Chris Helm

Chris Helm tying at the International Fly Tyers Symposium in New Jersey in 1996.

I have always been fascinated by deer hair flies, especially muddlers, and my own big break through with these flies and deer hair came after tying with Chris Helm at an arrangment in Denmark. The material presented in his first article on this web site comes from that specific arrangement.

Read by Chris Helm:

• Tips for selecting deer hair
  

Contact Chris:
7060 White Tail Ct
Toledo, OH 43617-1391
USA
Phone: 419-843-2106
 
UPDATED:
Chris now has a web site. Look at Whitetail Fly Tieing
 

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People who looked at the above also looked at these pages: Good, Bad, and Ugly Having wrapped my share of thread over the years, I thought it was time to revisit a long held interest of mine - traditional salmon flies. My first attempt years ago was pretty disappointing, and I was hoping my skills had evolved enough for me to take that next step and produce a better result. Keywords The words we use Trip reports Section: Have rod, will travel The Plipper One of the strangest fly-contraptions ever to see daylight in GFF partner Martin Joergensen's vice (which has seen some strange flies). It's a tube fly. It uses one basic material. It's tied without thread. It's ugly, but it works. It's a popper with a lip - a Plipper.

A few random articles for your entertainment Une Création We crank out some strange flies every now and then. Get an idea, dig through piles of materials and tie up a handful of slightly different flies, each one better than the previous one, but none of them really good. But sometimes one comes out OK. December 29th 2005 Derek DeYoung "As a young kid developing my skills and vision as an artist, I found that I could find no better subject to paint then the big northern pike and largemouth bass that I would often observe cruising the weed lines out in the bayou." January 12th 2007 DIY Epoxy Rotor If you tie a lot of epoxy flies and have been glancing in the direction of the nice but expensive epoxy rotors in the local flyshop, you may want to consider building your own out of some scraps and a disco mirror ball motor. March 17th 2005 The Triangle Fly This is a strange kind of saltwater fly for sea trout - nothing like other flies - sparse and skinny, tied on a treble, only two materials. But it works says GFF partner Martin Joergensen, who is almost embarassed to tell how to tie this über-simple fly. February 12th 2005