Dec 1, 2024 · Free fly tying material and flies. DenWor54; Sep 30, 2018; 10 2K Jan 21, 2025 ...

Feb 1, 2010 · On a smaller fly I would imagine the longer hairs from rabbit could be used as it is fine and supple. The main key to a good fly is proportion! A fish is far less pickey about a fly than the fisheman! Another option available, I assume you are tying some sort of streamer, is to substitute marabou for the hair.

Dec 23, 2010 · First off, although some folks have recommended RIT dye (including a rather famous trout fly tyer from Colorado), it is a very poor choice for dying fly tying materials. RIT is a so-called "union dye", which means it is composed of different types of dyes, most of which don't work at all on protein-based materials used in fly tying.

Jun 2, 2008 · While it may be true that if you substitute other materials for something in a "standard" pattern, then you may not actually be tying a true "whatever-bug", there is certainly not any formal laws against it. There are lots of fibers that will make a Wulff pattern wing and not take anything away from the fish catching ability of the fly.

Nov 17, 2020 · I'm working on organizing my fly tying materials. For small stuff like beads, hooks, dubbing material, etc I've been putting it into plano 3700 boxes. However I don't have a good solution for all the feathers (strung and otherwise) and furr. Wondering what ideas the …

Feb 12, 2006 · The exercise fly is tied just for this step by step instructional. Just by varying the size and colors, you can have a pattern to cover winter and summer steelhead. In addition, I have included how to tie on a blind eye hook in this tutorial. Please read through the entire tutorial prior to …

Apr 10, 2021 · i would finish the Mustad wet fly and streamer hook designations similar to the Mustad dry fly hook designations example Mustad S80 is S80-3906, S82 is S82-3906B, R75 is R75-79580 etc

Nov 2, 2024 · This is my go-to Chironomid. I used it quite a lot at Lake Lenice. This is a size 10 Daiichi 1270 hook. One could call it the - Red Floss & Antron Chironomid". The size small gold tinsel gets locked in with a backward and forward quick wrap - …

Aug 15, 2013 · At one time I used tying wax but have stopped using the stuff. If I'm tying a dry fly with coarse material, I use a paste type floatant. For everything else, I've found a fingertip moistener called Gatherette is all I need. Gatherette is sold at office supply stores. It dries quickly on your fingertips and isn't nearly as messy as tying wax.

Mar 20, 2013 · At most tying events the typical chair seat to table top distance is guaranteed to quickly lead to the old pain-between-the-shoulder blades syndrome. At such events, I try to (and usually do) remember to bring along enough pillows/pads to raise my seating position to something approximating this ideal.