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Article The fish of a lifetime Feb 24. 2017 Record Just a week ago my good friend Jens caught what can rightfully be called the fish of a lifetime. Here's the story - and the fly that did it. And some thoughts on large fish.	Article Jari's Tube Baitfish Jan 9. 2017 Hollow This simple hollow tied baitfish will be great for a lot of different species, in saltwater as well as in freshwater. See how to tie it here	Article Tryggelev Terror Nov 10. 2016 Easy and effective We always say that sea trout in the ocean are opportunistic and will take almost any fly. This pattern disproves that thesis See the pattern here
Article NiCh Fly Suspended Oct 27. 2016 Baitfish A small baitfish imitation that swims in the surface and lures sea bass and other predatory fish hunting bait high in the water. See the pattern here	Article The Octopus Aug 8. 2016 Sea runs Danish Allan Nørskov Johansen ties a large, gaudy and semi-crazy fly with lots of hair, flash and rubber legs for stream fishing at night for sea run brown trout. See a step-by-step here	Article Baltic flies for turbulent water Jul 15. 2016 Waves This is the first part of a small series dealing with various coastal conditions in the Baltic. We'll look at flies for clear, but turbulent water. Lots of visibility, but also lots of turmoil – and food. See our pattern suggestions here
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.	Article Hutch's Pennell Mar 13. 2016 Baltic This is a classic UK wet fly for stillwaters. Good looking, easy to find materials, easy to tie. Why not tie it for the Baltic sea runs? Se more here	Article Lynx' Whisker Mar 7. 2016 Lure This is a new take on another new take on the classic British stillwater pattern the Cat's Whisker See how to tie it here
Article The Talisker Touchdown Jan 28. 2016 Memories I found a 10+ year old fly in a fly box and liked what I saw. The reconstruction of the fly was named the Talisker Touchdown See how to tie it here	Article Allan Must Shrimp Jan 25. 2016 Arthropod A small shrimp from the hands of Allan Kuhlman who plays with eyes, shells and legs. See the pattern description here	Article The Fair Fly Jan 13. 2016 Remake The Fair Fly is in many ways a perfect zonker: large, very fishy looking, simple to tie. It's a very good sculpin imitation and an excellent large streamer. See it here
Article Speedy Jan 11. 2016 Fishy This small baitfish pattern is named after the childhood nickname of the originator. See the pattern description here	Article Coxy Streamer Jan 6. 2016 Simple A simple hairwinged streamer in old school Danish coastal streamer style... with a twist... literally... of copper wire See the pattern description here	Article Squirmy nymphs for black bass May 27. 2015 Rubbery Italy based Romanian fly fisher Lucian Vasies ties an easy, wiggly nymph, which is very efficient for his local black bass - and probably many other species too. See how to tie it here

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