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The Salmon Fly Proportion, Design & Layout Guide

Jan 1. 2001
Size matters The first rule of salmonfly tying is preparation... gathering your materials, laying them out and sizing up the situation.
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Dyeing material

Jan 1. 2001
Color This small section with advice on dyeing fly tying materials was made after a discussion took place on the European fly fishing mailing list. The text was put together from input from several people of this list: Graham Ward, John Davies, Pat Orpen and myself.
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Ib Olsen's cane rods

Feb 15. 1998
Rodmaking How Ib Olsen builds his beautiful rods ...and some elementary notes.
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Selecting deer hair

Feb 10. 1997
Tips Choosing the right hair will make your deer hair flies - Comparaduns, EHC's, Muddlers, bass bugs - much easier to tie.
Advice from the master here
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Stacking material

Dec 28. 1995
Even When stacking materials it is important to consider it as consisting of more than just one process. There are several steps involved: material selection, cleaning and preparing, selecting the right tool and performing the stacking process itself.
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Micropatterns

Apr 5. 1995
Book review With this book you get your moneys worth in weight. The book is a large format book with more than 300 pages. The size alone can make this book a bit scary, and innocent flytyers who leaf through it, will probably be intimidated by the huge volume of information.

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