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Apr 12. 2024 Bouncing Caddis! In short An unexpected afternoon of rain pouring down, and fish looking up! Bouncing caddis dry flies in the rain. Also, tips on how to catch more fish on crowded rivers.	Apr 12. 2024 Yellow Skjern Zonker In short The trophy for most salmon fishermen is the spring salmon. It comes fresh from the sea and is in absolute top condition, and brilliantly silvershiny - a true dream-trophy.	Mar 27. 2024 Copper Braid Material This type of braid is found in electronics stores, but is a great new addition to the fly tyer’s arsenal of useful copper products See some patterns here
Mar 9. 2024 Mini Headbanger Cased A scaled-down version of the author’s own Headbanger Caddis, a cased nymph caddis pattern See how to tie it here	Feb 29. 2024 Fly tying Book review Fly tying really makes beautiful books! 12 saltwater flies that catch fish!	Feb 25. 2024 Steel Pin Shrimp Gammarus A scud pattern with 26 individual legs is no task if you make this small, ingenious tool out of wire. See how here
Feb 19. 2024 Tom’s Leather Fly Reel Cases DIY Dutch Tom Biesot made some beautiful leather cases for his homemade fly reels See how here	Feb 17. 2024 How to tie a hook on a tube fly Tubes Those of us who have fished tube flies for ages have no problem understanding the principle, but if you're new to tubes, the simple task of attaching a hook to a tube fly might seem hard to figure out. Here's how	Feb 10. 2024 Steel Shrimp Chained Another Nick Thomas fly using bead chain for weight and orientation See the easy pattern here
Feb 5. 2024 Hair stackers Tool A bit of stacker education and stacker philosophy is due, so here it is: quite a lot of information about hair stackers Much more here	Jan 30. 2024 Get Knotting Tie the knot Monofilament of many kinds can be used as a fly material as it can be seen in this simple Knot Bug See how here	Jan 25. 2024 There's deer hair ... Materials ... and then there's deer hair. And it can be many different things. It is not at all that easy to find the right kind for the many patterns with this fantastic material Deer hair 101
Jan 16. 2024 Smallest Fly Page Micro Flies from Dutch Hans Weilenmann's 1998/99 project SFP - Smallest Fly Page - with size 32 patterns from all over the world See the images here	Jan 15. 2024 Green Mantle In short The Green Mantle is another wet fly from Ray Bergman's book Trout (page 432, plate #4). It is a nice and simple little Caddis imitation that it pretty quick to tie. - Enjoy	Jan 11. 2024 The Sage of Dibbin Creek Novel A capturing and sometimes touching novel about a young boy whose life is formed by farming, outdoors activities and fishing
Jan 7. 2024 Chain Worm Rubbery An upside-down latex worm, which is easy to tie and very efficient in high and dirty water Tie along here	Dec 18. 2023 Springtail Bendy The Springtail has a soft and bendy body made from a boiled coil of colorful, elastic jewelry string See the pattern here	Nov 23. 2023 Taco Emerger Emerging The Taco Emerger was inspired by the split case patterns which are popular in the US See the pattern here

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