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Sep 1999 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts
Sep 1999 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts
Eyes from pearls
There are other ways than bead chain eyes to make eyes for a fly. Here are two ways: Copper thread and pearls and melted monofile.
Red Tag Palmer
There's a more recent article about this fly here
The Red Tag is a classic that can be used everywhere. There probably isn't one single way to tie this pattern. I tie a palmered version that has pr...
See more in the article
Atrractor swap
Undoubtedly, when one thinks of attractor streamer and bucktail patterns, the venerable Mickey Finn comes to mind. More often than not, it's the very first pattern streamer aficionados are introduced to when learning to tie...and rightly so, as it remains a productive pattern in our streamer wallets.
More attractors here
Bullet Head Magnus
The Magnus is a pattern always present in my fly box. I've caught a lot of fish on it, it's simple to tie and surprisingly durable. It's normally tied with ball chain eyes, but after I found a good supplier of bullet shaped bead head, I tried tying some with bullet heads.
What fish see
This is a book, which I have looked forward to read with great anticipation. I saw it first when a friend--Kim Rasmussen--wrote an article on the color on salmon flies for a Danish magazine, and was q...
Fly Fishers Guide to Saltwater Naturals and their Imitation
If you ever want to know the 'entomology' of the salt water prey species, this is a good place to look. You will become a very educated salt water fisherman if you read and understand these sections. This will fortunately not be so hard, because even though Roberts has a very scientific way of treating his subject, it's not hard to read and undterstand the book.
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