What is your favorite fly to tie to warm up with?

[FlyTieDad 0]

Hey All,

 

Whenever I sit down to start tying I like to warm up by tying a few flies I'm pretty good at like Red Tag, Nat or a Poly Spinner.

 

What do you warm up with or what is your favorite fly to tie?

 

FlyTieDad

[flytire 0]

i just get all the material out to tie what im gonna tie.

 

i dont see the need to tie warmup flies if they are not the flies im gonna tie

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

If I haven't tied in a few days I will tie up a couple of whatever I am tying in a bigger size just to get my hands back to normal then hit the size I need to tie

[DUBBN 0]

I jump right in to the pattern.

[ditz2 0]

As soon as I get my sweats and fly tying shoes on I will get back with you. ........sorry, just could not help myself.

[kimjensen 0]

I don't warm up, i just tie my regular flies. If it gets too ugly i won't use it.

But Pattegrisen Light is my goto for seatrouts.

[planettrout 0]

Pray tell, why would anyone who has been tying for awhile need to warm up ?

 

 

PT/TB

[JSzymczyk 0]

I am with Flytire, I just tie what I'm gonna tie.

[agn54 0]

Full dress salmon flies for me. I also power lift at the gym without stretching.

[djonesii 0]

I took a 30 year so break from tying, and my first fly out of the vise second time round was one of the first that I learned:

 

wolly worm!

 

The first one I ever tied as a 7th grader was a balck ant. Never did use that pattern, so not my favorite, but did catch tons of trout on the WW and simple variants.

 

Dave

[flywhiteguy 0]

I just jump right in if I don't like them I take the razor blade to it and start over sometimes I don't like the 10th one or the 20th one the same thing razor blade and start over

[tctrout 0]

Hey All,

 

Whenever I sit down to start tying I like to warm up by tying a few flies I'm pretty good at like Red Tag, Nat or a Poly Spinner.

 

What do you warm up with or what is your favorite fly to tie?

 

FlyTieDad

I don't have a warm-up pattern, but do know that if I will be tying the same pattern in various sizes, I always tie the larger sizes first.

 

TC

[Goldenflies 0]

No warm up for me either. I butcher them all equally. So, no need to perfect that.

[GdubyaSmith 0]

No warm up for me either. I butcher them all equally. So, no need to perfect that.

X2 LOL...the only thing that needs warmed up is the Coffee by the time I get going they are all equally brutalized

[phg 0]

My initial thought was the same as most of the others. On reflection, though, I realized that most of the time, I just happen to want to tie something basic ... oops, that sounds like a warm up fly....

 

What I usually start out with is a size 12 or 14 Catskill with bundled fiber wings and dubbed body. It doesn't really matter which one, they are all basically the same. A light Cahill is probably my favorite, but I'll do a Hendrickson, or a generic sulpher as these are always useful here in the southeast, and I always seem to need a few more in a slightly different color combination.

 

After the Catskills, I'll switch to whatever else I think I'll need for an upcoming trip.