Tying techniques

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

Tying techniques - videos

Video Reverse Jam Hitch Sep 12. 2020 Wayne Luallen demonstrates a reverse jam hitch, a hitch that will add less thread and bulk to you flies.	Video Kenbane Fly Part 2 - Yoshida Kebari Aug 9. 2020 Now that the feather is split...let's tie the fly!	Video Kenbane Fly Part 1 Aug 9. 2020 This video talks about Japanese flies or Kebari using "kenbane" or the Alula feather. To use this feather you must split it first.
Video Building a Better Bugger Jul 30. 2020 Detailed instructions for building a better woolly bugger. This is part of a series of Tim Flagler's collaboration with Fly Tyer Magazine.	Video How to Make a Simple Foam Body Jul 24. 2020 For Daddy's / Crane Fly / Hoppers. All you need is a Needle, Thread, and Foam Sheet from any Craft Shop. Length, Thickness & Colour is your own choice.	Video Wonder Wing Stonefly May 27. 2020 Another winging technique that gives a realistic flat lying wing, ideal for midges and stoneflies.
Video Using Tapered Hackle May 25. 2020 Learn to use rooster saddle hackle that is tapered in hook size from large at the base to small near the tip.	Video Three simple dubbing techniques Apr 1. 2020 This is another very important tutorial, illustrating how the same dubbing can be used in three different techniques for three very different results.	Video Controlling Fly Tying Thread Tension Mar 3. 2020 A small demonstration of fly tying thread tension and strength. Tightly wound thread is one of the way to get durable and good looking flies.
Video Red Panama Feb 28. 2020 I have chosen this classic fancy French pattern, not only for it's exquisite proportions and artistry, but also for how many techniques there are to be learned in one single pattern: Tippet tailing	Video Fabien Moulin's Deer Hair Parachute Feb 21. 2020 Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one.	Video Making a George Grant Hair Hackle Feb 18. 2020 Italian Giuseppe Finardi demonstrates how to weave a hair hackle for a George Grant nymph, as described in the article here: http