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I have been a member of FAOL for a little while and the help I have received and things I have learned is huge. I started out fumbling with a small vise and a couple of patterns and now thanks to...

I really like the Targus dubbing for wet flys, especially the price

I have a chance to go crappie fishing on a private lake this weekend and am not sure which pattern use. I am open for any suggestions, since I have a few days to put something together.
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Got it, thanks for all your help!

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So I decided I wanted to try tying the fly of the week, or rather the fly of last week. This would be the Foam Back Royal Humpy, also my first attempt at a dry fly. I collected the needed materials...

My daughter has decided that this year rather than buying gifts for Christmas we will make them. I have purchased gold Salmon Fly Brooch Pins, however I am lost as to what patterns and materials...

Great information, I knew I could count on the members here for help. Packing out the hide would provide a huge bounty of material and once my abilities at preserving a hide improved I would have no...

Thanks for the info rainbowchaser, the scraping of the hide was more labor intensive than I expected, however I hope to be better prepared next season. I look back at all the tying material that I...

A very inspirational thing to do

I hope to move up to the member big leagues someday but its going to take a little time. There are truly some very giving members out there, not to mention the tying knowledge they pass on. This...

I was lucky enough to harvest a bull Elk this season and after packing the meat out I wanted to take some of the hide for tying material. I took a couple of 8x8 peices that I thought might work, but...

I have been looking for a Salmonfly pattern and have had very little luck. I'm still fairly new at tying and really like the step by step photo's that members have submitted, however I cannot seem...

I would like to know if there are any favorite steelhead patterns out there. I am recovering from knee surgery and will miss what was supposed to be my first season since I am new to fly fishing. ...

There has been some question among my fishing buddies about the value of using a loop knot rather than a cinch knot. We agree that it will give the fly more action at the end of the tippet, however...