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Pike Duster

Oct 6. 2013
Inspired by some large, colorful saddles and an ordinary feather duster, this pike fly is voluminous and voluptuous, easy to tie and easy to cast.
See how to tie it here
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Buying Marabou

Jul 1. 2013
Shopping In nature the marabou is a stork. In fly tying it's a very versatile and popular type of feathers from other birds than the marabou.
Learn to find the right type here.
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The Super Pupa

Jun 18. 2013
Hatching With such a name a fly has to be good. And this one is. The Super Pupa is a killer pattern! Different, simple to tie, and very efficient.
Read the story and see how to tie it
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One Mallard Shrimp

Apr 24. 2013
Cocktail time As a Baltic sea trout angler you can never get enough shrimp patterns, and this one was tied as a result of access to some really fine mallard feathers.
Get ready to mix your prawn dressing here
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Buying Dry Fly Hackle

Apr 22. 2013
Shopping Learn what to look for when buying feathers for dry fly hackle. How to choose the right saddles or necks and get the most and the best feathers for your purpose.
Get some buying tips here.
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Genner Bug

Apr 18. 2013
Mallard There's absolute nothing original or innovative about this fly. On the contrary: it's super simple and has probably been tied in a gazillion variations before. It was inspired by some nice mallard feathers brought to one of our fly-tying and fishing trips.
See how it's tied here
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A very versatile material

Aug 25. 2012
Birding Golden Pheasant must be one of the most versatile fly-tying materials you can get your hands on. The wealth of different feathers on one skin is simply overwhelming. And the skin is inexpensive too.
What's not to like?
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Washing your materials

Aug 12. 2012
Material handling If you never tried washing a newly bought saddle, neck or bucktail, it's about time you try! Proper treatment can transform the useless to useful and the mediocre to sublime.
Start your laundry here
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Steaming your materials

Aug 12. 2012
Material handling Steaming materials has a fantastic effect! Feathers, fur, hair deserves some steam. You will be amazed what a little vaporized water can do.
Put on the kettle here
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Djihad

Mar 3. 2012
Bright fly The Djihad is a bright fly with a shiny body, silver combined with black and red. Just my kind of fly. I like the Irish Shrimp tradition flies, and this is such a fly on steroids. It even uses one of my favorite materials: Golden Pheasant.
See more here
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Double K Reverse Spider

Jul 1. 2010
Backwards Kelvin Kleinman shows us how to tie a really different saltwater fly based on the freshwater spider style, adapted for cutthroat stream fishing and then reversed to become a saltwater shrimp from outer space! A very special but also efficient pattern.
Reverse yourself here.
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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

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