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2. Carrie G. Stevens - Wikipedia

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   Carrie Gertrude Stevens (1882–1970) was an American fly fisher and fly lure tier from Madison and Upper Dam, Maine, and the creator of Rangeley Favorite trout and salmon flies. Self-taught in the art of fly tying, Stevens invented the Grey Ghost Streamer, an imitation of the Smelt, Osmerus mordax. Stevens' flies received national and ...

3. Megan Boyd - Wikipedia

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   Megan Boyd was born Rosina Megan Boyd on 29 January 1915 in Surrey, England. [1] She was the youngest of three children. In 1918 her father moved the family to the Scottish Highlands to take a job as a bailiff or river watcher on the River Brora on the Duke of Sutherland's sporting estate. [2]

4. Fly tying - Wikipedia

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   Thread: Fly tying thread comes in a variety of colors and sizes. Most modern fly tying thread is made of nylon or polyester. Special use thread may be made of gel-spun polyethylene (GSP), Kevlar, silk, or even Monofilament fishing line. The size of the thread is measured in either denier or aughts.

5. Crazy Charlie - Wikipedia

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   The classic Crazy Charlie is tied on a standard, short shank stainless steel saltwater fly hook in sizes eight through two. The TMC 811S saltwater hook is typical. The Crazy Charlie was the first bonefish fly to incorporate bead chain eyes for weight and allow the fly to ride hook point up.

6. Royal Coachman - Wikipedia

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   There are many variations on the original Royal Coachman. Typically dry fly variations are tied on hook sizes 10–16, wet fly versions on hook sizes 8–14 and streamer versions on hook sizes 1 to 8. Commonly named variations include: [5] Royal Trude – a down hair wing dry fly; Royal Coachman Bucktail – a hair wing streamer pattern

7. Fly Tyer - Wikipedia

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   Fly Tyer is an American magazine dedicated to the subject of fly tying, the art of tying materials to a hook for the purposes of fly fishing. Published four times a year, Fly Tyer is currently the largest fly-tying magazine in terms of circulation. It employs "perfect binding" instead of stapled pages, and usually features a close-up image of a ...