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Hey all! I’ve posted a few times recently about my journey into tying winged wet flies. After a few years of dries, nymphs and streamers I thought I’d work on these for a while. From a purely aesthetic point of view winged wets are the prettiest patterns in my opinion. So far I’ve been focusing on two specific flies… a Leadwing Coachman and a Royal Coachman. Tying the bodies is easy enough. Hackle is fairly straightforward unless it’s a throat. That gives me fits. But my main question is about the wings. I have several duck and turkey quills I’m using. Sometimes I get them cut and lined up fairly evenly. Sometimes they’re a little bit off. But what’s really frustrating me is tying them in correctly. I’ve watched dozens of videos where it’s done and think I’m following it fairly well. Once I have them in my fingers at the length I want I use a loose pinch wrap and then pull upwards on the thread binding the feathers to the shank. It does just that. However both feathers almost always end up on one side of the shank or the other… never directly on top. I honestly don’t know what I’m doing differently from the videos I watch. Theirs always look great and uniform and tidy. Mine look okay if you’re looking at it from one side but looks weird from the other. Oh! And some guys online appear to have one feather on each side of the shank when tying them in? For the life of my I can’t figure out how they do that. Anyway… I had to step away for a bit. Almost threw my vice in the dumpster. Ha! I kid. How did you guys learn to do this properly? I must’ve tied 30 Coachmans these past couple of days and maybe only two are acceptable.

Hey all. I’ve been tying lots of winged wets lately. Most have been hackled by wrapping partridge around the shank just like I do with soft hackle/spiders. Then I add the wing on top. This looks just fine when I do it. However I see many beautiful wet fly patterns where a throat is tied in on the underside of the shank rather than wrapped around the post. For the life of me I can’t figure out how this is done. I’ve tried rotating my vise so the fly is upside down then tying hackle fibers at the throat. I’ve had mixed success at best and almost always impale a finger or two on the hook point in the process. I’ve tried loosely tying fibers on top and rotating them below before tightening. They just become a haggard mess and look nothing like the beautiful pics I see. I’ve tried wrapping the post and then pulling them down and giving a few wraps to hold them there. Same result… haggard mess. Not sure what to do here. How do you guys/gals tie in those beautiful throats? Any tips, ideas, pictures or video links would be helpful. Thanks

Hi, here my new video from my YT channel; the wet version of the dry fly E-12 (Europea 12) I hope you like it and you subscribe! https://youtu.be/R3ZVll8P-YE

wet fly for trout https://youtu.be/PyN8YdePHjY

Before the new year, a bit tensed and took another step by step. This year is the latest step by step. Most likely next year will be step by step in another format, however, and such Express Step will be too. Happy new year. All good, big fish, good fly tying and good mood. https://youtu.be/WVOwG9Ajrdo

I have tied a few trout flies and understand the differences between dry fly and wet/streamer fly hooks. However, since I don't live close to trout fishing I would like to tie for panfish and bass. My question to you tying guru's is this - Do I really need to worry about the hook classification (wet vs. dry) for panfish and bass? Also, I am thinking about tying for bluegill and crappie so I am thinking about using hook sizes 10 - 6. Is that appropriate? Can I just go to my walmart and pick up some aberdeen style hooks to tie, or do I need to stick with the wet/dry fly hooks at the more expensive retailers for better results. I would prefer to spend the extra money if it does yield better results because that is what matters most to me. I just didn't know if it really mattered all that much. I appreciate any help I get from yall. Thanks in advance!

Fly tying wet fly "Peter Ross"

Fly tying wet fly "Teal, Blue & Silver"

Just wanted to see What "wet flies" You all like. Mine so far is a partridge and orange. I like it becuase its simple easy fun to mess with color and it just works! this one is in fl pink