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A Better Way to Tie Mayfly Wings

Theodore Gordon began fishing dry flies on the rivers of the Catskill Mountains — the Beaverkill, Willowemoc, Delaware, Esopus, and...

Coldwater Patterns, Featured, Technique

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Tying the Timberline Emerger

Sometimes the simplest flies catch more fish. Al and Gretchen Beatty show how to tie modern versions of timeless wet...

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FROM THE VAULT: Crazy Collars

Using patterns worthy of catching wild fish. [by Russ Forney]

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QUICK FLY: Classic Yellow May

I’ve chosen a classic wet fly, the Yellow May, to illustrate the usefulness of a pinch loop. I am tying...

Coldwater Patterns, Featured, Technique

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Tips for Hackling Dry Flies

In this and the following two tips, we share ideas about using dry fly hackle. Why spend so much time...

Beginner's Corner, Coldwater Patterns, Featured, Technique

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6 Tricks for Tying Better Nymphs

They were on the Yellowstone River catching trout, but our authors found time to write yet another great article featuring...

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