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Casual Dress: Some Variations on a Theme

Anthony Naples — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:41:13 +0000

Variations on the Casual Dress

The Casual Dress may not be a pretty fly, but its creator Polly Rosborough knew what he was up to when he first tied up this ugly beauty. When I first started to tie flies, about 15 years ago, I was given Randall Kaufmann’s book The Fly Tyers Nymph Manual. [...]

Blog Spotlight: Fly Fishing in South Wales

Anthony Naples — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:32:54 +0000

From: www.flyfishinginsouthwales.co.uk

I just came upon this blog called Fly Fishing in South Wales. I haven’t been following it very long but I really like what I’ve seen so far. The title of the post that the above pic comes from really caught my eye: “Sacrificials”. It’s funny that as soon as [...]

Elegant Flies by Jean paul Dessaigne

Anthony Naples — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:19:54 +0000

I enjoy fly tying as an end unto itself. So, lately I have had the desire to concentrate on tying flies that I like to tie and that I like to look at. I think that the desire to catch fish and to tie elegant flies do not have to be mutually exclusive.

I haven’t talked [...]

Walt’s Worm

Anthony Naples — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:45:52 +0000

Walt's Worm: An All-Purpose "nymph"

Walt’s Worm:

Hook: Standard Nymph Hook

Body: Blended Light Hare’s Ear dubbing, such as Hareline Hare’s Ear Color

Thread: Tan or Gray

Tying Notes: Make sure to use a dubbing that has a nice mix of underfur and guard hairs, to get that “buggy” look. I tie most of these heavily weighted. [...]