Why Hire a Fly Fishing Guide? If you are a veteran fly fisher, in your own boat, on your 456th float trip on a home water stretch. A fly fishing guide may not be helpful. If you are fishing somewhere new, fishing in a new style,…
For 100 years, it has been a fly that imitates nothing yet imitates everything. The original Adams Dry Fly recipe was tied in the collared hackle, split-wing style. Today there are many different materials used and several tying style variations. Many will say, if they were…
Why listen to me? I started tying flies 35 years ago. I now tie flies professionally. Did I get started the right way? Not a chance. I bought a kit with a vise that would barely hold a hook and contained an incomplete set of very…
A Fly Tying Vise is the most frequently used tool you own as a fly tier. Unless you are one of those crazy free-hand folks, every fly you tie starts with slapping some steel in the vise. As with many fly tying tools, vises come in…
So you have dabbled in the fly fishing world enough to decide it is time to take the next step and get that first fly rod of your very own. This is a buyer’s guide, but not the typical comparison of top models. This is a…
See the “Buy vs Tie” debate by the numbers, including 300 flies plus equipment as the case study, below. We can answer the direct question, Is fly tying to save money possible? The short answer is…maybe, but with plenty of caveats. Before we get to the…