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This odd, multi-legged thingy named after a species found as a Cambrian fossil has a strange appeal to trout

We should fish crayfish imitations more than we do. Crayfish can be used to target trout, bass, carp and other species

A scud pattern with 26 individual legs is no task if you make this small, ingenious tool out of wire.

I like rubber legs on dry flies. Their suggestion of something edible is the fish equivalent of ringing a dinner gong.

At the vice no one can hear you scream.

I do not like bright shrimp flies. I do not like them Sam-I-Am. I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. Or maybe I would...?

Intruders have been around for many years, but if you are new to this fly style, this could be a good place to start.

Inspired by Kim Sorensen's salmon fly the Munker I set out to make a sea trout variant for the salt

A very successful Danish muddler tube fly developed by Kim Sorensen for salmon and sea trout, particularly suited for slow water.

Rubber legs and a zonker... in orange. The Ronker is a fly for deep dwelling trout, featuring some weight bright colors, mobile materials and not least rubber legs.

These foam flies were sent to us 10 years ago, and this article has been long underway... High time we did something about it! Digging into the digital archives we found this bunch of crazy foam flies.

Another simple, three-material fly. This time a shrimp, well suited for seatrout and probably fine for a number of other saltwater species not least bonefish. Super simple to tie and with easily accessible and cheap materials.

Flies for fishing deep. Not my ususal kind of flies, but sometimes you need weight.

Fly fishing guide Charles Robinton has put some serious trial and error into the design of his Chuck's FlutterStone. He thinks the result has the ideal amount of action, buggyness and overall attractiveness packed into the perfect stonefly profile.