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1005, 2021

How to strengthen a Mylar rib

Mark Bowler2021-11-15T18:41:31+00:00Tags: fly tying, ribbing, techniques, nylon, durability, reinforcement, monofilament|

How to make a fragile, plastic Mylar rib more durable by reinforcing it during the tying process.

1005, 2021

Tying the Shuttlecock Buzzer

Mark Bowler2021-11-15T18:42:58+00:00Tags: fly tying, dry fly, stillwater, buzzer, Midge, Clive Perkins|

Tying the Shuttlecock Buzzer, which uses a method devised by Clive Perkins to use cul de canard to hold the head of the fly ...

1005, 2021

Tying the Paraloop Duster

Mark Bowler2021-11-15T18:43:53+00:00Tags: fly tying, dry fly, mayfly, Midge, wild trout, Ian Moutter|

Tying the Paraloop Duster, which is a parachute-hackled version of the Grey Duster, a great dry fly for use on both river and stillwater. ...

705, 2021

Tying a full throat hackle

Mark Bowler2021-11-15T18:47:48+00:00Tags: fly tying, salmon flies, techniques, wet flies, throat hackle, swept-back hackle|

Tying a full, swept-back throat hackle for wet flies and salmon flies by converting a full hackle using placed turns of thread. ...

705, 2021

Tying a Cruncher

Mark Bowler2021-11-15T18:48:41+00:00Tags: nymph, washing-line, techniques, general purpose|

A general purpose stillwater nymph for trout to represent midges, sedges, shrimp, pin-fry. Fish it in a team of Nymphs, or on a 'washing line'. ...

705, 2021

Tying a Cove Pheasant Tail Nymph

Mark Bowler2021-11-15T18:59:10+00:00Tags: nymph, flytying, techniques, Arthur Cove, controller|

Tying a Cove Pheasant Tail Nymph – as used by famous stillwater nymph angler and author, Arthur Cove, he tied it on large grub hooks ...

705, 2021

Tying a Beacon Beige dry fly

Mark Bowler2021-11-15T18:39:42+00:00Tags: dry fly, flytying, techniques, stripped quill body, peacock quill, Polish quill|

Tying a Beacon Beige dry fly – highly recommended and named by Peter Deane and used as an olive dun imitation, the 'Beige' was ...

605, 2021

Plucking mole fur from a skin

Calum Mackintosh2021-11-17T15:21:26+00:00Tags: spiders, touch-dubbing, Waterhen Bloa, waxed thread, North Country wets|

How to pluck out mole fur from a skin so it can be used to touch dub a waxed thread as on the Waterhen ...

605, 2021

Pinch-and-loop for perfect winging

Mark Bowler2021-11-17T15:24:43+00:00Tags: flytying, technique, duck, teal, starling, pinch-and-loop, soft-wrap, wet-fly winging, bronze mallard, henpheasant, Butcher, mallard blues|

How to use the pinch-and-loop technique to position a wing and other materials exactly in place on the hook-shank. ...

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