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Video Social Media and Fly Tying: Part Two Feb 3. 2017 Social Media is definitely now integrated into fly tying, thus how much do you value and utilize it on a regular basis?	Video Social Media and Fly Tying: Part One Feb 3. 2017 Social Media is definitely now integrated into fly tying, but how much do you value and utilize it on a regular basis?	Review Perrault's Standard Apr 5. 2016 This might not look like the most exciting book I own. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly beautiful either – rather ugly actually. Still it's one of the gems in my collection.
Blog entry Tying session in the woods Feb 18. 2016 Thirty-some fly tyers met in a restaurant in Denmark, ate some good food and tied flies together	Review Simple Flies Jan 10. 2016 A book that has Hans Weilenmann's CDC&Elk on the cover has to have something good inside. And this book has.	Review Tying Heritage Featherwing Streamers Apr 11. 2015 Sharon Wright is becoming a familiar name to those who follow developments in streamer fly tying.
Review The Best Carp Flies Apr 6. 2015 I have been tying flies for quite some time now and it is quite a rare event when I pick up a magazine or book and get the urge to run to my vise and tie up some new flies.	Article Mauve? Feb 7. 2015 A color It all started with me being a bit sceptical about the colour of a hackle. It looked a bit too intense. English not being my first language, I would have called the colour of the hackle purple, but the pattern said mauve. Mauve? I've never heard of that colour before, so I began at little research.	Review Production Fly Tying Jan 1. 2015
Review Nymph Fly-Tying Techniques Sep 9. 2014 The subtitle "Over 1,000 color photos of techniques and pattern styles" lured me into buying this book from 2001. 125 pages at 10 UK£ or about 16 US$ used made it a no-brainer.	Review Tying and Fishing the Booby Fly May 24. 2014 I have to admit up front that I'm pretty old fashioned when it comes to books, and even though I have read my share of ebooks, I definitely prefer my fishing books printed with ink on paper.	Article Wet Flies Mar 8. 2014 Fly Tying Wet flies are once again very popular, but most we see are tied for presentation and not so much for fishing. Bob Petti enjoys tying wet flies and tries to style his after the fishing flies that are popular in the UK using colors and materials that work well in the water. Click here to see all the flies
Review Feather Brain Oct 19. 2013 If I were to commission a book on fly-tying from an author, the description of this book would be close to what I'd order.	Article Don't tie flies Oct 13. 2013 Just kidding! This is in reality a declaration of love to the art and craft of tying fishing flies with lots of tips for the beginning fly-tyer. Get a good start here	Review Matching Major Eastern Hatches Feb 23. 2013 The cover and title of a book serve two very important purposes. The first is obvious - to grab the attention of a potential buyer.

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