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Article The Fair Fly Jan 13. 2016 Remake The Fair Fly is in many ways a perfect zonker: large, very fishy looking, simple to tie. It's a very good sculpin imitation and an excellent large streamer. See it here	Article Mickey Finn Feb 9. 2013 Bucktail The Mickey Finn is one of the all time classic streamers. Simple, beautiful and fairly easy to tie - and a catcher. Here's its history, the original tying recipe and a bunch of variations	Article 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
Article Oatman's Silver Darter Jan 16. 2012 Step by Step Someone asked me how to create the "slightly tapered" body on an Oatman Silver Darter and it was pretty difficult to describe in words, so I tied up a sample and took some photos along the way. Here for your enjoyment is a Lew Oatman favorite, the Silver Darter Click here to read more	Article The Bloody Zonker Jun 17. 2011 Variation This fly is a bright and tasty looking bite of feathers and fur that can sometimes be the key to luring a big trout. It's a variation of a variation of the Bloody Butcher. Lots of tying steps and tips here	Article Yellow Marabou Special Jan 31. 2011 Marabou Winged Streamer While tying up a batch of streamers for a fly swap, GFF partner Bob Petti remembered an old tinsel trick that reduced some of the hand cramping thread wrapping that is all too common with long shanked streamers. Click here for more
Article Big Hole Demon Dec 21. 2008 Twoface A classical pattern originated back in the sixties - here adapted for Scandinavian sea trout fishing, but probably also useful for bass and other species as well as the brownies it was originally tied for. The fly is fairly easy to tie and we have made it even simpler. See how to go about it here.	Article Malbran Apr 21. 2006 Tinsel Malbran is the fly that catches everything. Created by Ramiro Garcia Malbràn and tied with simple and cheap materials it's the ideal fly for fierce predators like dorado, pike and bass. Learn to tie it here	Article Angel Body Jan 24. 2006 Fat and shining Shiny tubing materials are widely used as body material on streamers. So is ordinary tinsel. Here is a new way of making glittering, but more volumnious, pulsating and living bodies for your streamers using Angel Hair or a similar material. Get the short step-by-step here
Article The killer fly Sep 16. 2002 Flashy How about a fly which has caught tuna in the tropics, salmon and trout in Russia, cod in Denmark and a number og other fish in Global destinations? Claus Bech-Petersen's simple Tinsel Fly is such a fly. Read Claus' article with history, patterns and fishing methods. Find the article here	Article The Moyerfokker Jan 1. 2001 Large A well worn, ugly, but nevertheless effective specimen of The Moyerfokker	Article Better tinsel bodies Jan 11. 2000 Smooth How to tie a nice, even, ribbed tinsel body. Here's one way. The description assumes that you want a silver body. If you want gold, just replace 'silver' with 'gold' below. Here's how

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