With regard to the last photo (general streamers and shrimp) A few things to mention. The shrimp are not my original pattern. I seem to remember seeing them on the http://www.barflyfish.com site tied by a Capt. Greg Bowdish. The one at bottom center does glow in the dark - very bright too! The fly above it is the Norms Shminnow originally by Norm Zeigler. Skinny green one on bottom right has a rattle in it too.
Do you guys know where can i learn to tie my own fly or know any good step-by-step website? I’ll have my own vise next week and i need to learn it pretty soon. Simple fly will do. I’m running out of flies which I’ve purchased from fishing dealers and i reluctant to ask for flies from other fly fisher here. BTW, I’m from KK, Sabah.
quote:Originally posted by DarkAaron Do you guys know where can i learn to tie my own fly or know any good step-by-step website? I'll have my own vise next week and i need to learn it pretty soon. Simple fly will do. I'm running out of flies which I've purchased from fishing dealers and i reluctant to ask for flies from other fly fisher here. BTW, I'm from KK, Sabah.
Hi DarkAaron,
There are quite a numbers of fly tying website which got step by step instruction.
Try these few..
Hi Chris..
We need to register to log into www.realisticflytyer.com
Registering is not a problem.. [:)]
The problem is even when you have registered, they do not verify your registration and you can’t get access into the website.. [:(!]
big problem.. [?]
Well, thank you everyone for helping me out. I just got my vise yesterday. Its an Orvis Freshwater Fly Tying Kit. Its a starter kit but it got me busy all day! There’s a simple instructions included in the box on how to tie some flies too.
your fly is so beautiful , i try many tying but no dare to show to other because is very ugly lah , my dog already know when i prepair to tying , because my dog hair is quite nice tying material hehehe
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I’ve been looking at some pic of those realistic flies. No doubt they look great. But has anyone done any comparison - fishing wise - whether the realistic one catches more fish compared to the not-so-real one?
In the first place, I wonder if a flyfisherman would want to actually use the fly which took painstaking time to tie [:)]
Hi Pellet! Well - I would classify flies in three categories. Impresionistic, realistic and art. The first two categories are fishable. The “realistic” flies have proven their worth over and over agin. Usually for one of two reasons - highly pressuered water where a lot of fishermen puond the water or for veery picky fish.
Thanks for enlightening the categories. I suppose I can live with the realistic level [:D]. Been tying for a while now but generally following ‘establised’ flies only. Still keenly figuring out the art of fly trigger points (even without the movement in the first place). Seems like a whole lot to learn… but thats the fun[:D][:D][:D].
By the way, what do you think of those (mainly) saltwater flies with lips (like those on plugs/lures)? Not easy to shape though.
Pellet - I am a fan of flies with lips. Gives great action to the fly like a lure or rapala. However, you are correct in your assumption. One must be very careful when tying them to make sure they are totally ballanced. If not they will twist or spin vs wiggle. I also find that a smaller lip is better than a large lip.
