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Mar
Mar
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #12 to #18 Thread: 140 black Body: 2 mm black foam Hackle: Black About Simple and basic fly, but very effective. Black ants are everywhere and fish love to eat them. One of the files that fish always trust.
Author Archives: Arrick Swanson
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Mar
Mar
Materials List: Whip finish tool About The whip finish tool makes it easy to tie a knot on the head of a fly, once your practice with the tool it will become second nature.
01
Mar
Mar
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #12- #18 Thread: 140 black Body: Black 2 mm foam Wing: White Para Post Hackle: Black About A simple and quick tie. The white wing makes it easy to see. In late August and into September we get flying ants on the rivers and lakes. Fish love ants, some of […]
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Mar
Mar
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #10- #16 Thread: 140 black Back: Black foam Wing: White para post Dubbing: black/peacock ice dub Hackle: black About Right after Umpqua introduced the parachute ant, I was tying beetles and thought how sometimes they are hard to see. Why not put a parachute on a beetle? It makes it […]
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Feb
Feb
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #10- #16 Thread: 140 black Back: Black foam Legs: Black Crystal Flash Indicator: Red Foam About A quick and simple tie. It is one of the best beetles I have used. Floats well and the fish trust it as real.
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Feb
Feb
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #10- #16 Thread: 140 brown Tail: Coastal deer hair Wing: Calf tail Body: Blend of hares ear, olive and orange rabbit, amber antron Hackle: grizzly dyed march brown About The brindle chute is a Chuck Stranahan pattern used on the Bitterroot and Clark fork rivers. It imitates a March Brown […]