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Article The Jassid Jun 1. 1996 JC fly The headline contains some truth in the sense: When trout/graylings eat tiny surface-food, they only nead to open their mouth to a narrow slot and sip the fly in. If one presents them with a fly with a broad hackle - then they can’t suck it in through their narrow mouth.	Article Grey Duster Jun 1. 1996 Blind hooks Later my friend and I ran into problems on our favorite stream, when the tiny Caënis dayflies hatched. The trout sipped the fresh emerged flies all over the water - but they rejected all the flies we offered. Then we found a note in a magazine saying, that the fly with the peculiar name - the 'Grey Duster' - should be the right medicine, if it was tied with a parachute hackle.	Article Two flies in one Jun 1. 1996 Sexy The small dipterae - Simulium sp. - has always been a problem - they are tiny and shows up in fantastic numbers. Why should a trout prefer our imitations when there are so many all over the water? Small dries
Article Fly tyers gallery Jun 1. 1996 Mug shots These are all tyers. Some of them were caught at the Danish Fly Festival and some at Fly Fair - Europe's largest outdoors fly show wich takes place every second year in Zwolle in Holland. Here are some pictures from the '96 event. If you want to see more international tyers have a look at the pictures from The International Fly Tyers Symposium 1996.	Article Fly Fair 1996 May 30. 1996 Dutch The following report was sent to the flyfishing mailing lists - FlyFish@ and Euro-Flyfish@ - after my return from a most enjoyable Fly Fair in Holland May 1996.	Article Roman Moser, Austria May 20. 1996
Article A day of fun and fly tying May 15. 1996 Learning Once again I've had the distinct pleasure of being together with fly tyers of the absolute elite. Henrik Strandgaard - a reputed Danish salmon fly tyer - had again set up a fine arrangement featuring two US tyers: Steven Fernandez and Marvin Nolte. Both ought to be well known, but let me introduce them to you anyway:	Article A.K.'s Fly Box May 12. 1996 Best A.K. should be fairly well known. The term 'production fly tyer' is very suitable for him. He counts his flies in hundreds of dozens and has before demonstrated his ability to write books about this kind of tying. In this book he reveals the contents of his own fly boxes. They contain a lot of brown trout flies - no salt water patterns, no poppers, no bass flies. There are a few hoppers and ants, but apart from that it's mayflies, stoneflies a caddises.	Article Making a wading staff Apr 22. 1996 Home made Here's the recipe for making a 'Totally Cool' Wading Stick - Danish Kind. What most people call a wading staff. It's easy
Article Juro Mukai's shooting head setup Apr 20. 1996 Interchangable Juro Mukai is a old aquaintance from the Flyfish@ mailing list. I had the pleasure of fishing with him in the Seattle area, and was intrigued by the 'modular' line setup that he uses on his two hand spey rod for steelhead. See Juro's line system here	Article Linked flies Apr 17. 1996 Missing link The flies on this page all have one thing in common: they have a linked body. Many of us strive to add life to our flies - the sense of something living. This can be done by using soft materials or adding long tails like on zonkers. These are all fine techniques that work well. But something urged me to try something different. Read about it here.	Article Twined or furled leaders Apr 1. 1996 DIY How to make a great furled leader using the ancient method of rope making. See how to make them here

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