Tying tools

Whenever I visit the home of a fly tyer, I can't help but snoop around their desk to see how they have everything arranged, which tools they use, and their materials (and I think I'm not alone).

Modifying a Large-size Loon-Brand Zippy Hair-Stacker for Use with Bucktail

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Scissors are one of the more important parts of your fly tying tool set. Every day I get a new tier asking what they need to start tying besides a vice.

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A quick look at my tying room and the way I store my materials with Davie McPhail

In this video I show how I would store sample flies tyed for friends and customers over a season so that if they came back I would have the exact pattern ready to tye again..

Buying a fly tying vise is no easy decision! This video goes over the main types of vises, as I share similarities, differences, and characteristics I look for when purchasing.

I got this brand new dubbing brush table from Oasis Benches. They have been out for less than a month at the time of this video.

The new FEED-A-BEAD fly tying tool from HARELINE stores and organizes beads of all sizes and styles - and it helps to transfer beads onto hooks with the greatest of ease.

This tool is useful for fly tying and lure making. I have made a template for the whip finish tool. The template is published on my Google Drive and Twitter.
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It's time for an unboxing! Traveling a lot in the last few years for fly fishing trips and fly tying events, I value the ability to stay organized.

Have you ever had to replace a bodkin because it got gummy from head cement or UV resin? Have you ever bent a bodkin while picking out dubbing? Hate spending that money repeatedly?

In the next in our series of learning to tie flies, we get into some of the better options for a budget vise. Don't let a smaller budget deter you from learning to tie flies.

The making of Polish Renomed scissors - for fly tying and other purposes. They are not made in the thousands. They are not made by machines.

Wayne Luallen shows a couple of models of simple dubbing twisters.

Wayne Luallen introduces a type of dubbing teaser shaped more like a brush.

Wayne Luallen shows an easy way to clean varnish and other things off your dubbing needle.

Wayne Luallen shows a neat tool for cutting deer and elk hair off the hide

Wayne Luallen shows how to get the inside of the bobbin holder tube smooth and free of burrs to avoid breaking or fraying the thread.

Wayne Luallens shows a couple of types of hair stackers for fly tying, including the closed end hair stacker.

Wayne Luallen shows how to sharpen the tips of your scissors to enable you to reach in a cut very close and precisely.

A fly tying tool tip from Wayne Luallen. Using the Wasatch Rotating Bobbin Threader. Find the Wasatch tool here.