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Copper Braid

Mar 27. 2024
Material 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
See some patterns here
Review

Fly Couture

Feb 19. 2022
Different Some tyers tie different flies. Scottish Nick Thomas, now Wales based, is one of them. And he wrote a book about it.
Video

Sculpin Streamer

Feb 21. 2021
Hi Folks and welcome to my Channel, i hope you enjoy your stay and learn something new.
Video

Fly Line Pupa

Feb 15. 2021
Recycling an old fly line to catch fish again.
Video

Ear Bugs

Dec 7. 2019
Building easy segmented fly bodies with cheap silicone earring stoppers.
Article

Ugly Straggly Wolf

Oct 6. 2017
A mess This fly came about as a way to use some yarn that I bought on a small vacation with my wife when she was buying yarn for a wolf. Yup, a wolf!
See how to tie it here.
Video

Ugly Straggly Wolf

Oct 6. 2017
This fly came about as a way to use some yarn that I bought on a small vacation with my wife when she was buying yarn for a wolf. Yup, a wolf!
Article

Discs and cones

Jul 20. 2016
Materials 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.
Read the article here
Video

Son of San Juan Worm

Mar 25. 2016
Detailed instructions for tying a Son of San Juan Worm.
Video

Vladi (Condom) Worm

Dec 14. 2015
If you ask a kid what fish like to eat, more than likely you will get the response "worms!" Everyone knows that right?
Article

The Test Tube

Jan 6. 2013
Futurama A weird and futuristic construction from the archives. Really easy to tie... eh, make... uhm... construct... Metal, plastic and glue.
See how to go about it here
Article

New tube materials

Oct 24. 2012
Tube flies It's been some years since The Global FlyFisher's huge article series on tube flies started, and a lot of things have happened in the tube materials market. We try to catch up.
Read about the latest tube developments here
Article

The Killer Mantis

Jan 4. 2012
Epoxy Who else than epoxy wizard (and madman) Bob Kenly would take on tying... eh, building... eh, constructing a Mantis Shrimp as a fly? Follow the project this article where you can read Bob's story about the fly and see pictures of the process and the finished fly.
Join in here
Blog entry

A different tube system

Jan 15. 2010
And I mean really, really different. Really!
Article

G-String Eyes

Dec 19. 2008
Music to Your Eyes If you play guitar and tie flies...you are wasting some valuable tying material every time you change your strings. Old guitar strings have something to make flies land softly on the water and jig just enough to tease fish into striking. Learn from GFF partner Steve Schweitzer what to keep from old strings and how to tie
G-String flies.

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