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Rackelhanen
Read the article on the amazing, classic Swedish fly
"Rackelhanen", by Kenneth Boström. 100kB Published 1995-12-20 |
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The Blair Mouse Project
I laughed when I read the pattern's
name, "The Blair Mouse Project", probably named somewhat after a
cult film I absolutely hated and didn't have a clue what all the
talk was about. Article by Bob Kenly |
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Gripper Pad
part two
Sometimes
it happens that I find new materials that can be used for building
artificial flies. I have found one of a real interest. By Agostino Roncallo.
2010-06-01 |
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Tying
The Steelhead Caddis
Using something a little out of the
ordinary might just be what the fish were looking for. By Jason Akl
(2010-05-15) |
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Gripper Pad
Sometimes
it happens that I find new materials that can be used for building
artificial flies. I have found one of a real interest. By Agostino Roncallo.
2010-05-01 |
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The X foam
New technique for tying hackle on dry
flies, using x-foam, by Agostino Roncallo. 2010-04-02 |
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Mirage
For
many years this fly pattern was the secret weapon that I used for
capture graylings and trout, particularly difficult ones. By Agostino
Roncallo (2010-03-01) |
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HPU Brite-Eyed Emerald
Shiner
The Emerald Shiner is now the most abundant minnow in the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers. By Fox Statler. (2010-02-23) |
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My Parachute
Helpful method for tying parachute hackle. By Agostino Roncallo
(2010-02-15) |
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The
Yallerhammer, a truly American Fly
It is generally accepted that it
was the Cherokees who first brought down a Yellow-shafted Flicker
with a blowgun, wrapped its bright quill around a hook, and caught a
trout. Maybe the Cherokee indians tied
this fly as they tied the deer hair fly, reverse Palmer style. Article
by Bruce E. Harang
(2010-02-06) |
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The Remerger
Unweighted nymphs, flymphs and emergers, but because I think that
this pattern has all these properties built into it, I gave this fly
the striking name. By Hans van Klinken
(2009-11-15) |
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Angle flies,
method to tie dry flies, by Geir Kjensmo (2009-07-25) |
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HPU Patterns
All Hook-Point-Up (HPU)
patterns have three components. First, lead or brass eyes placed
below the hook-eye. Second, some sort of tying material such as deer
hair, feathers, fur, or hanked material tied in above the hook-eye.
Third, a sturdy and often large streamer hook. By Fox Statler
2008-01-26 |
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Linda's Shrimp,
Shrimp fly tying article, fly pattern,
by Bob Kenly (2007-06-22) |
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| Ants,
Fly tying article by By Gianluca Nocentini
(2007-03-18) |
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| The Boss,
a simple salmon/steelhead fly pattern, known to everyone who fishes
Alaska, The Boss, an all purpose fly.
By Bob Kenly 2007-02-25 |
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Coloured
tubes. Perspectives.
Using colored plastic tubed for salmon tube flies. Also abaout
using Serebrjanka dubbing. Fly tying article by Jurij Shumakov (2006-06-06)
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Little
Witchy
Flytying article.
Trolling flies like the Witchy are made to play into the voracious
feeding behavior of large predatory fish, or more simply put just
attract as much attention as possible in hopes that a lunker will
take a quick swipe at the fly. By Jason Akl (2006-03-01
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Why
wax?
A
properly waxed thread is both rouge and adheres more readily to your
materials. This enables you to tie stronger flies with fewer thread
winds resulting in a neater and more attractive fly. By Anders Isberg (2005-12-10)
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The
Turbo Shrimp,
From Russia To Alaska, Spinner fly article by Bob Kenly (2005-10-15)
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| The
Scurr
(Heptagenid / Stoneclinger) lifelike fly tying by James Matthews
(2005-05-20)
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| The
Cascade Prawn - A study in Fly Tying -
"base coating" and "color layering" Also
presenting steelhed flies by
Jack Cook (2005-05-08)
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Big
Eye Spoon Fly
Fly tying
article, about fly that imitate crabs or injured bait fish. Fly
developed for fishing Redfish but is probably also good for Sea-trout,
Snook, Striped Bass, Bluefish, and Mackerel. By Jason Akl (2005-02-26) |
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Spinner’d
Minners
Fly tying arcticle by Fox Statler. Tying a very special fly with
spinning spoon.
(2005-02-12) |
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Breathing Dragon
Fly tying
article, about Dragon flies. By Jason Akl (2005-02-02) |
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Hackling CDC
Fly tying article, describing "Light greenish CDC Dun", by
Leon Links (2005-01-28) |
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Matthews' Peccadillo
Fly tying article on great grayling fly, imitating caddi larvae, hydropsyche. By James Matthews (2004-12-14) |
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| My preferred flies,
three flies, tying descriptions; Olive Biot
Dun, P.A. Emerging, Emergent Hare's Ear. By Gianluca Nocetini. (2004-05-04) |
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| PT Stone stone
fly imitation, fly tying article by Jason Akl (2004-03-28) |
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| Hot Spot Caddis bead head
flies to imitate caddis flies at larval stage, fly tying article by Jason
Akl (2004-03-14) |
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| Super Bunny rabbit fur
streamer, fly tying article by Jason Akl (2004-02-28) |
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| Flopper (the fallen
hopper) fly tying article by Jason Akl (2004-02-14) |
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| Fox's Mudbugs, article with several fly patterns of the same
serie, by Fox Statler (2004-01-31) |
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| The Oligochaete
Worm, Could every "San Juan
Worm" that has ever been tied be wrong? By Fox Statler. (2003-12-21) |
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| Madam X Fly tying article and tying pattern by Jason Akl. (2003-10-12) |
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| Swinger Fly tying article and tying pattern by Jason Akl. (2003-09-27) |
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| Rabid Prince Fly tying article and tying pattern by Jason Akl. (2003-09-16) |
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| Happy mistake, article on Interchangeable tube fly bodies by
Jurij Shumakov (2003-01-26) |
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| Leeches, ...disgusting according to us, but the rainbow
thinks different. By Gunnar Johnson (2001-11-16) |
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| Foam no.5, by Niclas Andersson. A different mayfly where the shape, silhouette and
impression is the most important. (Published 2001-06-12) |
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| "True
Man" hook, A presentation of
the "True Man" hook, for balancing and improving tube flies. By Jurij Shumakov.
(Published 2000-05-27) |
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| Streaking Caddis A presentation of the famous Swedish dry fly that
imitates caddis. By Lennart Bergqvist and Kenneth Boström (1998-07-29) 136 kb. |
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| In the spell of
the Rackehanen, Rackelhanen,
Thank you! Hans van Klinken tell us a story of his first meeting with the fly Rackelhanen.
(Published 980103) |
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