware! Click here for more.	Article Edwards' Little Ant Oct 15. 2002 Critters Ant patterns are usually a bit of foam and a chaotic dry fly hackle. But why not tie it more imitative? It's quite easy.
Article Midwest Hatches Sep 24. 2002 Coming off Don't be fooled by the title! This hatch chart encompasses 46 different 'hatches' that are applicable to the entire US. It's ready to print out and keep by your tying desk for ready reference (Web, PDF and Excel formats). It's the most complete hatch chart on the net!	Article Golden shiner Jan 15. 2002 Forage This is a well know species that is easily identified. Key characteristics are the strongly compressed rather elliptical body, a small pointed head, strongly downward curving lateral ling, a long sickle-shaped anal fin, and a thin scaleless keel on the midline of the belly behind the pelvic fins. More golden shiner information in this article	Article Opossum Shrimp Jan 1. 2001 Shrimpy An imitation well suited for inshore fishing. See the simple recipe here