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How to tie the Blue Winged Olive size 20

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Tim Flagler's collaboration with Fly Tyer Magazine to demonstrate how to tie the Blue Winged Olive #20. One of my favorite flies to fish with and one I always have available to me at most anytime. Tim offered some great ideas on how to tie this go-to fly.

Recipe:
Hook: Fulling Mill 5050 dry fly, size 20.
Thread: Olive dun Semperfli Classic Waxed, 12/0.
Tail: Barred dun badger cape.
Wing: Light dun Fulling Mill Ultra Dry yarn.
Body: Olive Super Fine dubbing.

Go to Tim's YouTube page to see details on this and other outstanding flies.

My Montana Trip September 2015

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I’m fairly new to fly fishing and found the paflyfisher.com site about 4 years ago I began reading everything on the forums, posting questions and taking advantage of what the site had to offer. I attended my first newbie jam in spring of 2012. Then a brush up jam that summer and another fall brush up the same year. Since then I have been attending the mini jams and have attended the main jam the past two years. In this short amount of time I learned so much, met many people who spent time answering questions and taking time to show me how to fly fish.

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So this past winter I felt I was ready to plan a trip to Montana. Not that I would consider myself an accomplished fly fisher, but still thought I was ready to fish Montana with some success. Searching our forum for information on where to go and when to go it seamed like July was the best time to go but I couldn’t make this July and I found hints of information that were saying fall was also a great time to go. So fall it was. Now knowing when I could go it was time to find a guide service. I did more research on our forum and the internet and decided on using our very own site sponsor “Montana Angler Fly Fishing

My experience with Montana Anglers was perfect right from the beginning. In August I filled out their web form and was immediately contacted by Brian McGeehan, the owner of the guide service. We spoke about my fishing experiences and what kind of trip I was looking for. Within 20 minutes I booked my trip on the phone for late September. We confirmed and finalized all the details with a couple emails, including my lodging. A coupe weeks prior to the trip I was contacted again to confirm everything, make sure I had any questions answered and to obtain my guides name and contact information.

On September 27th I left for 3 days of guided fishing in Montana. I stayed in the Murray...
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