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Fly Friday 1/25/19

Fly Friday 1/25/19
January 14th we had our first Flies at The Franklin of the year and featured Russ Maddin and his enduring streamer flies. It was a huge turnout, and a great start to  our winter fly tying events. Russ tied two flies for us and I'm still working on editing the second to be released at a later date. For this edition we're showing off his Chromatic Peanut, and updated version of his classic Circus Peanut

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Fly Friday 1/18/19

Fly Friday 1/18/19
This week we're tying the Dennis Potter's Opal Drake. This is one of our favorite spring attractor flies that works great any time ISOs are around. This is a quick tie that uses some materials you might already have at home. 

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F3T Trailers

F3T Trailers

If you've never been to a Fly Fishing Film Tour, you are truly missing out. It's a outrageously entertaining evening full of friends and films. We're hosting F3T March 1st in Traverse City and you can get more info about tickets here. As a cold front descends on up I though it would be nice to think about fishing somewhere warmer and take a look at just a few of the films that will be featured this year. Check them all out here.  GET YOUR TICKETS AND WE'LL SEE YOU MARCH 1ST  

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Fly Friday 1/11/19

Fly Friday 1/11/19
The Klinkhammer style is exceptionally versatile and a flexible pattern that can match most insects on your own watershed. We love it for our slower trout water in Michigan as it gives the fish an excellent prey image of an emerging insect. Simply by changing sizes and colors you can match almost anything. 

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Rio Fly And Twist Clips

Rio Fly And Twist Clips

Maybe your hands get cold this time of year and knots frustrate you to no end. Maybe you want a way to switch flies faster with less waste. The new twist clips from RIO are here to help make life a little easier . Fly clip are perfect for soft hackles and nymphs while twist clips are made for bigger flies. They even make a size to make the Musky boys happy. 

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