January 2010

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Fly Tying Materials

John Norris Bulk Fly Tying Bargain Packs are little fly fishing treasure chests containing all the materials you could imagine for making your own flies. Most fly fishers will have at least some practise in ‘DIY’ fly tying (and, if not, there’s no time like the present to start); making your own is a good [...]

Fly Rods

Fly fishing requires finesse and technical expertise as well as patience and intuition. Beginners tend to hurl the line frantically toward the point they’re aiming at, whereas veterans have integrated the physics of fly fishing into their bodies, generating the impulse to cast the line through a subtle and precise whisk of the rod, stopping [...]

Fly Reels

Dating from approximately 1165 AD in China, the fly reel has been an integral part of fly fishing for nearly a millennium, although it didn’t make its debut in England until 1650. The basic design for fly reels has changed little since the 1860s but, as always, improvements and innovations keep on coming, nonetheless.

Take the [...]