Fly Tying

A large number of tyers prefer this approach; it is quite simple and forms a symmetrical dressing since the hook shank runs through the center of t...

Affixing materials to the sides of the hook shank or fly body is one of the most common techniques for forming legs and is used on a variety of pat...

  Though restricted primarily to leech imitations, this fur-strip technique nonetheless produces a highly effective body. This body style, in whic...

Pulled Tinsel Body This technique has appeared in the work of Dick Talleur, who credits Matt Vinciguerra, a fly tying photographer, with the invent...

As explained in the preceding section, the tyer has options at various stages of dressing upright quill wings. The sequence that follows is primar...

As a Fly designer, I strive to create new flies or improve on existing patterns to solve a problem, not just to make something new for the sake of ...

“Those of us who will not in any circumstances cast except over rising fish are sometimes called ultra-purists and those who occasionally will try ...

One of the joys of fly tying is finding new materials to create unique flies. A new material might give that older pattern a unique look that will ...

The Balanced Leech can be extremely effective for fooling trout, especially on windy days. Balanced Leeches are designed to hang horizontally when ...

This technique produces a body from two strands of material spiraled simultaneously along the shank to make stripes. Striped chenille bodies can ...

The Eye-Anchor Wrap This technique is simple, fast, and sure, but restricted to wires small enough to pass through the hook eye.     Step 1.  ...

Folded Film Emerger Wings We saw this approach to forming caddis emerger wings in the work of English tyer Oliver Edwards. Edwards uses Swiss st...