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Mon 12 Dec 2008The world's great flies
DEREK EVANS:AFTER all these years, I still have not yet mastered the art of fly-tying. Yes, I do have the most comprehensive fly-tying paraphernalia (enough to start my own factory) and yes, I have dabbled with basic patterns and achieved reasonable success.
Perhaps the reason for this failure is the fact I have accumulated more than 1,000 flies to entice a range of species - from wild brown trout to rainbows, salmon to sea trout, bass to mullet and, of course, the wet and dry of these patterns.
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