Silver Doctor 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2009 My dad was a commercial tier in the 50's, learned from him in the 60's. His adage was tie 6 to get to know the materials. Another 6 to figure out the pattern, the last 6 to figure out the shortcuts. Strip the hooks, Start tying the fly. Used this way for 50 years, through my commercial tying, it embeds the pattern in your mind for good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spike188 0 Report post Posted May 7, 2009 Now that is useful advise. I find myself tying one or two flies of a new pattern and then trying to load my fly box with them. They usually look shabby and sometime later I'll look at em and discard them. I'll bet that if I followed your advise, knowing that I'm just tying the first 18 for drill, I'd probably be more satisfied once I start tying them for my fly box. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites