Fly Tying

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...

These are a pair of BRIGHT, in your face marabou Spey flies from Deke Meyer. These patterns were devised for use on the fisheries of the Great Lake...

How to tie the Pheasant Tail Nymph by Jim Schollmeyer & Tracy Peterson   Hook: Nymph, Standard to 2X Long #12 - #18 Thread: Brown 6/0 or 8...

Homework complete, Braden is at home behind his Norvise Rotary Vise. Though he’s become expert at tying flies from size 30 to billfish flies, his...

One of my lifelong dreams has been to fish for peacock bass in their natural habitat. Unfortunately, that dream is further off than I would like, ...