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| The Shrunken Minnow |
| Epoxy-style minnow patterns are indispensable. They are productive whenever predators are feeding on tiny translucent baitfish.
As the... |
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| Charlie's Pole Dancer |
| No matter what species you're after, there's nothing like tossing flies that entice surface strikes. Whether it's casting small dry flies to sipping trout, floating cicada flies against a bank for smallmouth bass or slinging foam... |
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| Tying With Arctic Fox |
| We saltwater tiers are sometimes a little slow in mining the wisdom of our freshwater brethren. There are centuries of flies from the trout, warm-water and salmon/steelhead worlds, but we sometimes ignore those resources and all... |
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| The Midnight Minnow |
| Many fly-fishers consider dock-light snook, seatrout and baby tarpon easy marks. The bite can be incredible when the current is cranking and sweeping forage into that inviting halo. A dock light creates a food chain of sorts — the... |
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| The Shrunken Minnow |
| Epoxy-style minnow patterns are indispensable. They are productive whenever predators are feeding on tiny translucent baitfish.
As the basic pattern name implies, epoxy has served as the accepted material on these flies for... |
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| Barbless Hooks for Flies |
| It was a classic bluefish blitz on a pristine autumn day. After catching and releasing several blues, I put the rod aside and picked up the camera while observing other anglers in action.
I noticed several spin fishermen... |
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| The Neon Knight |
| My introduction to luminescent flies was during a New Zealand trip some years ago. The owner of a local fly shop in Rotorua suggested I try night fishing in the small creek mouths that fed the area's lakes. He explained that big... |
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