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Simply Fish by Mark Usyk

 When I was younger, I had no real understanding of fly fishing. And when I get questions about it now that I’m a fly fisherman myself, I see that...
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Adirondack Reasoning by Mark Usyk

The hike in was more of an impatient trot. I only had so much time for fishing today, and the drive up had taken an hour and a half as...
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Orange Palmered Hackle: variation of the Palmered Caddis

The Palmered Caddis is not a Griffis Gnat, and it may have actually originated in Rome, NY. The traditional Palmered Caddis is peacock with a grizzly and brown hackle palmered forward convex style towards the hook eye. This fly is a little different but based on the same principal.
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All Winters Must End By Mark Usyk

I shoveled a path to the grill through a foot and a half of heavy, wet snow. As I stood there grilling burgers and sipping on a porter in a...
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Coyote Ugly Clouser:

This version of the Clouser Minnow is tied entirely from coyote fur. If you have a chance to get your hands on a coyote pelt, acquire it. In fact you may want to try to get a few, because of the huge variation in the fur color and texture. You’ll notice there’s a big difference between the texture of the back fur, the belly and the tail. Some guard hairs will be very banded, others almost white.
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Adirondack Caddis:

JP Ross ADK Elk Hair Caddis

This fly is really nothing more than an Elk Hair Caddis with an Adirondack twist. The first time I saw a fly like this was in my fly shop. A gentleman who taught me a lot about fly fishing had a fly very similar to this. He called it the “West Canada Caddis.” I actually have found added success by taking this fly a little further with its colors. Fran Betters, a famous Adirondack fly tyer, used to tie all his flies with hot orange. It is important that this is not fluorescent orange, or hot pink, it is hot orange.

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To Be a Fishing Guide By Mark Usyk

I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. Fishing stories mainly. I’ve been doing quite a bit of writing too. Again, fishing stories. And I’ve been tying a few flies....
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Hot Cone Olive Muddler Minnow:

This fly was a fly I first tied over a pot of coffee on a terribly wet day at the fly shop. I knew that hot orange worked, and I knew that olive was also a very effective color. I walked around the shop, grabbed some olive deer hair, olive marabou and tied some up.
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