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Flymen Fishing Company announces line of Fly Tying Beads

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Flymen Fishing Company today announced the availability of the Nymph-Head™ range of premium tungsten Fly Tying Beads in the United States. The Nymph-Head™ bead builds on the proven effectiveness of the common counter-sunk fly tying bead with the addition of three-dimensional “nymph eyes”. The eyes add realism and unprecedented detail in addition to the normal […]

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Tie The Best Dry Fly

December 11th, 2007 · No Comments

I was going to write a post on tying the Slate Drake Comparadun but came across an excellent tutorial on the flyfishersparadise website and also on the globalflyfisher website. When I first started fly tying, all of my dry flies were traditional hackle wing flies. Now, most of my dry flies with the exception of […]

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Tying Al’s Ziplock Scud. A Simple Effective Pattern for Trout.

December 9th, 2007 · No Comments

After having found plenty of scuds in my stream screen while on the Little Lehigh, it’s time to tie a few of my scud patterns for my next outing. Scuds are one of the most important food items for trout. They are considered Crustaceans and are really nothing more than miniature fresh water […]

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Tying the Caddis Larva, an easy but killer trout pattern.

December 1st, 2007 · No Comments

After going down to the Little Lehigh with my newly constructed Stream Screen, I thought it would be a good time to tie the flies that were captured. Today I’ll start with the Caddis Larva. This is one of the most important/used flies in my fly box. It never fails to produce trout […]

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Tags: Articles · Flies