r/flytying

How do we feel about the glowstick?

Noticed that a lot of tying videos using lead don’t really spend a lot of time talking about it. Thought I’d make a video primer for tyers about using it in patterns.

https://youtu.be/\_jMAfva2QUQ?si=61n6ksNXMMlMwxDE

Cheers

Beginner fly tying progression over the course of 3 or so weeks. Let me know what you think! Any feedback is welcome!

Pictures are in chronological order, so 1 are the first flies I tied, and 4 are the most recent.

1: first attempt at tying flies. Used cat fur as dubbing
2: got some craft store materials, still using some cat fur for dubbing. Tried to do some copper john + perdigon style flies
3: some more craft store materials
4: tried to get creative with craft store yarn as dubbing, tinsel, and glass beads

A panfish favorite

Charlie fly box

Looking for a streamer with color, flash and movement? This one has it all. Maybe the bright yellow and orange irritates big brookies into striking? Not sure. All I know is that it works!

Absolutely slayed it with these this past weekend… the only problem is that I’m down to my last one and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it’s called. Any ideas? I’d like to tie some up but figured I should know what it is. Thanks in advance!

Playing around with some colors at the moment!

These things float like crazy. It was holding up fairly heavy nymphs too.

Deer hair t-pose lizard

A few quill body perdigons and a cinnamon ant.

Forgot how much of a pain in the ass these were to tie. Thank God I can start tying up a few normal sized game changers now that I've got these out of the way. 6mm tail/regular shanks suck to work with.

This is only my second batch of feather changers, so any pointers and criticism is welcome. Focused a lot of attention to getting the body transition right. Still looking for a better technique to getting the eyes on other than getting them super glued to my hand occasionally.

First soft hackles I’ve tied, these are a size 14. Do they look good or is there anything different I should do for my next ones

I finally put together a decent video and posted it to my YouTube channel. It’s a broad profile nymph designed to look beefy while still sinking quickly for euro presentations.

https://youtu.be/cuiTrYekeFo?si=A3fsVjT943VR13bR