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2015
Date Title Body Image

School of roach

This particular fishing trip was ignited by a photo. Or actually by a handful of photos.

My first salty pike

Pike are potentially large, almost always aggressive and not too easily spooked

Danish Fly Festival 2015

The biennial fly show The Danish Fly Festival takes place this year in the weekend April 11th and 12th. I will be there. How about you?

Preventing Wing Roll in Traditional Featherwing Streamers

The traditional method of "stacking the stems" did not work for me right from the start. The wing would have a tendency to roll and make me very...

The LAW of attraction

I was among the lucky fly-tyers who managed to lay my hand on one of Lawrence Waldron's LAW fly-tying vises while he made them - and they could be bought at reasonable prices.

Spring dreams

This is written mid-January 2015, and we've just come out of a couple of weeks with two storms, extreme tides - even flooding

Jack Gartside Darkside

Jack Gartside's Darkside tied by Darren MacEachern Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley streamer hook 8xl, #2 Thread: Black, 6/0 Tag: Silver...

Big Poppey

Big Poppey - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Big Poppey Fly Pattern Hook: Castle Arms Heritage Allcock BG3 #2...

Squid Plus Three

As the year changed from 2014 to 2015, the Danish sea trout community suddenly started buzzing about squid. And I buzzed along and developed Martin's Mundane Squid, soon to become the Squid Plus Three

Of lead and chrome

I usually don't take much pride in catching kelts, but ... they are fun to catch!

Production Fly Tying

The 3rd edition of AK bests all-time classic on tying flies as a boss.
2014
Date Title Body Image

Same same, but different

Trying to digest the statistics into some kind of most read list for 2014

Eunan Hendron, Loydd Lutes and Larry Leight Streamers

It's the last day of 2014 and there are some really cool and unique streamers on auction. We will be posting a few more collections over the next year...

King of the moonfish

Moonfish are memorable fish with their odd, flat shape and kinda innocent look.

Mangrove tarpon

I've fished for tarpon a few times and caught a few, but never felt the thrill that I see people get from fishing for these fish

Summit opener

This was one of those days where things just worked out, and I took advantage of it and behaved slightly out of order.

Jewel of the Rockies

Fishing for greenback cutthroats cruising along the shore in RMNP

Streamers 365 Volume 1-3 Now Available as Trade Edition

Good News! It may have taken quite a while, but trade editions are finally complete and available online now. The new editions feature all of the same...

Buying some Schwiebert flies

A story about a group buying some of the Ernie Schwiebert fly collection.

Lloyd Lutes Streamers and WIllis & Sons Hooks

It was a welcome surprise to see a new set of streamers for sale on Ebay from noted Canadian tyer Lloyd Lutes. Not only does he tie a mean streamers,...

Float tube cod

I used to do a lot of float tubing in the ocean - fly fishing for cod in particular

The man with the silver waders

This is about a steelhead - a sea run rainbow trout

My most recent decent fish

I remember the day. It was April, sunny, warmish and with a light wind.

Microjig nymphs and small streams

One of the ways to fish small, fast, rocky streams is Czech nymphing with microjigs.

Saltwater Flies

This is a really excellent book, which has all the ingredients that I like in pattern books

Streamers on Auction

I'm just back from the 2014 International Fly Tying Symposium in New Jersey with a couple new sets of streamers that will be posted in the upcoming...

Das große Trockenfliegen-Buch

it doesn't take any German skills at all to see that it's a beautiful, well illustrated and thorough book

Selectivity

This title has some great writing and a really excellent way of analyzing the problems and providing solutions

I remember that fish

I was thinking back trying to remember some defining moments in my fly fishing career. I couldn't really think of any.

Steelhead Dreams

A very thorough introduction to fishing for steelhead in the great lakes area in the US by renown steelhead guide Matt Supinski. Covering tactics, gear and flies as well as seasons and locations.

Fly-Fishing's Final Frontier

I love the concept of "Alternate Species", something alternative to what we already fish for

Donald Bruce Soar - 1963 - 2014

I was shocked and saddened today to learn about our friend Don Soar passing away. Rest well dear friend. Don Soar - Dedicated angler and fly tyer Don...

Fishing in Grayling Paradise

This book is a compilation of fly fishing stories, anecdotes about a fishing area and its people

Takes

South African Korrie Broos has developed this "Chart of takes" to classify the takes and different methods to employ to fish for the takes or to trigger the take.

Trading Tales

Author Dominic Garnett went on a fly fishing trip in London with magazine editor Garrett Fallon

Hooks and Streamers

If the Farmer's Almanac holds any truth, we're in for a cold winter. Thankfully there have been quite a few nice hooks and flies on Ebay for those of...

Flyfishing for Coarse Fish

Coarse fish are dramatically underestimated as a quarry worth pursuing on a fly

A Cache of Carrie Stevens and Bert Quimby Flies

For anyone who has been searching for a few vintage flies from the likes of Carrie Stevens and Bert Quimby, there is some wonderful news. Ebay seller...

Dorado

Locally it is known as "el tigre de los rios", the tiger of the rivers, and Argentina's famed Dorado is a popular and sought after gamefish.

Take the F...ing Fly

THE FUNK cloaks my heart, Hazes my mind, Chokes out fun, Good friends and sunshine. All for a fish That will eat that f*king fly.

A Bonanza for the Streamer Collector

It's been a while since I've posted flies up on Ebay, and this week has seen a number of great offerings from some of the regulars and a few new...

Kayak Fishing

Cory Routh's book is filled with excellent photos, richly illustrated and contains an enormous amount of information

Threading a bobbin

Considering how simple the goal is: to get the thread through the tube of a bobbin holder, there's a surprising number of ways to do it.

Nymph Fly-Tying Techniques

Technically excellent fly photos ... but boring in the long run

Bobbin holders for fly tying

In most cases the bobbin holder is a very simple tool with two wire legs that grab the thread spool under tension and feeds the tying thread through a tube

I F***ing Love Fish Science!

Scientific reports about fish and environment might not seem to be the most exciting to us anglers, but the work done by scientists is extremely important in keeping and eye on and improving our fishing waters.

Kayak fly-fishing - the sequel

I bought my kayak as a means of increased mobility, enabling me to move fast along the coast

The Rising Salar

With all due respect, this isn't Oscar worthy scripting or acting, but even so it works pretty well as a fishing video

Scott Murdock Streamer Collection 2014

Scott Murdock Streamers We welcome Scott back again to share several of his wonderful series of flies. This collection features four smaller...

Gina's Fly series

Gina's Fly series Gina's Fly series by Scott Murdock Gina's Fly - Atlantic Salmon Featherwing by Scott Murdock Gina's Fly - Spey by Scott Murdock...

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