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  • Fly tying TROUT Magazine Voices from the river

    The Sulphur Comparadun

    With the sulphur hatch in full swing in the East, sometimes matching the hatch can be impossible. Instead, offering something just a little different to picky trout can be exactly what the doctor ordered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp4rV1PYPHM Above, Tim Flagler ties his Sulphur Comparadun, which could be that "something different" when hundreds (or thousands) of mayflies are…

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    The distibution wrap

    Tying soft-hackle flies or some streamers that require feather fibers to be distributed evenly around the hook can be a challenge, largely because tiers often end up with a larger-and-desired thread head. That's because it takes more wraps to bind down fibers and get them pointed rearward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvciUiBefac Above, Tim Flagler give us the solution,…

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    Three little nymphs

    I love the way Matt Callies from Loon ties flies. Check that. I love the way he converses when he ties flies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPalbzdbgu0 You can tell Callies is a fly fishing guide and not just a vise junkie. He fishes what he ties, and he's pretty pragmatic about what comes from his vise when all…

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    The Western Coachman

    I love old-school flies. I think it comes from my involvement, many years ago, with the Trout Unlimited chapter in Salida, Colo., when I was the news editor of the local paper there. After penetrating the initial crustiness of the "old timers" at the chapter meetings, I made some great friends there, and these guys…

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    Choosing CDC material

    CDC, or cul-de-canard, is the soft, fluffy material that comes from around the preening gland of a duck or goose. Despite its fluffy nature, CDC really does float pretty well, and a lot of folks use it when tying emergers and the like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53edv9ccCpM Above, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions talks about the differences between…