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Frisky Damsels
The Double "D", Mating DamselIf you've ever fished during a damsel hatch, you've likely seen the aggressive nature of the fish pursuing the insects. If you've never witnessed this, it's high time you...
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Streamer Love
Small Stream AggressionIf you read the posts on the website here and on our other media spots, you'll see we post up a few streamers now and again. So Saturday, we had the chance to get out and do some...
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Bullet Heads For Bugginess
Break away from foam every once in a whileBuggy and natural colorsA few summers back I was fishing one of my favorite little streams with eager cutthroat and brookies, when I realized that my typical...
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El Sculpito
A small streamer with a bad attitudeShown with Mega Simi Seal head and It seems that articulated flies are all the rage right now, but there is definitively still a place in our hearts (and in fish...
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Deep Dish Callibaetis
A breakthrough stillwater callibaetis patternI think we've all had those days when the fishing was so-so until we dialed in either a fish holding location or found a bug the fish were really keying on....
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Tenkara Fly
Sakasa Kebari --For those of you that have been hiding under a rock or living in a bomb shelter for the past few years and hadn't heard about Tenkara fishing, get busy with Google. Regardless, I think...
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Green Spot Pheasant Tail
A quirky variation on the standardI was asked the other day about some of the patterns I'd found to be effective so far this spring. I rattled off a few patterns and then remembered several good fish...
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What kind of fly tyer are you?
I've been tyin' flies fer a hundred years...Curtis demonstrating how to tie with hot dog fingers.In reading various internet bulletin boards and working in a fly shop I always heard about the number of...
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Comb-Over Minnow
When you need to go deeper and get jiggyWhen you're tying flies that will imitate any sort of baitfish pattern, there are a few factors to consider. Among these factors is buoyancy, lifelike...
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Bluegill on Poppers
Aggressive topwater takesBig male taken on a popper over a weed bed.If you've spent any time at all chasing the biggest-little-fish, the ubiquitous bluegill, you've no doubt seen their tendency to...
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The Sickada: A Foam Cicada Fly Pattern
A more realistic body profileIn honor of the epic 17-year Cicada emergence this year, I was on an R&D mission for a new fly design. First, I went back over a few older Cicada fly patterns I'd tied...
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The Bearded Lady has left the circus
How big is too big?What respectable fish wouldn't appreciate the eyelashes?I won't bore you all by writing too much about how much I love to chase bass with baitcasters and huge offerings, but I do......
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Ninja Pupa
This fly will sneak up behind you and break your arm.I had been on a caddis fishing kick one summer, and I wanted to some up with something that would fish great and that I could easily change colors...
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Salmon Fly Hatch Pursuits
Big Bug BombersIf there's one hatch that a good majority of fly fishers aspire to time "just right", it's likely the Salmon Fly hatch. These big bugs, AKA Pteronarcys Californica, are the largest of...
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Why do you fish?
Different strokes for different folksCzech Nymphing in a beautiful canyonIs it about fun? Is it about competition? Is it about putting meat on the table? Is it to go out and look good with high end...
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Adamsbuilt Scissors Review
A quality tool at a good priceFor anyone that follows this website and the tying snobbery that goes on from time to time, you'll no doubt know that we are VERY particular about the scissors we use. So...
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Snorkel Hopper
All Hoppers float... Right?Snorkel HopperSeveral years ago I was in the middle of what seemed like the perfect fishing to work ratio. See, I was laid off, so there was no work and mostly fishing. It...
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The Deflectinator: A Must-Have Bass Fly Pattern
To conquer all bass in the tri-state area(the above must be said in the voice of Dr. Doofenshmirtz)Usually when I come up with a "new" fly pattern, it Deflectinator: Olive/Blacktakes a while before I...
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5 Tips for Tying Cleaner Flies
Tidy up your tyingStonefly tied on a jig hookI started tying flies about 14 years ago in a call center of all places. I was a college student needing work and sat all day taking phone calls in...
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LaFontaine's Emergent Sparkle Pupa
A Great Fly from a Great GuyAs the dog days of summer approach, they bring with them some of the best opportunities to fish the popular summer-time insect hatch, the caddis fly. This post starts a...
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