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August 2009

( Story ) How I started Fly Tying in the 1940’s

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History of the Buzzer

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Buzzers (chironomidae) made their first appearance on the flyfishing scene in the 1920s. The first pattern I can find recorded was the Blagdon Buzzer devised by a Dr. Bell. It was devised for fishing Blagdon Reservoir. It  featured many of the elements which are similar to modern dressings in use today. It was tied on […]

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Introduction to Buzzers

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Buzzer is a common name given to the larval stage of the midge which spends the greatest part of its life in the water. To a great extent this stage was ignored by the early fly fishers. They tended to concentrate their efforts on fishing the dry fly, probably unaware of the existence of the […]

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( Story ) Start of a lifetime of Fly Tying

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( Story ) A Severe case of Fishing Pox

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