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Online Soft-Hackle Pattern Book
Waterhen and Red Soft-hackle. Photo from Neil Norman’s blog. A fellow named Neil Norman sent me a message a couple weeks ago that he had linked his blog to mine. Finally I had time to check it out. I...
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Recycled Fish
Yes, indeed. A fish made from recycled materials. Who’d have thought this up? But apparently two women artists from western Pennsylvania did, and made this “beast.” One of my blog followers and friends...
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Ontario In March – Fly Tying Classes and Demos
Everything is official now. I am heading to Ontario on Thursday, March 12, and presenting a fly tying class that evening at Grand River Outfitting and Fly Shop in Fergus from 5 – 7 PM. As yet there is...
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The Liar’s Bench at The Angler’s Nook, Shushan, New York
Don Bastian:“The Liar’s Bench” post was written almost two years ago, and it is still continuing to grow. In the last two days, I received two lengthy and well-written e-mails from a man in New Jersey...
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A Weekend With Carrie Stevens
Been gone too long, sorry about that, lots of reasons, none bad. ;-) No time to even explain, not that it would be necessary. :-) Here is my next professional engagement; I am one of seven featured fly...
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Hackles – Photo Tutorial on What’s What
A quick hackle / photo visual tutorial: A line-drawn rooster and diagram illustrating where specific feathers that fly tiers use come from on the bird’s body. I saw this old, or what seemed to me to be...
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Lee Wulff and Curt Gowdy in Labrador
Greetings blog followers and friends! Long time no see! :-D It has been a long while since I posted anything here. Lots of reasons for that, mostly living a busy life, still tying flies, drumming and...
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Just Fishing
It has been a long, long time since I posted anything here. Well, I’ve been busy. There were the scattered posts I made, the most recent but still old ones, referring to my drumming in a Classic Rock...
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Close Encounters of the Trout Kind
From three years ago today, but well worth sharing again. There is some good stuff here, if I may say so myself. Also in the comments, my dear departed friend, Jack Tokach, shared an amusing story...
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When the Fisherman is Away
This article came up today on my Facebook page, as a memory from five years ago, in 2012. Unfortunately, our beloved Abigail passed away in November 2016, the day after Thanksgiving. She was two months...
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