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Crystal Killer
Tried and true stillwater flyPurple Crystal KillerI have written about going to new places and perusing shops in search of the local fly pattern that everyone was using, so I guess I'll share the Utah...
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5 reasons you should tie your own flies
No More Excuses.This Brown ate the Project Hopper that I have been working on for over a year.Do you tie your own flies? Uncle Ken does. Talking to fly anglers and asking if they tie flies can...
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The Amphibious Damsel is Back
Ring the dinner bellFoam bodied damsel had to make doFor those that read the blog and watch our videos or see photos posted here and there, you know we're really dorky fans of throwing adult damsel...
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The Twitchy Chicken
A simple stonefly with maximum movement***Update. On a recent fishing trip to some high mountain lakes we fished this fly as a damsel fly, and it produced some very picky fish. The recipe I was using...
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You Have Too Many Flies: 5 ways to cope
Don't resist the urge to purgeRow of chironomids in the "2nd team" boxMost fly fishermen I know carry a lot of flies when they fish and, as I wrote about a while back, you really only need one fly...
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Synthetic vs. Natural Materials
Substitute for your benefitThe Foam Dragon has a heavy dose of foamOne day I was driving around town and realized that I was pretty close to a fly shop that I hadn't visited in years so I stopped in to...
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Top 5 Fish Camp Tips
Roughing it to up your fishing gameKodiak tent lights up the mountainCamping, when it comes to fishing trips, usually elicits a variety of responses from people who like to fish. Some people I know...
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Griffin Montana Mongoose Vise Review
Bring your hooks... any hooks.Griffin Montana Mongoose viseIf you have been following our articles and videos you will see that the vast majority of our tying is done withthe Griffin Montana Mongoose...
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Chimera: Callibaetis and Damsel Flavor
Another face of the shape shifting flyChimera in a damsel or callibaetis color schemeAs I've written about before hereand here, the Chimera pattern was designed to be an attractor pattern where you can...
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Fish Skins for your Devices
Skin It!Fish Skin BackgroundOk, so we've decided to release a series of fish skin photos that can be used as phone or tablet backgrounds etc. These are all free o' charge but please keep them to...
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Last Minute Streamers with Hawgfish
Hey bro... can you fish today.Cheech showing off Hawg's FishI had been up basically all night finishing the last two finals of my life (yes for that fancy book learnin'), and around 11:00 when I woke...
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Ice Wing Caddis - Deer Hair Dubbing Loop
Durable, Buoyant, and EffectiveIce Wing Caddis in olive.I have been playing with some new tools and techniques on the tying bench for the last few months, and one of the flies that came out of my...
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Transitional Midge Emerger
Fripple StyleFripple Midge EmergerOne thing about a lot of different hatches -- midges included -- is that there tends to be a fairly distinct transition period as the fish start to focus on different...
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The Blingnobyl Continues to Perform
Not sure why, but it worksBonneville Cutthroat that inhaled a Pink BlingWe have written quite a bit on the background and results of fishing this pattern here, here and here. Considering this spring...
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The Ultimate Hackle Throwdown
The Hackle Comparison NerdalysisDueling WulffsThis post has been a LONG time in the making. You could say it began about 20 years ago when I bought my first neck -- a crappy cheap India neck from a...
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Product Review: Loon Flow UV Resin
Thin, tack free UV resin for a great priceLoon's new all-star... FlowYour fly boxes should be tacky... not your resin. Jolly Rancher Chironomid - video belowThe first time I used UV resin it was loon...
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Ice Wing Pupa - Caddis
A simple pupa that fish can't resistIce Wing PupaThere aren't many times that I catch fish faster than when the fish are keying on caddis pupae in the summer time. Because of this, I really love...
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Real. Easy. Mayfly.
Great for skinny waterWhen I was working my way through college, working in a local fly shop, one of my fellow shop rats invited me to head out and fish a PMD hatch early one June. As we ventured out,...
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Real. Easy. Parachute
Tidy up your parachutesReal. Easy. ParachuteI remember when I got my first metz grizzly neck. I went straight home confident that all of my hackle woes were solved, and that I would be able to tie top...
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Rusty Mayfly Spinner
Sometimes you need to go a bit realisticRusty Mayfly SpinnerIf you've ever hit a really good Mayfly spinner fall, then you can see the benefit of this pattern. Because it features these...
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