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Creative Construction of a Nymph
Put some funk in your subsurface bugsBleached PT fibers make this pattern a killerI have been giving this topic a lot of thought lately as I have been filling some of my own boxes in between orders,...
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The Fuzz Monster
The Ultimate Streamer WeaponFuzz Monster with extra fuzzI have been tinkering at the vise quite a bit lately, and the other night as I was about to go to sleep I had a great idea for the ultimate...
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I Sucked at Tying Flies: 5 Ways to not be me
Take your game up a notchCopper John, clean and purdyThe other day while tying at a fly fishing & tying expo, we had a few people stop by our booth and mention how much they admired the flies we...
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El Crawcito
A Craw with some junk in the trunk"Hey... You want to borrow this stuff for a while?" Little did Bryan Gregson know that he was rekindling some very bassy spirits that lived deep within my soul. I...
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Purple Haze
Purple is the new grayThe Parachute Adams is arguable the most effective dry fly on the planet. It can be used as a larger attractor/terrestrial pattern in larger sizes all the way down to mayflies...
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An Introduction to Nature's Spirit Materials
The best materials you didn't know existed.Nature's Spirit X-Caddis HairI'm a self-admitted sicko when it comes to collecting materials for tying flies. I have more materials than I know what to do...
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Tie a Better Elk Hair Caddis
Add some durability to a trout super flySeveral years ago I came down with a serious illness called night fishing with caddisflies. This type of illness will consume all that you do, and your thoughts...
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Egan's GTI Caddis
Another Winner From LanceEgan's GTI CaddisA couple of years ago, Cheech and I were fishing a back woods river with some fairly finicky Brown Trout. This day it seemed the fish were neither interested...
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The Dubbing Emerger: Crazy Good Mayfly pattern
Ridiculously EasyDubbing Emerger - Blue Winged Olive VersionWhen I worked in a fly shop during college 20 plus years ago, I was enamored with the fancily tied Barr Emerger patterns that we seemed to...
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Landing Fish - A Tale of Heroism and Tippet Size
Yeah... fought him for like 30 minutes.Curtis battling a beast rainbow troutJay and I were on the way to the river with a more accomplished angler than we were. We had been fishing for two whole years...
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Klinkhamer Variant
What bend is on YOUR hook?I don't think the Klinkhamer Special is any secret, so I won't go into details about the original design of the pattern. BUT... the hook is really what makes this pattern so...
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Terrestrial Bootcamp 2015: June 11th to the 14th
Take your terrestrials up a notch or twoJune 11th through 14th 2015Hey all, we're excited to announce an ongoing series of unique themed fly fishing and tying "Bootcamps" we're arranging and hosting....
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Bullet Head - Stonefly Edition
Add some ammo to your big dry fly boxSeveral years ago I was tying at an expo when I was challenged to tie a fly out of Rainy's Tube Bodiz stonefly bodies. I put it on a hook and added a pretty...
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The Crack-Back Aero PMD
Learn to Paint CracksCrack Back PMD -- Aero StyleMy first exposure to "crack back" style flies came about mostly by observation of the naturals I was seeing in the local tailwaters I fished. As I'll...
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The Moodah Poodah
The Chimera of Dry FliesMoodah Poodah CollectionThe Moodah Poodah is one of the more wacky names we've stuck to a fly pattern, but it lives up to its uniqueness with a penchant for hooking a lot of...
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Cancun Area Fly Fishing
Flats Fishing Closer Than You ThoughtPermit on the flyWhen you think Mexico, specifically the Yucatan, for fly fishing the flats, most people would end up somewhere in or around the Sian Ka'an...
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Project Hopper
Welcome to Project HopperThe Project Hopper is just that - a project. This fly has been in the process of being made for about 2 years now (as of 2015) and will probably still be tweaked and modded...
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Vedavoo Limited Edition Gear
Quality gear made in AmericaThe Bench Basin... Keeping the trash where it should be.By the raise of hands, who likes gear that falls apart? Neither do I. Several months ago we reached out to well...
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Allen Exterus Packs
A Great Lineup of Fly Fishing PacksExterus Ebb Series Large Sling PackI've used a lot of different styles of fishing packs over the years. Up until most recently, in order to accommodate my big DSLR...
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Complex Twist Mouse
Pushing water in a lake near youChug Chug Chug... SLURP.News flash... Fish eat mice. You already know that, but we might underestimate how important a mouse might be for a large predatory fish that...
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