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Article The Green Inchworm Sep 17. 2012 Foam Most of the rivers in Northern and mid Patagonia are lined with trees, most of which are willows, and in summer they supply one of the trout's favourite meals, the willow worm. Read about a simple, successful worm pattern here	Article Tom's Hopper Mar 10. 2012 Terrestrial Before you know it, the summer is upon us, and a hopper pattern can suddenly be what makes a day. Tom Biesot's hopper is a good bet. Using a foam body and a couple of neat tecniques he produces a really good imitation	Article 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
Article Steelhead Beetle Aug 29. 2011 Broom fly While looking at steelhead flies with a BC guide, one fly in particular stood out: a somewhat ugly contraption with a deer hair wing and not least an "overhanging" head, in other words tied so that the hook eye was under the fly and not in front. Meet the Steelhead Beetle	Article Unsinkable flies Nov 27. 2010 Floating David Cowardin's concept for preventing flies from sinking is slightly different—as are his flies. They are different creatures! Most anglers can put a name on them, but the way they are tied... or more like built. Different is not quite enough to say that these are not like your average dry fly. Learn why here.	Article Chuck's FlutterStone Jan 16. 2010 Buggyness Fly fishing guide Charles Robinton has put some serious trial and error into the design of his Chuck's FlutterStone. He thinks the result has the ideal amount of action, buggyness and overall attractiveness packed into the perfect stonefly profile. Tie along here
Article Shark's Wasp Mar 10. 2009 The sting Bulgarian fly tyer and fly angler Radoslav Kiskinov takes another stab at imitating a terrestrial insect - this time the wasp - and with usual skill he manages to produce a very life-like fly. Bulgarian anglers and Bulgarian fish love it. Get stung here.	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 Burning Man Jun 11. 2007 Plop! This strange popper came out of Martin Joergensen's vice recently and has already proved its value several times. See why it might be interesting to you, how to tie it (in meticulous details) as well as how it moves - and in video too! And learn why it's called Burning Man. All that and more 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 Mart's Bibio Oct 23. 2006 Foam wing A nice thing about this Bibio is that it's versatile. Play with it, use lighter of heavier hooks, fish it with or without floatant, wrap a thinner or denser hackle, and so on. But make sure you have some Bibios in your flybox spring suddenly is here. See Martin Westbeek's pattern here	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.