Your Favorite FlyTyer on YouTube

[Gene L 0]

Matt O'Neal's home water is the Savage River in Maryland...hence the channel's name.  He's not the tyer that Davie McPhail but who else is?   I LOVE Youtube because it's happening as you watch it.

[niveker 0]

LoL - that makes more sense.  Thanks for letting me know, I'm glad it's not the Tactical River.   

[Gene L 0]

O'Neal is a very good fisherman.  He fishes all over, from the Savage to the Battenkill.  I enjoy watching his brief videos where he fishes a fly he just tied.

[Sandan 0]

Charlie Craven, Davey McPhail, Kelly Galloup, Fly Fish Food, Barry Ord Clark.  

[DFoster 0]

21 hours ago, Gene L said:

 He's not the tyer that Davie McPhail but who else is?   I LOVE Youtube because it's happening as you watch it.

Davie really makes it look so easy.  When I got into fly fishing and tying I didn't know anyone who could teach me but there was youtube which was still in it's early days.  I'm so thankful for it.  I learned to fly cast, fly fish and tie mostly from youtube.  Davie was the first guy I found showing step by step tying and how he did it.  As with any master of a craft he made it look so easy that I wanted to give it a shot.  What a wake up to reality my first attempts were lol.  They were supposed to be PTN,s but I doubt you would recognize them as such.  Fortunately I developed enough skill to catch a few fish with my flies and that inspired me to keep learning.

[TSMcDougald 0]

One of the important things one learns from Davie McPhail is that you can always back up (unless you use a lot of half hitches and glue).

[RickZieger 0]

Barry Ord Clarke and Al Beatty tying series.

 

Rick

[gadabout 0]

I enjoy Matt O’Neal’s videos.  Seems like a good guy.  Also Dressed Irons and tightlinevideo.

[DFoster 0]

On 8/30/2023 at 3:01 PM, TSMcDougald said:

One of the important things one learns from Davie McPhail is that you can always back up (unless you use a lot of half hitches and glue).

Great point!  I learned not to use half hitches and glue until I knew what I was doing. Even now I still ask myself “do I really needs half hitch here”?  😂

[TSMcDougald 0]

27 minutes ago, DFoster said:

Great point!  I learned not to use half hitches and glue until I knew what I was doing. Even now I still ask myself “do I really needs half hitch here”?  😂

I only use half hitches when I walk away from a fly in the vise (I have cats and learned early on it was necessary) or if I am using the rotary function on my vise. I don't think I have ever used glue. I keep telling myself that I should at least use something on the head but never seem to get around to it.

The other thing I learned from McPhail is to take my time. 

Edited September 6, 2023 by TSMcDougald
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[flytire 0]

i have no problems adding a half hitch especially after tying off tinsel and floss. i dont want to restart what i'm tying

i half hitch when when using the rotary function of my traveler

[TSMcDougald 0]

10 minutes ago, flytire said:

i have no problems adding a half hitch especially after tying off tinsel and floss. i dont want to restart what i'm tying

i half hitch when when using the rotary function of my traveler

Well, sure. Half hitches have their place. I was thinking of some videos I have seen where the tier hal hitched or whip finished in an obsessive compulsive fashion. I think a certain amount of trust in one's skill is necessary to advance as a tier.

[cphubert 0]

1 hour ago, TSMcDougald said:

tier hal hitched or whip finished in an obsessive compulsive fashion

I usually hitch during tying, when tying patterns for others I tie in stages and always use multiple hitches or a whip between stages. I find it is easier & faster, plus you get a consistent pattern tying that way with less material cluttering the bench. I learned from all commercial tiers when I started tying, they produced a durable well tied fly and wanted return customers they never spared the hitch/whip or the lacquer.

[TSMcDougald 0]

9 hours ago, cphubert said:

I usually hitch during tying, when tying patterns for others I tie in stages and always use multiple hitches or a whip between stages. I find it is easier & faster, plus you get a consistent pattern tying that way with less material cluttering the bench. I learned from all commercial tiers when I started tying, they produced a durable well tied fly and wanted return customers they never spared the hitch/whip or the lacquer.

Good points.

[Dr. Ragland 0]

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