Fly Tying: General
Fly Tying Irish Style
The conditions of Loch style fly fishing in Ireland has created a unique style of fly tying. Stevie Munn offers his ten favorite wet flies in his DVD video. Here is our review.
Fly Diversity
"Sometimes, even fly fishers get tunnel vision and continue down that tunnel blinded by what is considered the norm where their flies are concerned. Maybe it is time to break out of the norm and see what happens." Saltwater expert Joe Branham provides his thoughts.
Make Your Own Bobbin Threaders & Cleaners
Have problems threading your bobbin? It may need cleaning. Here's an article on how to easily make your own bobbin cleaners and threaders. Quick and simple.
Working With Marabou
Joe Branham offers tips for working with marabou and saltwater fly tying..
Atlantic Salmon Flies
Maxwell MacPherson has been tying salmon flies for about 19 years, and his website has some nice pictures and information on one of my favorites, the variety of Doctors, as well as others.
Bob's Spey Fly Tips
A tip for tying old Scottish Spey and Dee type flies without illegal or overly expensive materials.
Breacmor Society Pattern Collections
Good site if you are looking for a listing of patterns for numerous different flies.
Bug For The Deeps
This article by Hans van Klinken explores the use of leadheaded flies and their uses.
Caddis Flies: The Fishing Kind
A.K. Best is well known for his excellent books. In this adaptation from A. K.'s Fly Box, Best explains why he thinks Caddis flies are the most fun to tie. Several patterns are shown.
Caseless Caddis
Hans van Klinken provides an introduction to caddises with tying instructions. Good place for beginners to start.
David Martin Fishing Flies
Realistic fishing, presentation and art flies.
Patterns for sale.
Delaware River Outfitters
3 levels of fly tying classes from beginning to advanced, in Pennington, NJ.
Designing Trout Flies
Gary Borger is one of the best known and respected fly tyers and instructors of our day. In this article, he discusses his own designs and the reasons for them.
Diptera - Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Resource Web Site
Diptera is a complete online resource for fly fishing and fly tying. 100’s of fly patterns including full colour photos and fly tying instructions.
Dragons and Damsel Nymphs
Hans van Klinken discusses the effectiveness of these flies on smallmouth bass.
Extended Bodies
Lasse Martensson of The Watershed developed this procedure for tying extended bodies.
Eyes
Have problems tying on eyes? Check out Joe Branham's advice from his Saltwater Fly Fishing site.
Fantasy Fly Co
Extreme fly tying! Don Ordes has tremendous skill, and you should check his site out. Don gives away some of his secrets in the 'Tying Techniques' section.
Fly Masters
Tips on various tying techniques, casting, as well as fly patterns and tutorials.
Flycraft
A source for precut foam terrestrial bodies. superANTS, ultraBEETLES, easyHOPPERS and more, plus and the only fly tying Proportion Tool based on natures ancient formula.
Fragile Darters
These unusual flies were developed in Europe and Hans van Klinken offers his insight into them as well as fishing technique.
Hints from Davy Wotton
Davy Wotton offered these tips and techniques to The Canejo Valley Fly Fishers and this article is the result of notes taken by Mike Weigand.
Hyper-Compleat Guide To Flytying
This excellent article by Steve Schweitzer of Mid West Flytier is one of, if not the most comprehensive articles available on fly tying with respect to starting out, tools, materials, and resources.
Japanese Caddis Wings
According to author Lasse Martensson, this method for making wings for caddis and stonefly patterns was developed by a Japanese entomologist.
Keep Tying
The Keep Tying an excellent Internet flytying resource. This web magazine offers you the unique opportunity to learn from the best in all types of fly tying from around the world.
Kilroy's Fly Tying Page
It may not be visually appealing, but it is one of the most comprehensive and information filled fly tying sites on the Web
Montana Riverboats
Montana Riverboatss presents how-to-do-it building instructions for wood-fiberglass Driftboat, hundreds of fly tying and lure making pages, including flies from Montana's most famous fly tyers, like Pat Barnes, Franz Potts, Henry Wombacher, George Grant and Sandy Pittendrigh.
Montana Riverboats: Montana Fly Tiers
Fly photos of Montana's best fly tiers, including Al Troth, Pat Barnes, Franz Potts, Henry Wombacher, Bob Jacklin, Craig Matthews, etc.
Salmon Fly Primer
Bob Blumreich's information on salmon flies is good, especially as the first one is one of my favorites, the Silver Doctor.
Stoney Creek Company
The Stoney Creek Company designs and builds solid hardwood fly tying desks, fly rod stands and tool stations.
Streamer Page
I love Mickey Finns. Peter Charles calls himself a Mickey Finn fanatic. He and I should go fishing sometime together. His site provides some really good information on streamer fishing, and it looks really good.
Super Realistic Flies
The flytying artworks of Vladimir Markov. Awesome realistic flies - you have to see these!
The Aroostook Flytier
This site could be a great site with some design help. Tying tips, patterns, and instructions for all types of flies. But many of the images are huge and will take time to download. If you can get past the design, there's some nice stuff here.
the incredible fly
Warm water flies as well as custom tying available.
Tips and Tricks
Davy Wotton's tips and tricks for several fly tying techniques will certainly be of use to anyone who ties flies.
TroutFlies.Com
Several images of popular trout flies tied by Harry Mason.
Tying Tails
Joe Branham provides help in tying on the several different types of tails.
Ultimate Fly Tying
Tons of links to fly patterns, fly tying materials and state/regional fly fishing sites.
vintage angler
Bamboo rod restoration, and flies for sale. Also we collect vintage tackle
Virtual Flybox - Search
Looking for a particular fly? Try this search engine from Virtual Flybox.
Whip Finish The Natural Way
The skilled and talented Harry Salmgren provides these tips on a perfect whip finish without using a whip finish tool. Just a little practice, and you can do it in no time!
Wings
The Saltwater Fly Tying Site of Joe Branham offers this helpful advice to ease the job of tying on wings.
Your Portable Fly Tying Kit
If you're travelling, Steve Schweitzer of Mid West Flytier discusses how to put together a travel kit for tying flies away from home.

