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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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Days Before Monofilament

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Today few anglers can even imagine fishing without monofilament, be it floating, sinking, fluorocarbon or any of the many derivatives available to us today. Sea anglers, coarse anglers, specimen hunters or game anglers all take it for granted to be able to buy the brand they want in a wide range of breaking strains in […]

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