Monthly Archives: March 2024

The Northern Angler Live Tying with Russ Maddin

The Northern Angler Fly Shop in Traverse City, Michigan have had many different fly tyers tie live in their shop. They have several videos on their YouTube channel. Recently they had one of my favorite fly tyers, Russ Maddin, in … Continue reading

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Sowbug Roundup this weekend!

The 2024 Sowbug Roundup fly fishing show is going on this weekend in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Be sure to visit if you are able, it’s a great fly tying show. Follow this link to see the information on their homepage.

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S.C.O.F. Magazine

Southern Culture on the Fly just came out with their 50th edition last month. Check out the new mag online now!

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Bluegill Belly Bean

This is a fly created by me, Paul Beel, and it has been one of my most popular flies. I created it for bluegill, but it has caught all kinds of species, including trout, carp, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, crappie, … Continue reading

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Welcome back to the new FrankenFly website!

Welcome to FrankenFly! For those of you that don’t know, I created FrankenFly back in 2012. It was a website dedicated to fly tyers and fly tying. I posted hundreds of posts on the original site that I unfortunately lost. … Continue reading

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