Salmon Creek Fly Fishers

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Tying

Tying Neater Flies ​- 5 tips for tying neater flies from Deneki outdoors

Free rubber legs for tying 

A damaged bungee cord can provide fly tyers with ample quantities of free rubber legs for use on nymphs, hoppers, and large floating patterns such as the Chubby Chernobyl. As illustrated, some of the cords contain more than one color of the thin elastic strands. The light colored strands can be barred by wrapping them around a large nail and dabbing with a magic marker.

Patterns
​The neglected soft hackle

Life in General
Atop the Angling mountain: The Five Stages of Fly Fishing