Fly tying

Creating your own flies from feathers, hair and much more

Fly tying - all content

Article My first flies Feb 17. 2013 Beginner I honestly don't remember exactly how many years ago I started tying flies, but a rough calculation says about 30 years. A lot has happened since then - luckily! See some of them here	Blog entry Intimidated by a streamer Feb 16. 2013 I wanted to tie a Carrie Stevens, Rangerly style New England streamer, but was surprised how hard it actually was	Article Streamers 365 Feb 8. 2013 A streamer a day The Streamers 365 project has delighted streamer aficionados worldwide by delivering a new and beautiful streamer photo online every day. We have talked to Darren MacEachern, the man behind the project. Read about it here
Review Classic Salmon Fly Patterns Jan 17. 2013 To borrow from Jerry Maguire, you had me at 1700 patterns. One thousand seven hundred patterns. Chew on that for awhile.	Article Discovering the Marbury Lake Flies Nov 25. 2012 Marbury If today's tyer wants to tie the Mary Orvis Marbury Lake flies, they would be wise to think 'old school', and transport themselves back to a time when the hooks had blind eyes, the materials were natural, and the flies were colorful and uniquely adapted to the American fly fishing experience by Mary Orvis Marbury and her crew of women tyers. Click here to learn how to tie them	Review Mayflies and More Nov 6. 2012 This is a fly-tying DVD covering 10 very useful patterns for stream fishing.
Review The Flies that Catch Fish Nov 1. 2012 This is a book right after my heart.	Video Blue Fox Variant Nov 1. 2012 The Blue Fox Variant resembles both The Editor Fly and a Blue Fox lure. It fishes well for Summer Steelhead on a floating or sinking tip line when swung down and across.	Article Alan Petrucci Streamers Aug 26. 2012 Streamers I can still remember the fist fish I caught on a streamer, a stocked brook trout on a Royal Coachman streamer. Since that time I have had success many times fishing these long flies. In my early days of fly fishing I bought all of my flies. Click here to read the article
Video Winged Ant Jun 4. 2012 Hook: Partridge SUD #14, Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black, Abdomen: Yorkshire Fly-body fur, black (or substitute, such as Wapsi SLF), Thorax: Yorkshire Fly-body fur, black (or substitute), Legs: Moose	Video Tarpon Toad Fly May 30. 2012 A classical "flat head" tarpon fly, which is found in many variations	Video Pepefly- Tina Intruder Tube Fly Orange May 10. 2012 Hi friends, My name is José "Pepefly" Borzi I´m professional tyer from Ushuaia-Tierra del Fuego- Argentina, this is my first tying video I hope you enjoy it!!! Good Fishing! Pepefly.
Video Lumi Apr 9. 2012 Hook: Tiemco 202SP #4, Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black, Rib: Round tinsel, fine, gold, Tail: Lady Amherst tippet barbs, dyed golden - tied short, Abdomen: Muskrat underfur, Thorax: Seal's fur,	Video Fritz Shrimp Mar 28. 2012 Step by step tutorial of how to tie the Fritz Shrimp.	Video Early Black Stone Fly Mar 17. 2012 Quick easy dry stonefly pattern. Can also be tied in brown, or yellow for when the yellow sally's hatch in the summer.

Pages

Add new comment

Editorial content tagged with Fly tying

Since you got this far …

The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.

See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.

The Global FlyFisher

Simply the Best Place to go for Online Fly Fishing and Fly Tying

Search form

Mobile menu