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The Busy Season ....

In "A River Runs Through It" Norman Maclean writes "we were left to assume , as my brother and I did, that all first-class fisherman on...

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Coq de Leon .....

There are so many ways to use these beautiful feathers. While they certainly see their share of use in nymph tails and have fibers that...

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Ants that Fly ....

Late summer / early fall is the time when flying ant swarms become a daily possibility on the water. Ant swarms never follow the logic of...

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Anting the Hatch ....

I’ve always been fond of ant patterns, having learned early on that trout are terribly fond of the real ones. Ant patterns and...

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Summertime Blues ....

It’s early August already, hotter than hell, and tough to find the motivation to do much writing lately. Standing in a stream and...

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In-ˌflü-ən(t)s ….

“Influence” according to the wisdom of Merriam Webster is “to have an effect on the condition or development of”. I’ve been fortunate to...

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The Warmup .....

While I seldom take many breaks from tying flies, it happens from time to time especially during the late summer when my customer orders...

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Diversions ....

One of my neighbors is a premier breeder of Llamas, which are pretty cool animals. The fur from llamas is known as “fiber” and is used to...

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Dances with CDC .....

Cul de Canard feathers are one of my favorite materials and play a big role in many of my “Signature Fly” patterns. Anyone that’s ever...

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A Little Twist .....

There are multiple angles on the topic of thread control, which is one of the key elements in fly tying. While learning how and when to...

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Tying One .....

I taught a fly tying class yesterday with the Anglers Club of Philadelphia at the TCO Fly Shop in Haverford, Pennsylvania. This a very...

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Assembly lines .......

Last week I wrote about the benefit of batch tying and practice and the way that this approach can impact the quality of your flies. This...

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Practice Makes a Lot of Flies ......

A lot of people ask me questions about fly tying “tricks”. One of the more overlooked aspects of fly tying that I always respond with is...

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Sig-nə-ˌchu̇r

Merriam Webster defines “signature” as something that serves to set apart or identify. My goal with the new version of my website was to...

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