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The Debut of the “Do it Yourself” fish hook?
The folks at Fishingmatters Ltd, whom you may recall purchased the Partridge hook company, are concerned about the amount of time us over-consuming fly tiers spend searching for the better hook … In...
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Can fly tying cleanliness lead to hoarding obsession?
It was a two room apartment, with four occupants and at least three outdoor hobbies participating. Keeping all those vocations in their respective corners was bad enough, not counting us kids fighting...
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What do you suppose they’ll think of Jungle Cock?
On the one hand it’s a relief we’ll not see another Yank led away in manacles after overstaying his welcome by pillaging the Royal and Ancient Bird Museum, on the other hand an anorexic second story...
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Tying the Awkward hackle, adding artistry and function to the humdrum...
I was never at a loss as to what to call it, my only concern was whether I would call it the same thing twice or merely be content with whatever epithet I spat from clenched teeth. A technique about as...
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And The Lord said, “Modify my killing patterns not with thy name or risk...
My last blurb mentioned how everything was likely to arrive early, be shorter, and fraught with unrealized complications, and would require anglers to brave Nature’s adversity. I forgot how...
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We who are about to die, salute you …
The only reason I have any fishing gear remaining in the house is She hasn’t seen the carnage yet … It was to be a tale of Good and Bad News. The Good News being she would be occupied elsewhere all...
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The Unnecessary Drought in Fly tying
Ever watch someone attempt to match a bug in the wild? Minimalism usually overrides complexity as tying while traveling restricts the fly tier to a small subset of the materials than are available at...
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Science provides inspiration and wisdom does the debunking
I’ve always assumed Renoir and Degas had similar issues with us fly tiers; a couple of decades spent on rigorous painting tedium, and saddled with the costs of painting supplies, groceries, and a roof...
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My struggle with diaphanous
While much of the struggle involves spelling the damn word correctly, the remainder of my frustration is having to refine the fly tying equivalent of , “less is more.” Fly tying being the art of...
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139 Yards of shattered glass
It was one of those rare opportune moments where a simple resupply of “frog” yarn revealed something really useful at a compelling price … even better …ample tonnage remaining to satisfy any fly tier’s...
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