| Steve Thorton's flies are realistic - of that there is no doubt - but they remain fishing flies first and foremost. |
| Realism, the Thornton Way |
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| The Ammonite is just great at searching for fish. |
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| The CAM Emerger has all the triggers or trout food signals, but works on the surface. The CAM Emerger can raise a fish when nothing is breaking the surface. Avery relaxing pattern to fish with. |
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| A green hatching sedge pupa. |
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