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Article IFTS 2007 Nov 18. 2007 Show The International Fly Tying Symposium was held on November 17th and 18th in Somerset, New Jersey. As usual, the place was wall-to-wall fly tyers, tying everything from giant saltwater streamers to trout flies. Streamers, salmon flies, you name it - someone was tying it. Click here to see the photos.	Blog entry Hatches facts Sep 13. 2007 A few more facts about the new Hatches magazine	Blog entry New magazine Sep 13. 2007 It's not often that new fly tying magazines see the light of day. Hatches is such a new magazine.
Article Jan's GP Jul 31. 2007 New Pattern One day, while fishing my favourite water, Barnsfold in Lancashire, which is surrounded on one large side with a good head of pine trees round the reservoir, I noticed quite a few terrestrials being blown on to the water. The trout were going crazy for them. Click here for more	Article Monster's Bug May 3. 2007 Buggy The tendency is, that flies become smaller and smaller trying to fool the fish. We end up using 7X, size 24 hooks and stealth moves on the river banks. Sometimes you need to go the opposite way, if you want a big fish at end of your tippet. See how this big foam beetle from Lithuania is tied.	Article Wiggle Jig Worm Mar 17. 2007 Another rag worm Maybe you found the previously published tandem rag worm too tandemnised and would be better off with a one-hook-only fly.Then The Wiggling Jigging Worm shown in this article is a good alternative. Lear to tie this annelid imittion here
Review The Rise Dec 2. 2006 In my ways, fly fishers and fly fishing are a lot like cooks and cooking.	Review Bob Jacklin's Yellowstone Ties Nov 28. 2006 Bob Jacklin is one of a handful of true legends in Fly Tying, and certainly needs no introduction here.	Review A Passion for Steelhead Nov 27. 2006 Dec Hogan is well known in the fly fishing world as a master of the two-handed fly rod, but until I picked up "A Passion for Steelhead" I did not know much about Dec Hogan the angler.
Article Hen Hackle Oct 13. 2006 Fly Tying Awhile back, I received a shipment of hen necks and saddles from Whiting Farms. The saddles struck me with their intense colors and solid web, then necks with their stem length and shortish barbs. These feathers were perfect for the wet flies I was working on. Click here to read more	Article S&L's Lost Flies Oct 6. 2006 Streamers Dick Stewart and Bob Leeman's book "Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon" has inspired fly tyers for the 24 years since it's publication in 1982. Here, finally, we get to see some of the patterns listed in the back of the book that did not have supporting photographs. Click here to see the article	Article Eyes of Epoxy Oct 4. 2006 Make your shrimps look well Tired of buying eyes, that make your shrimps look great? They are expensive and yet it is hard to find the color you want or the right size. It is not complicated and a good pursuit during winter time. Make your own in all sizes and colors you want. Learn here how to do it
Article TMC Wingburner Aug 30. 2006 Burning wings Tired of making wings with too many divertions from time to time? See if the new tool from TMC can help you burn the wings perfectly every time or if you still have to fold and cut like an used hair dresser. Click this burning link	Article Nothing... Aug 29. 2006 ...here, nothing there Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there. Fill up your fly box with nothing here	Article Wasp Year Aug 19. 2006 The sting It has been a hot and dry summer in Scandinavia. Wasps have been a plague in many areas. They have been in every apple, every drink and every house. Some of them may have crossed a stream or river, winding up on the surface before continueing the rush. Some of them never left again. Read and get stung here.

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