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Bug-Eyed Boodle
Simplicity is it's gameBug Eyed BoodleI can credit my father-in-law for first putting a fly rod in my hands at the age of 22. I had fallen in love with chasing the local bass and trout with gear, but...
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The NEWB Corner: Choosing a Vise
Don't get caught with a case of "vise envy".And it's "vise" not "vice", although your vise can become a vice.Choosing a vise is like choosing a mate for life. Some want the type that is all about the...
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10 Organization Tips For Your Tying Area
Get your stuff together!A few months ago, we did a blurb on fly tying stations here and wanted to follow up with a few suggestions on how to organize things once you have a workstation in place. If you...
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Cheech's top 5 subsurface patterns of 2013
Danger Lurks BeneathSynthetic 20 IncherFor the past two or three years I have been on a nymphing/streamer kick, and I'd say that about 75% of my fishing is done beneath the surface. In particular,...
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Best and Worst of Fly Fish Food for 2013
Drum roll, please...In looking back over the year, we wanted to throw out some of our most memorable moments, fish and patterns -- both the good and the bad. We're also stoked to be a part of some...
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Introducing Virtual Vise Sessions!
Fly Tying in the CloudWe're excited to introduce our new "Virtual Vise" series of online streaming fly tying classes, events, seminars and tying jam sessions through our Youtube channel! This will be a...
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January is Midge Month
..and Chironomids, buzzers and the like.Usually sometime in December or January, the cabin fever sets in and the things that come off my vise after hours of sitting in the man-cave can make me think...
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Orange Asher: Midge of Mystery
But it just worksThe Orange Asher with Holo-Tinsel and CCGFor me, the Green River in Utah holds many o' tale of stumbling onto cool, new and yes, even mysterious fly patterns. Which reminds me of a...
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Bunny Midge
Small, proportionate, AND visible.A dozen #30 bunny midges on a dimeSeveral years back all of my free days in the winter consisted of arriving at the river about 8:00 am, rigging up the 3 weight and...
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5 ways to enhance midge pupae
becasue zebra midges are boring.Purple biot pupa with flash wingWe all know that trout are gluttons for food that is plentiful and have high caloric value. Because of this, most of us have line upon...
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Stream Access Threatened!
Act now!!Whether you live in Utah or not, legislation here may very well trickle down and set precedence in other states.UTAH STREAM ACCESS: NOW IS THE TIME!SUPPORT HB37 | Protecting Public Water &...
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Top 5 Midge Myths
Get your midge-information hereLarge Rainbow caught on a small midge pattern1. Smaller Flies = Smaller Fish. I'm always surprised when people tell me they don't fish midges because they don't like to...
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Why Go Small?
There's a reason you tie on the small stuffTaking a page from some of the midge myths we posted about last week, we headed out to find rising fish the other day. My fancy bug net (read: net wand) in...
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The Foamerger: Midge Emerger Extraordinaire
My go-to midge pattern for fussy fishSize #26 FoamergerThis is literally one of the easiest patterns you'll EVER tie.The pattern, however, was designed out of pure frustration. I was fishing a...
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Turn simple into ultra simpleI know. How can you make the brassie even more simple than it is? Trust me - it is possible.The brassie is a great fly because it just plain produces fish. Similar to a...
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Virtual Vise Sessions : Streamers
Time to get the meat ready for springTie the Mongrel Meat Live with usWe'd like to thank all of you for making our first Virtual Vise session a huge success. We are excited to announce that we will be...
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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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Tie a Killer Hare's Ear
Subtle changes to make your pattern stand out.Kicked-up Hare's Ear PatternAs I was preparing this article, I realized that I literally changed all of the materials that are used for the classic Hare's...
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The Yong Special
A Legendary Midge PatternIn certain circles, it is rumored that anciently there was a fly pattern that possessed such magical fish-catching mojo that no fish could resist its siren-esque call. A fly...
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El Sculpito Dos - Updated!
A small streamer with a bad attitudeThe new and improved El Sculpito***UPDATE***Shortly after writing this article, I started on tweaking the Sculpito into something that could be done with more...
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