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As a fly angler, there is great satisfaction in being able to tie your own flies. If you haven’t reached that point yet, here is some advice to help you get started.

These worm patterns tied with bead tubing are very tough and made to last – and very easy to tie

I'm sometimes surprised how much material is wasted when people tie flies. Here are some tips on saving

A couple of pupa patterns tied with rubber cord tubing which is also used for stringing beads to make jewelry

Since I moved to a house several years ago, I’ve had a combined office and tying room, which has served me very well!

Want to get better results when tying flies? Don’t buy your way there. Tie your way there!

A short article about adding weight to a fly – and make it do what you want and stay where you put it

Tying in a feather and wrapping it … easy-peasy, right? Or maybe there’s more to it. This in-depth article looks at various ways to make a feather hackle.

This type of braid is found in electronics stores, but is a great new addition to the fly tyer’s arsenal of useful copper products

Monofilament of many kinds can be used as a fly material as it can be seen in this simple Knot Bug

... and then there's deer hair. And it can be many different things. It is not at all that easy to find the right kind for the many patterns with this fantastic material

We challenged artificial intelligence to create a fly pattern. It went fairly well ... and then again … not quite well.

Why go to the trouble of photographing a fly that is soaking wet? Well, in many cases it can dramatically alter the appearance of the imitation.

Satin ribbon can’t be used in as many different ways as organza, but it definitely makes some juicy looking fish snacks.

Some tyers tie different flies. Scottish Nick Thomas, now Wales based, is one of them. And he wrote a book about it.

A beginner's book that I'd actually recommend to beginners! Great pattern selection, excellent photography and nicely coupled to online videos.

Grizzly hackle is something which most tyers use all the time and which we all take for granted, but in my eyes grizzly isn't nearly as appreciated as it deserves to be

Large feather rooster saddles are different beasts. Here are some tips on buying them.

Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.

Italian fly tyer Giuseppe Finardi is intrigued by US Ora Smith's streamers featuring wings made almost exclusively from golden pheasant crest.

It’s hard not to like a completely free e-book with detailed descriptions on how how to tie 12 (and then some) different variations of the Humpy. 80 pages of knowledge, tips and inspiration on a single pattern!

Plain and simple bead chain is one of the cheapest fly tying materials around, but very useful and a great addition to many flies.

Fabien Moulin aims to tie some really good looking flies, and ponders a bit about how to improve as a fly tyer.

Some tips on getting your hands on good skin bits

I have recently had a pretty decent injection of fly tying material to my stock. I call it the mothers’ yarns because it came from my own mother and my mother-in-law.

This small DIY article shows you how to make a leather folder or jumbo-wallet for convenient flash storage.

Bob Popovics can rightfully be called one of the most innovative fly tyers today. And he keeps on sharing new methods in his latest book.

Fly tying material is often big, inexpensive pieces cut up and sold small at high prices. It's always worth looking around for alternative sources. You can find some really useful materials for almost no money.

A lot of flies - salmon tube flies in particular – use different discs or cones, and the market is full of them. Here's an overview of some of the many types.

Why would you Do It Yourself? The answer might seem simple, but it wasn't, once Paul Kalbrener started thinking about it.

This fall marks Mike Hogue's Badger Creek Fly-tying's 20th year in business. He never thought he would be in business that long.

Nice book - well written and beautiful put together with concise and detailed tutorials. The 2nd half features an interesting gallery of contributors' flies.

Jay Zimmerman's book "The Best Carp Flies" made me want to tie up some new flies

It all started with me being a bit sceptical about the colour of a hackle. It looked a bit too intense. English not being my first language, I would have called the colour of the hackle purple, but the pattern said mauve. Mauve? I've never heard of that colour before

The 3rd edition of AK bests all-time classic on tying flies as a boss.

Altogether a great little casting event in Copenhagen. Kudos to those who took the time to set it up

A simple method of preserving bird skins from birds like ducks. If you hunt or know hunters, there's a rich supply of materials, almost for free

Make your own large eyes for pike and saltwater flies using inexpensive materials and a little time. Some adhesive marker dots, a handful of waterproof pens and some LCR and you can start your own stick-on eye factory.

The quick guide to buying marabou feathers that are useful

Canadian Silver Tip Fly Company makes printed fly-tying materials with a high degree of realism and can supply wings, shells and much more, ready to tie with. We asked some questions.

The fly-tying market is brimming with prefabricated materials, and Danish Easy Shrimp Eyes is one of the companies who are making them. We have talked to the guys behind the products.

The soft hackle is supposed to be - as the name implies - soft. Soft hackle can come from many birds. Chickens, gamebirds like partridge, grouse and quail, pheasant and even crows and jackdaws.

Buying dry fly hackle without breaking the bank

Bucktail is a useful and inexpensive material. This is how you get the best

This article is about buying fly-tying materials

These new fish shaped foils from Bob Popovics are really great for making baitfish imitations. They come in several shapes and many sizes, and stick on the side of your flies, ready to be covered with resin.

Golden Pheasant must be one of the most versatile fly-tying materials you can get your hands on. The wealth of different feathers on one skin is simply overwhelming. And the skin is inexpensive too.

Zonker strips: what to look for when buying, and what to do when cutting your own

Now this is a pretty interesting product! Looks good, adds weight and seems to be easy to tie with.

I am as likely to sit down and tie six different flies as I am to tie six of the same pattern. Speed is not a concern, but I don't want to waste my time either. There are things I can do to make my life easier which may be different from a professional production tyer.

Dutch Hans Weilenmann tells the history of the use of CDC feathers in fly tying, covers the different types of feathers and their use and lists both CDC tying tips and a bunch of CDC patterns.

Some of these flies are among the most well known of any genre of fishing flies others are a little on the obscure side. Some are simple and some are a bit complicated. I like 'em all. They all have their place on the water, and they all have a story to tell.