Help with fly tying
Hey George,
Welcome to the community. I would like to say I agree with Blugill. You can find affordable kits online or at bass pro etc. One thing to remember when you start tying is: You can spend you |
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Need Some Advice on a Fly
Usually EP fibers don't have that much action, so add marabou as a tail. When it's stripped there's a tail "kick". A pair of 40 tooth blender scissors will thin EP fibers to spar |
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DIY Cliff Style Fly Box
Great stuff Chefben4. Did the lobby store sell ridged foam strips or did you cut them with those wavy craft scissors to make them ridged? |
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First Flies..
Hello to all,
Im new to fly fishing, but after a few months of reading and research ive finally got an outfit and a setup for tying. Im a keep-it-simple kind of guy, so I just got me a good Griffin |
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Beginner...again
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We just had that same general thread, search materials purchase, I think that is the topic. If you plan to keep |
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How to get started
I wanted to start a thread that we could use to answer the regularly asked question of "How do I get started?" because I see this question asked a lot.
I will throw out my 2 cents for wha |
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004/109 Bead Head Prince
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I got you! Thank you for the advice.Some people use a x-acto knife to cut it, i use my scissors, what do you use?
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I agree i |
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How to get started in fly tying
Here is my advise. This is one of those things that you will constantly be paying for, but most of it will last a long time. To get started there are some bare minimums tool wise.
1. Vise- There are |
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New on the block
Njardar has given very good advise. Check out your local flyshop. Most sponsor classes where you can learn the basics of tying and get a chance to try out the different vises, bobbin-holders, whip-fin |
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Fly Tying Bench - rockworm
I like the way you have stored the bobbins in slots and the scissors with just the loops up. Nice new to me concept... I may steal it.
Did you drop a pair or two of scissors and hemostats through t |
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Fly Tying Bench - rockworm
it does not appear that you will run out of scissors or hackle pliers for quite some time!
the wire holes are cool also! |
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Rabbit Sculpin
First tied many years ago, has similarities to the muddler style, but also distinct differences.
Materials:
Hook : Size 10=4X streamer hook
Thread : Uni white 8/0
Natural rabbit, silver holographic |
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Help Ring Neck Pheasant skin prep.
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for those that read this in the future a simple trick for getting the fat off of bird skins is to |
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Deer hair spinning
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Thank you guys very much, very helpful stuff.
I really like the video series, so nice to see it done, now I wil |
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Hackle Guard troubles
Here's how to end your Hackle Guard problems. Get and old pair of waders and cut out the foot section or just find a piece of neopreme. Such as old wet suit etc. Cut a circle out about 1/2 inch an |
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Swapping Guinea for Jungle Cock??
you have to find a guinea feather that would have a white spot centered on the feather stem. from there you strip back the fibers on either side of the white spot leaving some of the black fibers on e |
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RBF: buying first blank this weekend
What else will I need to buy besides this kit? http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/Tac...%3Bcat103869180Was thinking I'll need to buy a drying motor to apply the two part epoxy, as well as a basic |
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Fly Tying Bench - Salmonid Seeker
After a few years of dealing with a suitcase full of disorganized tying materials and using whichever stool or end table my vice could clamp on to, I decided it was time for a more permanent set up. |
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Scissors in hand
I'm with Njardar, go with what works for you. While many production tiers hold their scissors all the time, and a tier holding his scissors may indicate s/he is a production tier or one that ties |
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Trimming Hackle
The earlier statement that "You absolutely should not trim the hackle" is a myth. There are any number of dry fly patterns that call for the hackle to be trimmed. HOWEVER; in these cases, it |
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Share a special technique?
Each of us, in our struggle to attain perfection in our flytying, has invented (or more often reinvented) methods and techniques which help us master our materials. These are often actions which simpl |
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Donations to help out kids
I have a vise, scissors, bobbin and some packs of hooks I'll send. I just threw an empty thread spool in my tying waste bag last week, if it didn't get emptied, it should still be there.
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Diamond Hard UV resin
My light and glue arrived yesterday in the mail.
I haven't tied any flies with it yet but I am impressed. The light seems to be very tuff made from 6061 aluminum and it is waterproof. I guess pe |
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Egg Patterns
Google it or go to utbe, heres one i did on utube some time ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBBKKFQgKQ
One tip that maybe helpful would be to roll the "hank" between your hands to compr |
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My System And Other Comments
I would like to add a critique of the methods used in the video that flytire provided a link to.
The first has to do with making the cylindrical bodies. A great deal of time is needlessly wasted by t |
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Fall Ontario Chinooks
Hahaha yes tell me about losing flies, being into streamers and wanting to be on or near the bottom you can guess how many i have donated to the river this season, its getting ridiculous! I too ha |
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beginings
The reason they look backwards is because I trimed the wings and tails with scissors after I tied them in.It probably seems like a stupid move,but thats how they did it in the faol intermediate tying |
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What Do I Need (Starting out)
Rick
when you go and buy your scissors and bobbin holder/s (always a good idea to have at least two so you don't end up changing threads all the time...) go for the best you can afford.
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My first popper...critiques please!
You most definitely can shorten the marabou tail! JUST DO NOT CUT IT WITH SCISSORS!! You shorten marabou by pinching it off between your fingers using your thumbnail. This will produce a & |
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Turkey Quill Minnow
This is from years ago, one of my experiments in turkey quill minnow making but on a SS hook. Fishing off the coast of Alabama with Bonito feeding all around us and no flies in the box working, I deci |
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Glo Egg Minnow
I live in Louisiana and some how amassed a good amount of glo egg yarn. I fish alot of reds and bass. These work well.
Gamakatsu B10s? hook
Rabbit strip
trilobal chenille (got it from orvis)
Hackle
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New to fly tying!!
Hey guys, thanks for the suggestions, I'm already on to it, my sister-in-laws mother is a nurse and I'm just waiting for them to get back to me on them, I have one pair of small surgical sciss |
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Hackle turning properly?
Thx UTYER for the advice but the Comparadun is a fly I wouldn't fish,so I definitely wouldn't bother spending time tying it.I have about 200 drys in my box so it's not that I need to tie a |
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Spilled fly tying liquids???
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One safety suggestion, put the exacto knives in blade down, kinda learned that one the hard way on my own
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consistant balsa body shapes.
I would like to add some comments about the procedures in the excellent tutorial.
First, if he would add 1/8" to the length of his balsa lock, and only drill 2" deep, the plug will stay in |
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Back in the Game!
I believe you will find the general consensus is to stay away from "Fly Tying Kits". You've got 3 years of experience and you know what types of flies you'll be mostly tying. If yo |
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Foam
What thickness is it? Because i use mainly scissors to cut all of my foam. But go for the Chernobyl ant, great little fly that works on trout, bass, and bluegill... as also various other species. |
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Easiest Fiber Minnow Ever
Great stuff Dave. I also usually trim my EP style flies along the sides when I Hi/Low tie them. It akes the body niv and sparse to give it a good translucent look but keeps the head bulk enough to p |
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A couple more for your critique
Hi Martian. I like both flies. However, I am a beginner at Poppers as well but have been at woolly buggers for many years so I will contain my critique for to that one. Woolly Buggers are tricky to |
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Fly Box Pictures
With your flies, pack up a mini tying kit with basic materials for the flies you will be using - that way if you run out of something that is really working, you can tie up some more. No need to brin |
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wing bud cutter
insert material in wing cutter
trace around pattern
cut with scissors |
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Sealing Foam?
Interesting topic, i mainly fish subsurface, but today i busted out some of my foam ties, one was awesome 'KC's bass fly' but i had done some 'gurglers' and they pretty much sank a |
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July Specials at J. Stockard Fly Fishing
We have some exciting new specials here at [url="http://www.jsflyfishing.com/"][b][color="#0000FF"]J. Stockard Fly Fishing[/color][/b][/url] and can't wait to share them with o |
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Fly Tying Tool Set at Great Price!
Fly Tying Tools for sale. Either can buy the entire set for an even lower price (listed below) or individually and the individual prices are to the left of each item. All of these particular tools are |
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This Hackle Problem is not getting better
All i know is, when I do see something like that in a woman's hair I just want to go over and yank it out and run. Or just take a pair of scissors and cut it out very descreetly. I don't get |
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Getting started
Hi Chris welcome to fly tying. I learned when I began to start out with materials for specific flies I wanted to tie and build from there. Basically the tools you'll need a vice, some hooks, threa |
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Tools of the trade
I just keep my most used tools laying on my desktop. I tie with my scissors in my right hand, so they are not an issue. I have a bodkin and whip finisher laying right in front of me, and other stu |
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Zonker strips
I cut my own to save money and also you can cut however thick/thin you want. I use a box cutter thing with a couple pieces of cardboard underneath. For cutting cross-cut i use scissors because I end u |
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Have you ever.............
Like I said I did not loose all that much just the materials and tools that were on my work board at the time. I have stuff stashed all over the place in plastic boxes and such.
Basically I lost my T |
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Preserving Feathers
I second what utyer said, cut them off, pair them up and bag them. I used a heavy kitchen scissors to cut feathers from a bird someone gave me this year. Also, remember that after you use the material |
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What price for TC scissors?
So as my first pair of scissors, I bought the Dr. Slick 4" Razor scissors. I also have a shitty 1$ pair i use for wire. 2 questions...
In the best case scenario, what is the proper number/s |
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Large wool head streamer
I did this for another site, but being the tutorials have been a bit slow, figured I'd share
This is a bit of Nick Granato's El Chupacabra and Brad Bohen' s Hang time
the idea is a larg |
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Fly Tying Benches and Tying Areas
If you read the Hatches website you will see that we have been featuring tying benches and tying areas on the website that people send us. Over the past few weeks it has become one of the most popular |
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MY First Trout!!
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THank you all!! Can I get a recipe? Thanks!!
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I use a rotary cutter (scissors will work) |
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Making Dubbing
More almost thirty years, I've blended my own dubbings in the blender... Just an ordinary blender, like ya' find an most any kitchen.
Just fill the blender about 1/3 - 1/2 full with water, ad |
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Wapsi fly, inc.
I too was quite concerned that the increases in the costs would scare students away; but, this has not really happened as our enrollment has not appreciably declined with the price increases; about 15 |
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Bobbin weight: Is less more??
Thanks Folks!Interesting answers Folks! I have been considering the Pettijean bobbin...Another question since we are discussing bobbins; I realize that ideally a tyer should keep his scissors |
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