nightfish 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2005 Does anyone know of a manual/book for teaching tying classes? I've been offered a job teaching a 6 week class, beginner to advanced, and I'm wondering if there's something out there, or on the web, to help with planning a course. Any help, or any ideas from the group on how to prepare? This will be a tie-along class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millerwb 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2005 Check out Fly Anglers Online. On the left frame click on "Fly Fishing Basics". In the next frame on the left click on "Fly Tying". It is a great fly tying "book" that will take someone from beginner to advanced tying skills. You could print out some of that information and use it as well as have your students access the web site out of class. I have tied many of the patterns from there as I was just starting (as I still have much to learn). They catch fish and are laid out very logically, in my opinion. Brian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 10, 2005 I agree with the suggestion of Fly Anglers Online. However if you want a book to hold in your hand the best I have seen is Tying Better Flies by Art Scheck. I wish it had been out when I started 20 years ago. Detialed instructions, lots of good background on materials, and plain language - easy to read and relate to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2005 Check out the info on this web site, great stuff. 4-H Sportfishing- training files Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandflyx 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2005 heres a pic of Dicks book..this seems to the best one I have found as a teaching aid.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightfish 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2005 Great suggestions. Thanks! But what I'm looking for is more of a lesson plan...like week 1, intro to tools, materials, proportions, a couple of beginning patterns, etc. Week 2 more patterns & a new technique...things like that. The class will be for 10-20 students, so passing around a book or two wouldn't be very time efficient, although a reading list would be nice to have for them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millerwb 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2005 Go look at the Fly Anglers Online stuff. It sounds like it might be exactly what you are looking for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
conehead 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2005 This has got to be the best all around book for beginners. I have purchased 6 of them at a slavage book store for $4, they usually sell for $19.99. Everyone I have given them to loved them and learned so much. Very well illustrated, great informative photos. The Art of Fly Tying By John Van Vilet 8 1/2 by 11, nice size, hard bound Lots of full color photos (large and very informative) Here is a list of topics covered and the number of pages spent on each topic 1p History of flytying 4 p Aquatic foods & insect life cycle with fly styles that imitate them (best I've seen) 6p Tools 4p Materials 2p Organizing tying space 4p Getting started, steps to tying a fly 6p Tails, different types 2p Weighting the hook 2p Ribbing 10p Bodies, different types 10p Wings, different types 6p Hackle, different types 2p Knots PATTERN styles Each pattern section describes (w/great color photos) hints for that type pattern, step by step for pattern type, and several pages with recipes for each of the following pattern types again w/color photos. 6p Streamers 10p Nymphs 12p Dry flies 8p Wet flies 6p Terrestrials 6p Pass & Pike flies Everything in this book is broken down to its simplest form. This book will be your teaching assistant and will provide a great reference for your stundents throughout the week. No, I do not get any cash for the promotion of this book. I think it is worth your time to check it out. I have been tying for over 30 years (hard to believe i'm only 29) and this is what I would use. Conehead Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 11, 2005 I'd stick with Fly Anglers On-line lessons, first of all it's FREE and you are allowed to print it. Second anyone who takes your class can go on the web to get to it when not in class. Books are nice to have but learning the basics is alot more important to start with and FAOL has given you the plan. Some of your advanced folks are going to have books so they'll know what they like already. Fatman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duffin Boy 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2005 QUOTE (nightfish @ Mar 10 2005, 08:58 PM) Great suggestions. Thanks! But what I'm looking for is more of a lesson plan...like week 1, intro to tools, materials, proportions, a couple of beginning patterns, etc. Week 2 more patterns & a new technique...things like that. The class will be for 10-20 students, so passing around a book or two wouldn't be very time efficient, although a reading list would be nice to have for them. "Fly Tying made Clear & Simple" by Skip Morris is a book that my Tying lessons were based on. The flies in the book (illustrated) are staged so that the skills you learn on each Fly can be used in the next fly and so on and so on through the book. Introduction, tools, materials are all covered plus some extra recipies are listed and pictured at the back. Skip Morris has written this as a one book course to beginning Flytying. You could copy pages as handouts. My $0.02 Good Luck Duff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McManus 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2005 Skip Morris' book Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
