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Tips for fishing and fly tying.

Choosing the Right Hook to Tie Large Flies

In recent years, the fly-tying world has been evolving at an incredibly fast pace. The hunt for predatory fish such as muskies, pike or even sharks is a glaring example of things that were not done a ...

01/25/2021 15:21:06

The Muddler and its Efficiency

The Muddler is a fly that has been fished a lot since its creation. The original pattern, the Muddler Minnow, is probably in everyone’s fly box. Today, with new materials and social media, we see a lo...

01/18/2021 14:48:14

The Miramichi Knot

In fly fishing, tying good and strong fishing knots is one of the most important techniques that all anglers should know. We all know some good fishing knots helping us to tie our favourite fly to the...

01/11/2021 15:34:49

Prepping Hen Saddle for Wet Fly Collars

Tying wet fly patterns with a collar can be daunting for some tyers at first. Up until this point we only had to worry about a wing wrapped under our heads. While the process of using a collar on a we...

01/04/2021 12:29:21

The Famous Green Machine

If you would ask most of the Atlantic salmon fly fisherman on the Mighty Miramichi Rivers: If you would have only one fly on your fly box, what would it be? Most of them would probably answer the Gree...

12/17/2020 10:36:59

Preparing a Mono Intruder Shank

Jim Boni is an avid steelhead fly fisherman. Fishing both the West Coast and the great lake tributaries, he has great experience chasing those silver bullet. He’s tying several thousand shanks yearly ...

12/08/2020 12:43:53

Displaying Your Art

How to take better photos of your flies You have just put your last coat of head cement on a fly you tied. You are so pumped because you got it all right, proportions, the head, not stray hairs, nothi...

12/01/2020 15:47:20

A smaller thread, yes! But…

As a fly tyer, we always hear that the smallest possible thread is the best to tie our flies with. Although a small-format thread generally gives better results, there are exceptions. Tying thread com...

11/24/2020 14:42:56

Christmas Gift Ideas

The passionate fly tyers know that the holiday season is an ideal time to take a break and practice our favourite activity. Their loved ones should also know that several items could make very nice gi...

11/17/2020 11:02:49

An Even and Flat Body

Have you ever wondered how do other tyers' flies have such clean and flat bodies? There is only one reason: they plan ahead. If you want your flies to have a flat and even body, you need to have an eq...

11/10/2020 15:14:48

Knowledge vs. Experience

We always say that nothing beats experience. In my humble opinion, a great amount of knowledge is almost as valuable. It is possible to gain knowledge almost anywhere, even on the road. On the other h...

11/03/2020 11:02:44

Fall Fishing, it's a thing?

Everybody that has done it before knows what I’m talking about. Cold feet, sore hand, feeling the heat while we are around the fireplace, after a cold and hard day where we’ve been fishing hard, remem...

10/27/2020 15:15:56

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