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Tup's Indispensable (Step-by-step)
It was the grandfather of the nymph himself, G.E.M. Skues that made the Tup's Indispensable so famous. He's not credited for inventing...
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Weasel & Quill (Video)
Weasel is a very common animal to come across when walking the arctic outdoors, and some years there can be plenty of them. Although the...
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Blue Wing Olive
Nothing gives me more the feeling of summer than the first Baetis rhodani hatches of the season. This little fella can really bring on...
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Black Billy
On this pattern I took in august of 2015 a 6lbs searun browntrout on a 3wt rod while fishing the upper part of Skøelva. I got the whole...
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Ostara's Fly
Great little dun imitation. It's not meant to imitate any specific specie, but can instead be a good representation of several kinds. The...
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Svartdyret (Black Animal)
The dryfly Dyret is well celebrated among many Scandinavian fly anglers, and originally it was tied with more natural colors, like brown,...
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Aurivillii Paradun (Step-by-step)
When the gracious Ephemerella aurivillii emerges they often bring with them good dry-fly fishing. The E. aurivillii is also one of the...
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Biot-body Autumn Dun (Step-by-step)
The first leaves are starting to fall and up here by the Arctic riverside the evenings are getting slightly darker. There's still a few...
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Aero Wing Palmer Coachman (Step by step + Video)
For the last five or six years this pattern has been tried in every possible conditions, on all kinds on water and for several types of...
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Europea-12 Variant (Step-by-step)
The Europea-12 has it's origins in the beautiful country side of France, and is an highly celebrated dryfly among fly anglers the world...
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Little Black Gnat (Step-by-step)
This is a quite simple, yet very effective imitation for gnats. It is a rater sparse fly that has a good profile, and with the right...
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Ginger Dun (Step-by-step)
A few years ago I was stalking arctic char in a river way up north, and during the morning I took several good chars on a small Blue Wing...
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A 300 year old Mayfly pattern
No, it's not a click-bait. Flyfishing and flytying is an ancient tradition, reaching far back in time, with the earliest literal...
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Irresistible Wulff (Step-by-step)
This is an interesting pattern, and an american classic that is worth having in your box. It was created by the american fly fishing guru...
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Long Legged Mosquito
As a trout-angler I often like to pack very light in order to maintain good mobility both for when walking long distances, and also for...
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Arctic March Brown
This is sort of a Arctic take on the traditional March Brown pattern. All earthy colors, and it is a bit unique due to the Partridge...
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Ugly Killer Boob (Step-by-step)
It is a stupid name-play I ripped off from Frank Sawyer. And although I can never remember to have thought much of the the Scandinavian...
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Wickham's Fancy: Wet or dry fly?
Ah, the Wickham's Fancy... Such a well composed fly, and a favorite of mine regarding classic troutflies, and with good reason. The fly...
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Green Ass Spinner
Catchy name right? This was basically tied just for fun, but this pattern produced very well for me in the early Autumn for 2018,...
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Biot and Cdc Flymph
A simple and common pattern that has been around for a long time. It is a great fly for imitating emerging mayflies with a realistic body...
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