Another Hendrickson ....
I love seeing all the different versions of Hendricksons that fly tyers are posting on social media lately. Last week I went traditional...
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Keeping it Smooth ....Part III
Two weeks ago I talked about the need for creating a level, smooth under body when making a fly body from goose or turkey biots. Last...
Keeping it Smooth .... Part II
Biots can be used to make a segmented fly body that imitates a mayfly’s abdomen better than many other materials. The challenge is...
Keeping it Smooth ...... Part I
Many fly tiers I talk to find working with turkey and goose biots frustrating. They can be, but once mastered they make a really slick...
Diversions ....
One of my neighbors is a premier breeder of Llamas, which are pretty cool animals. The fur from llamas is known as “fiber” and is used to...
Clip it Good ......
In more than 45 years of tying flies things have piled up. There are boxes and bins and totes and bags of materials everywhere. It just...
Dances with CDC .....
Cul de Canard feathers are one of my favorite materials and play a big role in many of my “Signature Fly” patterns. Anyone that’s ever...
A Little Twist .....
There are multiple angles on the topic of thread control, which is one of the key elements in fly tying. While learning how and when to...
Tying One .....
I taught a fly tying class yesterday with the Anglers Club of Philadelphia at the TCO Fly Shop in Haverford, Pennsylvania. This a very...
The Simple Things ……
There’s an old axiom that says some of the best things in life are the simplest of things; and at times that turns out to also be true in...
Assembly lines .......
Last week I wrote about the benefit of batch tying and practice and the way that this approach can impact the quality of your flies. This...
Practice Makes a Lot of Flies ......
A lot of people ask me questions about fly tying “tricks”. One of the more overlooked aspects of fly tying that I always respond with is...
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