Videos by Tying Tip Team

Wayne Luallen shows how to better control the wing on Sparkle Duns and Comparaduns by using an alternative wing material and a technique that helps the wing stay upright.

Wayne Luallen looks at the way feathers marry.

Wayne Luallen looks at the basic structure of a feather.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates a reverse jam hitch, a hitch that will add less thread and bulk to you flies.

Wayne Luallen shows how to tie Eric Otzinger's V-wing, splitting a hackle, and shows various flies utilizing the technique.

Wayne Luallen shows how to get the proper body taper on a Compara Dun dry fly.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to get a deer hair wing to sit right on a Compara Dun or a Sparkle Dun dry fly.

Wayne Luallen provides a little tip on tying in dry fly hackle to get the barbs to behave.

Wayne Luallen covers various types of fly tying thread, materials, thicknesses and applications. The chart referred to is found here

Wayne Luallen explains why natural fur dubs better than synthetics and how a blend might be a solution to getting some sparkle into your dubbing.

Wayne Luallen shows the various hackle types and qualities that can be picked from a rooster cape.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates the difference in color between a material dry and wet.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to finish a fly with a furry head by whip finishing with dubbing on the thread.

Wayne Luallen shows how to tie a peacock herl body where there will be a slight cupping of the material toward the rear of the fly.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates winding on peacock barbs from the bird's right side towards the eye of the hook.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to tie on a deer hair wing on a wet fly in such a way that the butts are covered by the head.

Wayne Luallen shows how to tie off material in such a way that it's secured properly.

Wayne Luallen shows how to add a more realistic shuck to a dun.

Antron and Zelon yarn can often be curled and almost knotted and difficult to separate into thinner bunches. Wayne Luallen shows an easy way to get the strand parallel for easier separation.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to wrap a folded feather to get a swept back hackle.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how peacock herl can be tied in tip first to create a slightly tapered herl body.

Wayne Luallen introduces the basic anatomy of peacock herl.

Wayne Luallen shows an easy way of loosening a matted clump of dubbing.

Wayne Luallen covers various ways of keeping your fingers suitably damp for applying dubbing.