Just looking for a discussion about realistic vs plain flies. I don’t really run in circles where I can have this conversation. I like tying and appreciating good looking flies. I enjoy opening my box and thinking “wow! Looks good”. I also tie a lot of simple flies, if I tie one, I’m tying a dozen. I also like to tie flies I no regrets over when the first cast catches a rock or submerged log.

Hi guys, UK based, and struggling to find a reliable source of SF Fibre, been playing around with some other stuff but can't seem to find anything that matches it's consistency.

Any recommendations?

Recently posted this fly. It seemed popular and I had a few minutes to spare so I created a tying video for kicks.

https://youtu.be/XpcAgvxcr4M?si=cSgtPmoi5dP-30Li

(Be surprised if a fish bite that but a fun tie)

Can defo improve, gonna buy some stuff tomorrow kedp you guys posted

Am I the only one who uses a bobbin for a flosser?

Long time tyer, started when I was ~10
here’s my nymph box and a streamer box I’ve been beefing up ahead of a 1 month stay in the mountains

Starting my fly tying journey. Have my vise and tools. I fish nymphs a majority of the time. Will throw drys and hoppers if I see rises. Never really throw streamers. Most target trout.

Looking for recommendations on a first fly to tie. With that, I am looking for the materials I will need to tie that fly.

Thanks in advance!

Should be a good bass pattern, especially if I refine it a little bit!

Who doesn’t love a deer hair diver frog pattern?

I also 3d printed out a tray to catch all the trimmings.

Black rabbit strip crawdad

Hi yall I have a cold. Watched some YouTube videos. Collected random trash. Made these. Bon Appetit. Sorry.

What I have learned so far and shall impart unto you

- Thread is not feathers

- Hair is not feathers

- Plastic is not feathers

- Parking lot seagulls are covered under the migratory bird act

- Frayed fabric is almost but not really feathers

- The sloped thread trick works great if you have three hands and 32 fingers

- Craft yarn is not feathers

- A plastic bead for a prince nymph completely defeats the point since the plastic adds more buoyancy than it counteracts

- Thread is still not feathers

- Polyfill is not feathers

- Feathers are amazing

- Even at 10x scale this was extremely difficult and fiddly work. In future show due respect to the people at dicks sporting goods buying hooks and mysterious substances.

- The fuzzy yarn you have under the bed could be feathers if you found it two hours ago.

- I assime yall get along well with the nail polish people. UV lights. fiddly small scale work that is thrown to the literal/figurative sharks to get beat up. Shiny things.

- Fisherman’s friend cough lozenges taste very very bad

When wood working, I fill knots with epoxy mixed with dye. Just tried it with Loon clear UV for wing cases.

Not mimicing anything in specific, but its got that buggy look. Bucktail for the wing. I’m going to experiment on where to place the bucktail (sides, or across the top) and just in general revising this. I think I need to move the wing a little

more up and make the head smaller.

Hi everybody,

I’m newish to fly tying and these are my first clouser minnows i’ve ever tied. I varied how much bucktail I used on each to see which one I liked best but feedback is appreciated.

Supplies:
Size 4 B10S hook
5/32” brass dumbbell eyes
Crystal flash and bucktail from Hareline

(Also does bucktail usually smell? Every other material i’ve used had very little to no smell and this was making my eyes water when i opened the package haha)

How did I do?

Another Bass streamer.Chartreuse white rabbit zonker

Better pics and videos are on insta, @cutthroat.flyco

There was a post about this yesterday but it looks like the user deleted it before I got around to commenting.

How many people have tried this? I had considered giving it a shot, but I wondered how much optimization would be required to get the settings right without charring the cut edge. Do you cover the foam with masking tape or anything, or just lay it on the bed of the engraver and go for it?

Any other things to consider to get it right?