Tying techniques

Learn new fly tying skills and tricks to make your flies better looking and more durable

Tying techniques - videos

Video Folding Feathers Mar 18. 2019 Wayne Luallen shows a method to fold a soft hackle before tying it in, dramatically easing the barb control while wrapping a classic wet fly or palmer hackle.	Video Trailing Shuck Mar 18. 2019 Wayne Luallen shows a simple way of making and controlling a trailing shuck for midges and caddis flies.	Video Conserving Thread Wraps Mar 18. 2019 Wayne Luallen shows how to save many wraps of thread when tying off multiple materials in the same spot.
Video Hand Whip Finish Mar 18. 2019 Wayne Luallen explains how to whip finish using only your hands and no tool - and adds some tips on how to get these final wraps to lay absolutely flat.	Video Controlling Yarn for Shucks Mar 6. 2019 Wayne Luallen shows a neat little trick to control material for trailing shucks on flies.	Video Twisted Body Mar 6. 2019 Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to make a twisted body, useful for soft hackle flies and nymphs.
Video Thread Rib Mar 6. 2019 Wayne Luallen shows how to make a thread rib over a dubbed body, getting it to behave as you want.	Video Adding a wing to a classic salmon fly Feb 27. 2019 In this video I demonstrate on how to add a feather wing to a classic salmon fly.	Video Dry Fly Hackle Foundation Feb 22. 2019 Wayne Luallen explains why the thread foundation under a dry fly hackle is decisive for the final appearance of the finished hackle.
Video Direction to Dub Feb 22. 2019 Wayne Luallen describes which direction it's best to apply dubbing to your tying thread in order to get a tight dubbing.	Video Basics of Thread Twist Feb 22. 2019 Wayne Luallen explains the basics of tying thread twist	Video Direction of Thread Twist Feb 22. 2019 Wayne Luallen explains what understanding thread twist - clockwise vs. counterclockwise - can do for your tying.