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Article Peeete's Pheather 'n' Phlash Jan 16. 2013 Phly welding AKA Peeete's Welded Wide Body Tunnel Hull Pheather'n'Phlash Tube Phly. The name is complex, but the fly is simple, showing how to build a large baitfish imitation with few and easily accessible materials - and Pete Gray's neat welding technique. To the toolshop	Article Tight Line Shrimp Jan 15. 2013 Shrimpin' A go to shrimp fly for tailing redfish from Laguna Madre based fly fisherman Roy Lopez. Easy to tie and perfect for the reds as well as a bunch of other species. See how to tie it here	Article The Test Tube Jan 6. 2013 Futurama A weird and futuristic construction from the archives. Really easy to tie... eh, make... uhm... construct... Metal, plastic and glue. See how to go about it here
Article Redfish Puff Jan 4. 2013 A catcher Lead dumbbell eyes, a bit of flash, marabou and some deer hair and and you have a deadly fly for fish prowling the flats for shrimp and crabs. It's the Redfish Puff, and it catches more than redfish. See how to tie it here	Article Discovering the Marbury Lake Flies Nov 25. 2012 Marbury If today's tyer wants to tie the Mary Orvis Marbury Lake flies, they would be wise to think 'old school', and transport themselves back to a time when the hooks had blind eyes, the materials were natural, and the flies were colorful and uniquely adapted to the American fly fishing experience by Mary Orvis Marbury and her crew of women tyers. Click here to learn how to tie them	Article Nize Nov 19. 2012 Tube fly Nize is a tube fly tied the environmentally friendly way - reusing tube scraps from other flies. It's an efficient fly for salmon. See how to tie it here
Article Allan's Winter Shrimp Oct 11. 2012 Cold water A simple shrimp pattern that does not use the popular but expensive Spey hackle See the pattern description here	Article Portraits of Salmon Flies Sep 27. 2012 Full dressed We have featured Danish Niels Have's beautiful full dressed classic salmon flies before, but here's another take on them. He ties these flies for fishing, but in a very high quality. See our no frill portraits of a whole bunch of these flies.	Article The Green Inchworm Sep 17. 2012 Foam Most of the rivers in Northern and mid Patagonia are lined with trees, most of which are willows, and in summer they supply one of the trout's favourite meals, the willow worm. Read about a simple, successful worm pattern here
Article Martin's Mundane Crazy Dane Sep 16. 2012 Simple A slight variation of an really old fly of mine, which again was a derivative of Bob Nauheim's famed Crazy Charlie. It's simple and really mundane, and simpler than the already very simple original! See how here.	Article Martin's Mundane Crane Fly Sep 15. 2012 Simple The crane fly or daddy longlegs is a simple insect with some very distinct characteristics, in particular the very long legs, which are a key ingredient in any crane fly pattern. This pattern uses two materials and is dead simple to tie. Follow the instructions here.	Article Fleye Foils Sep 10. 2012 Foiled These new fish shaped foils from Bob Popovics are really great for making baitfish imitations. They come in several shapes and many sizes, and stick on the side of your flies, ready to be covered with resin. See more here
Article The Polar Conehead Sep 10. 2012 Muddler This is a muddler design type of fly that is more or less a derived idea based on something that has been copied many times, but never the less an efficient fly that has caught the author many fish. See the pattern here	Article Alan Petrucci Streamers Aug 26. 2012 Streamers I can still remember the fist fish I caught on a streamer, a stocked brook trout on a Royal Coachman streamer. Since that time I have had success many times fishing these long flies. In my early days of fly fishing I bought all of my flies. Click here to read the article	Article Zonker patterns Aug 19. 2012 Zonker This article features a handful of zonker patterns, which we cover in connection with our thorough theme on tying zonker flies and cutting or buying zonker strips. See the patterns here

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