Comments on: Part 1 – Singlebarbed teaches the fundamentals of fly beauty, and insists you’re catching fishermen mostly

By: Part Last – Singlebarbed teaches the beauty secrets of the Shao-Lin Masters | Singlebarbed

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:04:07 +0000

[...] we mentioned in Parts 1 & 2, the measure of true fly beauty is held by fish not humans. Unfortunately with you [...]

By: Part 2 – Singlebarbed teaches the fundamentals of fly beauty | Singlebarbed

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:04:06 +0000

[...] body of the fly and its transitions determines the finished fly’s appearance. In Part 1, Step 8 I made the same claim for lead wire on weighted flies, both are essentially the same thing. Lead is [...]

By: Don

Don — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:39:50 +0000

Great demo

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New Fly Tying Tools: "Sixth Finger" Scissors : Avid Fishing — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:19:30 +0000

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By: Simon Graham

Simon Graham — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:56:47 +0000

By: johntrout52

johntrout52 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:19:50 +0000

One of the many great things about fly tying is the multiple solutions to simple problems. Lots of ways to do it and all will work. To wit; chenille can be easily trimmed to a taper, lead underbodies can be tamed using sports wrap though it is an extra step, winding hackles in reverse and coming through with the thread as a rib will somehow make the hackle lay well without many wraps. The wonder of it all.

By: Tying Flies for the Approval of Others and Maybe the Occassional Fish « SwittersB & Fly Fishing

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:07:15 +0000

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By: KBarton10

KBarton10 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:46:35 +0000

Spencer,

Here is a short tutorial on “folding” a hackle, most books have the technique – but it’s often not featured prominently. Often mentioned with English fly tying or wet flies.

http://www.hawaiilure.com/feathers.html

About 1/2 way down the page. Describes the process using fingers (and spit) versus the “right angle spine buster” method.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:53:48 +0000

Great post! Keep these coming.

I’ve been tying tons of steelhead flies lately, and always end up doing the 65 wraps of thread to make the hackle lie down properly, and end up with an unsightly head in the process.

Excellent tips.

spencer

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:25 +0000

“…Refining your tying for the critical gaze of other fishermen will make your flies sturdier…”

I think this is true. I’ve taken to joining in fly-swaps as a way to improve technique. I always choose a new pattern for the swap and then learn to tie it with the knowledge that I’ll be giving them to other fly fishers. It makes me a much more careful tyer. All the little details may not matter to the fish, but some do. Plus like you said – you end up with sturdier flies when you use good technique.