From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Essential Tools

Tools and Materials
Tools

Vice – Today you can buy an adequate vice for as little as £20, but you can pay hundreds.  Buy the best you can afford. Scissors – You will need a pair of fine pointed very sharp scissors. Embroidery scissors are good. A good pair should last you for years as long as you don’t […]

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Palmered Hackle Alternatives

Techniques
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Palmered hackle flies have been popular from the early days of flytying and were a feature of many of the early salmon flies. They still are popular with many of the traditional flies and are increasingly used on modern lures to impart movement on a fast retrieve, ie. Woolley buggers, Damsel nymphs  and Yellow dancers. […]

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