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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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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I came across a new fly tying magazine at: http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/ . The article list from the website looks interesting. If anyone has received a copy of this, let us know how it is.

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Welcome to slatedrake.com the online magazine of Trout Fly-fishing. We will be featuring articles on great places to fly-fish from around the country and around the world. As long as there is great trout fishing we’ll be there! We’ll also feature local streams, hot fly pattterns and anthing else that’s important to the sport of […]

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