EP flies

[dsaavedra 0]

can anyone give me a link to a good step by step tutorial for tying EP flies? ive looked around and i kinda get the idea, but not so great....any help would be appreciated.

[Undertow 0]

I used the peanut bunker tutorial in the step by step section. It will get you started but from then on its just practice. It took me a while but once I got it I could whip a fly out in no time.

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[wayneb 0]

Hi david;

 

Check out the recipie at warmwater flytier for bluegill streamer.

 

http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/corner.asp?page=8

 

Wayneb

[Guest]

I used the peanut bunker tutorial in the step by step section. It will get you started but from then on its just practice. It took me a while but once I got it I could whip a fly out in no time.

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That's really a good point. Learning he heart behind basic techniques and then teaching yourself to recognize them in new fly patterns is key to really becoming a prolific tier. I like to practice by scanning the fly bins and buying flies that I haven't seen before, then jumping on the vise to duplicate them.

[dsaavedra 0]

thanks guys, i realy like the tutorial for the peanut bunker. i think i'll do that for shad style flies.

[dsaavedra 0]

hey guys followed the peanut bunker instructions and heres my first fly:

 

[madkasel 0]

Nice! I have to get on these this winter.

 

Very cool ties, and I like the methodology behind them.

[Undertow 0]

I noticed that everyone on here tends to tie bulky wide ep flys, I personally like to make mine smaller. The smallies in my area seem to prefer a thinner ep fly rather than a big one. One that looks more like a minnow. Kind of like this.

The top fly is a regular ep fly, the bottom is the kind I tie.

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[dsaavedra 0]

yea that was my first one and i see now that i used WAY too much material. here is a pic of my second attempt:

 

 

my third one is the same pattern as my second, only its even more sparse. i like the second one the best, only because of the body shape, the third one is more slender, but i like this one cuz its rounder, like a bluegill.