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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	Nov 11. 2023 Sillikix Silli I like rubber legs on dry flies. Their suggestion of something edible is the fish equivalent of ringing a dinner gong. Ring the bell here	Nov 4. 2023 Feather Mechanic II Patterns South African Gordon Spuy’s second book is different from the first one - but then again somewhat similar, which is a good thing.
Oct 19. 2023 Facehugger Alien At the vice no one can hear you scream. A spacy fly	Oct 15. 2023 Baltic flies for calm and clear water Water In this part of the series on different coastal conditions, we look at a common situation: water clear as gin and maybe even calm as a mirror. Not the easiest of fishing conditions, but adapting gear and flies to the situation helps. See some here	Oct 7. 2023 Canyon Caddis Deep This is a fly that was designed for a wooded canyon on one of the author’s favourite small rivers where the water has carved out a deep narrow channel through the limestone See how to tie it here
Sep 22. 2023 Doing a Step-By-Step Photography This article teaches you how to do a proper series of step-by-step photos of a fly pattern being tied - also known as an SBS. Good advice is found here	Sep 17. 2023 Mörrum - The Best Flies Salmon A really beautiful book about a very important Swedish river and - not least - a group of its most productive anglers and their flies.	Sep 13. 2023 Neoprene Beetle In short This neat little beetle’s body is made from extruded neoprene cord, which is widely available and a really useful tying material
Sep 10. 2023 FISK - scaled-up Larger This book features some stunning images of fish! It’s a Danish book, but I think it deserves some attention here anyway	Aug 4. 2023 Inspiration and Imitation Rocks The story about how the Toothpick Stone Clinger was inspired by turning over rocks and taking pictures Story and pattern here	Jul 11. 2023 Highlighter Caddis Penned The name of this fly is to be taken ad verbatim. You do need a highlighter pen to tie it See how here
Jun 24. 2023 When AI invents flies Machines We challenged artificial intelligence to create a fly pattern. It went fairly well ... and then again … not quite well. Read about it here	Jun 5. 2023 Hitched Hoglouse Freshwater The hoglouse is also known as a sowbug or a cress bug, and is a very common freshwater crustacean. Here’s an easy imitation using an interesting tying technique. See how to tie it	May 17. 2023 The Prefab Shrimp Ready-made My shrimp patterns have always been pretty impressionistic. That was until I saw a video using some pre-made legs… then I dug into my stash, and a fairly realistic shrimp emerged Tie along here
Apr 21. 2023 Back to Basics Simple Sometimes simple is best. Simple and scruffy in fact. Nick Thomas shows you how to tie a both simple and scruffy fly.	Apr 14. 2023 Salmon fishing in Iceland, where to start Planning Iceland with its fascinating extremes and great runs of salmon is a dream destination for many anglers. Here’s where to start. Get the advice here	Apr 7. 2023 A year’s fishing in Argentina All seasons Argentinian Pedro Miles tells the story of his fishing in Argentina during the year 2022, and man, there’s been some fishing going on! Read the report here

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