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  • Tungsten Skinny Nelson Nymph

    Fly Tying with Hans- Tungsten Skinny Nelson

    Tungsten Skinny Nelson The Skinny Nelson is a Baetis nymph pattern developed for the Bighorn River in Montana by Tracy Peterson. It is a simple but deadly fly. It works...

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  • CDC split wing sparkle dun

    CDC Split Winged Sparkle Dun

    CDC Splitwinged Sparkle Dun Blue Winged Olives (aka Baetis) create superb early and late season hatches. This simple but effective take on the sparkle dun pattern features a split CDC...

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  • Hans' Ultra Violet Nymph

    Ultra Violet Nymph Fly Tying Video

    Ultra Violet Nymph Fly Tying Video Based on nymphs from Czech fly tiers, the Ultra Violet Nymph is a very effective fly fished in the European or American styles of...

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  • Engle's Sunken Trico Spinner Fly

    Engle's Sunken Trico Fly Tying Video

    Engle's Sunken Trico Fly Engle's Sunken Trico Fly is is an excellent and unique pattern. The pattern is featured in Ed Engle's book Tying Small Flies. Ed developed this fly...

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  • CDC Emerging Mayfly Nymph

    CDC Emerging Mayfly Nymph Fly Tying Video

    CDC Emerging Mayfly Nymph This has been a very successful pattern for imitating emerging late summer yellow mayflies, especially pale evening duns. It has fooled many selective fish on our...

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  • CDC Extended Body Dun Fly Tying Video

    CDC Extended Body Dun Fly Tying Video

    CDC Extended Body Dun This video features an extended body technique I came up with several years ago. It has worked quite well to imitate Baetis mayflies and PMDs. Change...

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  • Learn how to tie the wd-40 nymph

    Fly Tying Video- How to tie the WD-40 nymph

    Learn how to tie the WD-40 nymph. A great fly for beginning fly tyers. This simple mayfly nymph imitation is a fish catching machine. Tie it in a variety of...

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  • Tying the RS2

    Tying the RS2

    The RS2 is a proven pattern. Time after time it fools picky fish. Luckily for fly tiers, it isn't too tough of a fly to tie. Perfect fly to imitate...

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  • Tying Lance Egan's Rainbow Warrior

    Tying Lance Egan's Rainbow Warrior

    Lance Egan's Rainbow Warrior is an effective, easy to tie nymph pattern. It is especially effective on tailwater fisheries. We have had huge success with this pattern over the last...

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  • Black Hills Fishing Report 4/15/12

    Black Hills Fishing Report 4/15/12

    Nymph fishing continues to be excellent. Try two fly nymph rigs with a caddis larva lead fly and a midge larva dropper.

    Hans Stephenson |