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Philatelic phlies

Nov 30. 1998
Letters Do Postal Services have notions of flyfishing? Do flyfishers have something in common with stamp collectors?
Read the story here.
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Smelt swap

Jun 6. 1998
Streamers The intent of this swap was for each member to provide a dozen streamers which represented the Rainbow Smelt in casting sizes. Some of the entries were "recognized" patterns, but many were original dressings.
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Kluting

Jun 1. 1998
Heavy A bottom seeking fly for pike, bass, cod, pike perch, sea trout - even bonefish and many other fish.
See the pattern and the pictures here
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IQ Dawn series

Feb 17. 1998
Salmon flies: The purpose of the IQ Dawn Series is to cover most variations you can encounter at a salmon river. And hopefully catch a Salmon Salar, king of fish! All flies can easily be made to spey flies - just change the hackle to heron feather instead, in the same color.
See the patterns here
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Banderillas

Feb 15. 1998
Long fly The tube fly - or tube fly system - you can see on this page, is called the Banderillas. The name comes from the Spanish name for the sticks the the bullfigther uses during the fight. The body sections of this fly has some resemblance to these sticks.
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The Flasher

Feb 9. 1998
Spinner The Flasher fly is not so much a fly as a method of adding a spinner to any tube fly which under certain circumstances enhances its attractiveness to almost any species of fish.
By Bob Kenly
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Cheapskate Heron

Jan 12. 1998
IPS I came upon an idea. Actually I combined two incidents into one idea. First of all I was going through my heron feathers (yes, I have more than one) and found some butts that I had saved after having tied whole body hackles. I wanted to use these feathers, which still had a lot of useful and long barbs, but unfortunately a very thick stem.
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The Real Deer Hair

Sep 1. 1997
Deer hair A sedge pattern in the Goddard tradition - with a twist. This fly is a combination of the G+H Sedge and a hackling method adapted from Dutch Piet Weeda - making it a one-material-fly.
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Coney Snowbugger

Jul 5. 1997
Coned This streamer fly is actually a variation of the well-known Woolly Bugger. It imitates a small baitfish.
See the pattern here
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Chilli Pepper Flies

Jun 12. 1997
Threesome So you thought that chilli pepper was a small, strong, spicey fruit? Well, it is... but it's also a seemingly popular name for fishing flies. In the past I have come over no less than three patterns with the name Chilli Pepper.
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Miss Ring

Jan 1. 1997
Hybrid The name and appearance of this fly owes a bit to the New Zealand Mrs. Simpson flies in which a couple of feathers are roofed on each side of the fly. These flies are also known as Killer flies or tied in the Killwell style.
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Glitter Shrimp

Jan 20. 1996
Sea trout A killer fly in the right hands on a cold winter day. A very simple shrimp pattern for Danish sea trout and many other targets.
See it here.
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Full Metal Jacket Nutria Muddler, variations

Sep 10. 1995
Muddler This fly is in a way my 'signature fly'. It's a beautiful fly (in my own humble opinion), and even though it's heavy - very heavy, actually - it's a good fishing fly, that dives deep and overcomes current and turbulence.
See it here.

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