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How to information on how to tie flies, fish flies and perfect the skills of freshwater flyfishing. A little it about destinations and life's oddities. Primarily westcoast oriented.
- Added on: Jun 28th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Gary Muncy
- Listed in: Fishing Outdoor Recreation
- Tags: Fishing how to flyfishing flytying flies stillwaters
Recent Posts
Tinker Toys & Fly Tying (Creative Links)
Once upon a time, a long time ago…you may have developed an urge to assemble, construct, imagine, build something with sticks and wheels with numerous holes. Tinker Toys (originally: Thousand Wonder Builder) were a creation of Charles Pajeau an...
Fall Makes Us Beg for More Time…Yet Another Go Around
“Fishing in the Fall always brings out the melancholy side of me (okay it doesn’t take much to do that). I can’t help but to think, “Is this the last trip of the year?” We can’t know the span of our days or the number of casts that w...
Soft Hackles (Wets, Flymphs…If You’ve Fished, You Just Know)
“I’m a sucker for soft hackles. I love synthetics, but there’s something about partridge and grouse hackles that is so mystifying. They breathe life on a hook unlike most anything else. They are visceral. No matter how advanced syn...
Big Ship Hauls Big Stuff (M/V Blue Marlin)
The U.S Navy hired the Blue Marlin from Offshore Heavy Transport to move the destroyer USS Cole back to the United States after the warship was crippled in Aden, Yemen, by suicide bombers. M/V Blue Marlin Hauling 30,000 Ton Thunder Horse Oil Rig P...
G.H. Bloodworm (gwilym hughes midge larva pattern)
GHBloodworm Make sure the ribbing is strong enough to cinch down, but not too thick (a red wire could work too). Also, keep the ribbing wraps tight to avoid a loosely bound overlay of the vinyl rib material; otherwise the top of the body will rotate...
Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir (Italiana-Icelandic beauty)
Not fair to liken any artist to another if they are comparable, but as a point of reference…she is Norah Jonesesque. Yes, indeed, she is more angelic than Nashville Pussy’s Ruyter Suys…pick your poison on a Winter’s day: Easy...
