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A Hook is a Hook, Right?
Why skimp on your most important piece of gear?Copper John tied on a TMC 2499SPBLThe hook. Â The essence of a fly, and the business end of what makes our sport what it is. Â When I first started tying...
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Online Fly Shop Ready to Roll...
We finally got our act togetherBaby steps, right? After a bit of poking and prodding from a number of people here and there, we finally got our act together and built an online fly shop to showcase...
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Callibaetis Emergers a la Deep Dish
The Deep Dish dishes on the fishFor those of you that follow our site here, you know that we're fanatical about field-testing our patterns and tweaking them as needed. The Deep Dish Callibaetis,...
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Mongrel Meat
A fly made for carnivoresMongrel Meat : mongrellus truttaconsumaTo be honest, I have a list of names that I keep near my desk in the event that something comes off the vise that is worthy. Â This fly...
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The Anatomy of Fly Design
A breakdown of the creative process in designing a patternThere's a certain mantra in fly design that basically says "it's all been invented, so you're basically just ripping off someone else's...
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Unsinkabeetle
Your Mom can't even sink this...Unsinkabeetle ready to report for duty. Buy OnlineUnsinkabeetle fish caught by FFF customer Joe C.So I was working alone in my hometown Vernal, UT for several weeks, and...
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Review: Grizzly Coolers
A Rugged and effective coolerSo, for the past few years, our trips have been more and more camping or overnight style trips and it's always a crap shoot when it comes to coolers. Some keep the cold...
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Articulation Engineers: Cheech Leech
Big flies for small guysFall Cheech Leech in articulation productionWe get a lot of people asking how the Cheech Leech articulation connector is built. We've held off divulging that little tidbit, but...
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Honey Badger Cares
The Newest Fly MemeSo I've been messing around with some different combinations of materials and amounts on streamer bodies in order to get some different movement and bulk proportions. Just mostly...
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Lazer Trokar Hooks
Look outside the box for the ultimate big game hookSeveral years ago I fell head over heels in love with fishing for bass with gear. Â Yep, baitcasters, 50 pound braid, and BIG hooks. Â I have always...
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Soft Hackle Kick
Fun TiesEvery now and again, I'll get on a soft hackle kick. Not only are they uber-effective flies, but they're really fun to tie and the pattern possibilities are endless.The patterns shown here are...
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The Allen Icon and a new bug
Two new pieces of equipment to try outFor the past year or so, I've been getting into the Euro or Czech style of nymphing and decided to pull the trigger on a legit Euro nymphing rod. I settled on a 10...
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Palomino Caddis
A "must-have" for caddis fishingPalomino CaddisSeveral years back, I was revamping my caddis dry fly box, and I was tying the typical Elk Hair Caddis, X-Caddis, etc. Â Many times when I'm refilling my...
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Streamer Time - All The Time.
When is the "right" time to throw streamersPink Cheech Leech - Seriously?Kemp Bug VariationWhen I first started fly fishing I was a nymph and bobber kind of guy - I was fairly limited in my approach...
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REVIEW: River Road Creations Cutters
Foam cutting goodnessTomsu Supreme Hopper cutters on this hopper patternA few years ago, I picked up a set of River Road Creations foam cutters. My first cutters were the Tomsu Supreme Hopper set. I...
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Fall Sculpins
A mover and a shakerA few weeks ago, I was cleaning off my never-clean tying workbench and came across a few left-over mini Fish-Skull sculpin helmets from a previous tying session. I was headed up to...
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The Muskoka MagnaVise
Innovation meets functionalityMuskoka Magnavise and WorkstationMagnavise with magnetic baseLast spring Curtis and I were tying at the annual Wasatch Fly Tying Expo and people came over to us to ask if...
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The Chimera
A fly with many faces...I went through a phase a few years ago where I tried to really minimize the number of flies I carried -- especially on back country trips where space and weight are important...
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Jake The Snake
Simple and effectiveOlive Jake the SnakeWe had just arrived at the 4 foot deep beaver dam after bushwhacking through some big nasty "moose hiding" bush, and we see some great brookies at the bottom of...
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REVIEW: Fish Skull Fish-Mask
The best disguise for your flies...Ok, so not really a disguise, but the words rhyme, it's almost Halloween and it's a mask to boot. Anyway, I got a package in the mail a few weeks back and tore open...
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