Classes of fly quality

[1hook 0]

Skeet did you read the posted article? That sums up your question about grades

[FIN-ITE 34 0]

Thank you 1hook.

[vicrider 0]

Tie swaps...I strive for A...Usually end up with B...and fish my Cs...

[Jokey 0]

That article is spot on. As someone who does quality control for bulk flies coming in and then sold to dealers I can tell you that depending on where flies come in from (in my experience) usually dictates how good a fly I am going to look at. We work with a factory out of Sri Lanka (mentioned in the article as "A" graded flies) and very rarely have any complaints about the quality. When I do it's because of a recipe error but not because of poor tying. I have also had the opportunity to check out flies from other places mentioned in the article and I would again agree on it's assessment of the flies from those regions. MY QC for those is painstaking and time consuming as the quality is not nearly as good.

 

J

[JSzymczyk 0]

Two categories.

 

1) It's good

2) It sucks

 

But I'm coming from the perspective of someone who in 35 years of fly fishing, has purchased exactly ZERO commercially tied flies.

[skeet3t 0]

Posted or pinned?

Anyway, I have forwarded a synopsis of the posts here to the fellow who asked the question. We'll go from there. Thanks.

[PJ2 0]

Fin: that was a really good article. It gives a real perspective in reference to how one in a million will get chosen to be commercially tied and how it gets oversea to be tied by a woman. Ironic dont you think?

[nick2011 0]

At the end of the day, its the fish who grade your flies!! just saying

[FlickNdip 0]

I know you here is different grades of feathers, but not sure about flies