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Brookie Fin – Classic Wet Fly
The Brookie Fin is another of the six (known to me) historic brook trout fin wet fly patterns. This pattern was published in Helen Shaw’s second book, Flies for Fish and Fishermen: The Wet Flies, 1989,...
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Parmacheene Belle – Revisited
Here is another Parmacheene Belle wet fly. This dressing is correct according to the original recipe written by the originator, Henry P. Wells, in the 1883 book, Fishing With the Fly, co-authored by...
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Old Wet Flies
These are some classic wet flies, tied with gut snells, on traditional style barbless hooks. In 2011 at the Fly Fishing Show in Marlborough, Massachusetts, a man came to my table and told me about some...
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The Companion To Alfred Ronalds Fly Fishers Entomology
I just placed this item for sale on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130965401615 Top-half view of the inside front cover to, The Companion to Alfred Ronalds Fly Fishers...
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Classic Wet Fly – Tying Class
Last March I taught a classic wet fly class at Eldredge Brothers Fly Shop on Rt. 1 in Cape Neddick, Maine. Please check their link on my Fly Shop link list on the right. I hope they will invite me back...
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Project Healing Waters – Fly Tying
“Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc. is dedicated to the emotional and physical rehabilitation of disabled active military personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated...
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Silver Doctor and Golden Doctor – Classic Wet Flies
I recently added a couple new items to my product page at MyFlies.com, and I wanted to share these items with my readers. The items are Boxed Collector’s Sets of paired classic wet flies. The first to...
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Pink Lady Fan Wing Dry Fly
Considering my fly tying and fly fishing roots, in that I was exposed to Trout, 1938, by Ray Bergman at age 12, and also How To Tie Flies, 1940, by E. C. Gregg; these two books had a profound influence...
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Musical Fly Tying
I nearly always listen to music while I am tying flies. This weekend I am continuing the work on an order of twenty-one dozen drys; four dozen each: sulfur duns and PMD duns in four styles; sizes #14,...
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Hacklebarney Trout Unlimited Chapter Meeting
This coming Thursday evening, September 12th at 7:30 PM, I am presenting a program at the Hacklebarney Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Whippany, New Jersey. This is the first chapter meeting after summer...
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Barnes Special Streamers – One Dozen
The Barnes Special is a classic Maine streamer pattern that was among six featured on my 2007 DVD, Traditional Streamers and Bucktails....
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Spring Creek Trout Unlimited Chapter Stream Project
This is a report on a recent stream improvement project from the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited, based in Centre County, Pennsylvania. The Chapter recently completed this project on the lower...
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The Liar’s Bench at The Angler’s Nook, Shushan, New York
I received a fly order through http://www.myflies.com from a customer in Delaware last month. Our back-and-forth e-mail correspondence eventually turned his initial dozen-and-a-half order for my...
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Mustang Sally
I have been wanting to notify everyone of a situation affecting my blog. I mentioned a while back that I was having some technical, electronic problem with my camera. It was still working, but the...
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Tricos and Baetis on Spring Creek
Yesterday my neighbor, Jim, and I went fishing on Spring Creek, Centre County, Pennsylvania. This was a prearranged trip through a customer who lives near Altoona. His name is Bruce; he’s bought my...
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Slate Drakes – aka “Isonychias”
Fall fishing is a time of year when aquatic insect activity is minimal compared to the spring hatches. Therefore any hatch activity at all is usually met with anticipation and eagerness by the trout....
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Fishin’ Report
Despite the less than favorable weather patterns lately, specifically referring to a general lack of rainfall and low water conditions, I thought I would present some information that might just spark...
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Doc Fritchey Trout Unlimited Chapter Meeting
I would like to announce for anyone that lives within reasonable driving distance of the south-central Pennsylvania area, specifically the state capital of Harrisburg, that I am presenting the program...
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Arts of the Angler Show – November 9 – 10
I would like to remind my readers and their friends that this coming weekend, the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum will hold its annual Arts of the Angler Show at the Ethan Allen Inn, in Danbury,...
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Cheney Bass Fly and A. N. Cheney’s Hardy Reel
A couple months ago I received an e-mail message from a potential customer. He had been searching online for information about fly patterns connected to Albert Nelson Cheney. This is the same A. N....
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