beginner's flytying

[salty fly 0]

This book helped out a lot for me at first.

 

"Basic Fly tying' All the skills and tools you need to get started.

-Stackpole Books

 

The book goes over,Tools and materials, Basic techniques,

Then covers seven differnt patterns.

-Woolly bugger

-Gold-ribbed hare's ear

-Beadhead pheasant tail nymph

-Elk hair caddis

-Compara-dun and sparkle dun

-Adams

-Marabou muddler

As you tie the flys it bulds your skill.This book gave me all the basic skill to have a solid understanding of tying.You will have a strong skill set to tie most flies for differnt fish.

 

Tear it up,

Salty

[Old Hat 0]

Sounds like you need to sit down with your buddy John and have him give you some lessons. You'll probably learn more from him one on one in 3 hours than you'll get from half a dozen books.

[i_love_rush_and_ledzepp 0]

Sounds like you need to sit down with your buddy John and have him give you some lessons. You'll probably learn more from him one on one in 3 hours than you'll get from half a dozen books.

 

True, Allthough I am from,Hamilton (which is not far from London), he is quite busy at times.

 

EDIT: He's going to teach me to flyfish sometime.

[spinninBugs 0]

You don't want to just go tying anything. Some flies will certainly work for a multitude of fish species. But you really need to research where you will be fishing and what you'll encounter as far as species of fish before you can create a basic list of flies. This will be a big step in your flies being productive and your enjoyment of fly tying and fishing.

 

Well it doesent really matter at first to me. I just want to get the hang of fly tying any beginner fly.

start tying some elk hair caddis... I started tying a year ago and once I could tie a good elk hair caddis I could tie just about anything. It has hackle, dubbing and hair stacking...all required for most dry flies.