steve sparkie

Hi regarding pairing wings and how to tie them to the hook check out Davie McPhail's you tube channel he ties a wide variety of flies  he also ties classic flies which is what you need   to tie in your wings also try and get a copy of Helen Shaws book fly tying materials. tools. Technique. With life size sequence photographs from the tyre's side of the bench this is quite an old book but this book was produced and written by an award winning fly Tier and tutor hope this helps sorry for the rant

Kind regards Steve 😉 

7 hours ago, brkncly said:

I'm tying a special fly for my daughter and when I it  to give her, I would like it for to be a case, cube or box that can display the fly that she can set on a self.  Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. 

Hi a small frame with a printed label to describe the file and the tier being your self hope this helps

9 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

When using a non-standard, wide gaped hook for dry flies (like a Filling Mill or a Fire Stick), do you measure your hackle to be 1.5x the actual gape of the hook you're actually using, or stick with the hackle gauge length, or?...

Hi you always measure the hackle size to the gape of the hook your tying on hope this helps

Hi search you tube for chez nymphs  these patterns are designed for Euro nymphing they are tied on heavy wire curved nymph hook's hope this helps

Kind regards Steve 

hi regarding hackles for north counrty spiders it depends on which one you are talking about the simple answer to your question is to get Rodger Foggs (book) North Country Spiders I have this book and it's very good  north country spiders are basically sparsely dressed wet flies the right way to dress them the body is half the hook length   and hackles range from partridge breast feathers to snipe = snipr & purple,  partridge = partridge & orange this will give you a starting point but the book would be more helpful hope this is of some use to you

kind regards Steve 

If your fly fishing for pike try pike trek.com dubbing brushes are not a lot of use for lures as they don't provide the life like movement that long fibres produce a better action I have been tying my own pike flies for four years and have tried a lot of combinations and dubbing brush doesn't create movement like longer fibres hope this helps

Steve Sparkie

Haley if that's a first attempt you have done very well you need to work on the taper of the body and slightly build up the head of the of the lava keep going practice the taper of the body and thorax as these type of flies are not easy with practice of different fly patterns lots of luck with your future tying enjoy it

Steve Sparkie

Kevin look on you tube Davie Mc Phail he ties classic salmon flies, tubes, shanks, and a very teacher easy to understand and wide selection of other patterns hope this helps

Steve Sparkie

look's a good pattern should get you some trout regards Steve Sparkie

Sorry can't help on this one but try walkers of trowel used to be. Tom .C. Saville , Try also Lakeland fly tying, trout catcher.co.uk

Hope this helps Nigel at like fly is good guy very helpful.

Steve Sparkie

I still have love river trout fly fishing that got to expensive so I took up pike fly fishing and making my own pike flies as i did when I fly fished for trout if could choose one kind fly fishing it would be where there is plenty of river fly fishing.

Kind regards Steve Sparkie

Try fly-rite head cement excellent checkout fly tying suppliers eBay hope this helps Steve Sparkie

Have look at Feather Bender Barry. Orde. Clarke on you tube also cadis fly shop also on you tube hope this helps checkout also Oliver Edwards sculpin pattern again on you tube

Kind regards Steve sparkie

I'd be interested in getting some suggestions on beginner's fly tying kits. Yes, I know the arguments for and against kits, but sometimes a kit is the best way to go. I started with an Orvis kit over 45 years ago and while I still have some materials from it that I never used (and never will), I also have some tools which are still serving me well.

 

I'd like to hear some of your recommendations for a good quality kit on the market today. Price isn't as much of a factor as quality.

 

 

When is start fly a kind friend I was buying materials from advised me to tie the hares ear nymph this thought me to fish on the surface in the surface film just under and various depths if you want further ideas email me Steve Sparkie

does anyone know the topic or has read this on this forum

regards Steve sparkie