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First American Tenkara Fly Swap
History has been made. The first American Tenkara Fly Swap has gone down. This swap (which actually finished up a few weeks ago) was, as far as we know, the first of its kind in […]
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Charles Meck Tying the Steelers Glo Bug
This video was posted on youtube from Tightline Video productions. It is an excerpt from the video Practical Fly Patterns That Catch Trout by Eric Stroup and Charles Meck. In it Charles Meck shows his […]
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Daily Fly Fishing Poem #11: Tying Flies to Make It Through Winter or Delusions of Grandeur
Daily Fly Fishing Poem #11: Tying Flies to Make It Through Winter or Delusions of Grandeur Fly boxes cannot contain what I tie! Brought together in the darkness of winter, forced into being from chaos […]
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Midge Madness or the Tiny Terror
Midge #1 Sketch is based on a photo from the Winona Fly Factory Blog. Well, I had been snowbound for almost a week. The children didn’t have school all week – and they were getting […]
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Casual Dress: Some Variations on a Theme
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, […]
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Inspired by Others #1: Winona Fly Factory
There are numerous Fly Fishing related blogs that I enjoy visiting. Many of them have inspiring photos of trout and flies, and fishing destinations. These images can be a nice escape from the suburbs, a […]
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Book Review: Good Flies by John Gierach
Good Flies: Favorite Trout Patterns and How They Got that Way by John Gierach Winter is upon us, so it is the time for reading and fly tying. With that in mind, I’ve been meaning […]