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Fly Color and LaFontaine's Color Theory of Attractors

Our final dive into the maddening world of LaFontaine's color theory of attractors

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Exploring LaFontaine's Color Theory of Attractors

this goes way beyond bright day, bright fly...

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Carp Flies Don't Have To Be Dull: Bright Effective Flies You Need to Try

Attractor dry flies, sparkle pupa, why do trout rise? Gary LaFontaine Dry Fly New Angles

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Attracting Rises from Trout with Dry Flies

Wisdom from a forgotten book: Why do trout rise to a dry fly? Exploring LaFontaine's lost ideas on attractors

Fly tying the Chubby Chernobyl fly pattern

Get the Wings Right on the Chubby Chernobyl

Despite being a Swiss Army knife pattern, fly tyers seem to struggle with the wing on the Chubby Chernobyl

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Weird Flies That Work: Stanky Leg

the fly fishing equivalent of a tube jig

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Pink Grasshoppers Really Do Exist

In our never-ending quest to explain why unexpected colors work as fly patterns I found some insights in an unlikely place... the museum...