Fly Tying Techniques by Barry Ord Clarke
Using this simple home made tool and technique will help you measure and make perfect sized dry fly quill wings. Many fly tyers find it challenging to get perfect upright quill wings for classic dry flies, without them splitting and … Continue reading Perfect quill wing hack
Heres a neat technique for the perfect soft hackle. It can also be used as a wet fly hackle if less wraps are made. The whole idea behind a soft hackle is ‘Movement’ the more the better. The use of … Continue reading Soft/wet fly hackle technique
A simple technique for tying a spider hackle. Using a grey speckled partridge hackle, that you will find located on the neck or back of a Hungarian or English partridge skin. With the correct preparation you can adjust the density … Continue reading Spider hackle technique
This guide outlines a simple and effective method for preparing and applying hackle for traditional collar fly-tying. By carefully managing the hackle stripping and wrapping process, you can ensure a clean, professional result. Heres a quick and useful hackle technique … Continue reading Quick and useful hackle technique
Segmentation in biology is the division of some insect body plans into a series of repetitive segments. We fly tyers have striven over the centuries to create realistic segmented dry fly, wet fly and nymph bodies with all manner of … Continue reading QUILL BODIES fly tying techniques
Many of you have seen my earlier video using a latched sitting machine needle, …this is exactly the same technique just using a different more accessible tool. Continue reading How to tie Daddy & hopper legs
Continuing the quick flies to tie,the PDQ (pretty damn quick) caddis will not only float all day long, but it also takes under 4 minutes to tie! This very simple technique, uses a single natural CDC hackle and a small … Continue reading PDQ Caddis/Sedge dry fly
Although it requires a little practice, this fur hackle technique produces a much softer presentation that floats extremely well. Here I use natural hare crosscut strip but any fur or hair can be adopted to this method. Fur hackle mayfly … Continue reading Fur hackle mayfly
Today I was live on Orvis UK facebook.I showed How to tie wally wing mayfly dun. One of my most popular dry fly patterns. I also answered general questions about fly tying.If you missed live watch the video! Continue reading Video from LIVE fly tying session on Orvis UK
A little pheasant tail water boatman/Corixa that is super quick to tie and can be fished effectively both wet or dry. Tied only with pheasant tail and moose mane hair. Corixa – water boatman fly pattern recipe How to tie … Continue reading Corixa – water boatman fly
A quick and super easy wire body midge pupa that is almost indestructible. Tie it in whatever colour and size you like. Ultra midge pupa fly pattern recipe How to tie the Ultra midge pupa fly – video Midge fly Continue reading Ultra midge pupa fly
Different deer used in fly tying Here I would like to familiarize you with the different deer used in fly tying, the location of the hair on the animal, sex, age, colour, length and applications. Antelope This deer like Antelope … Continue reading The ultimate guide to deer hair part 3
An extremely quick and easy, yet effective pattern that can be mastered by tyers of all levels. This Ugly or scruffy mayfly dun includes a few interesting techniques for making dubbing and applying it. Don’t be fooled by it’s simplicity, … Continue reading Ugly Mayfly dun pattern
Five different but simple dubbing techniques using the same hair, to give five very different effects. All these techniques can be used with many types of hair & fur and adapted for dry, nymph, wet and streamer patterns. If these … Continue reading Dubbing techniques with fur & hair
Another tutorial on wings. This time the realistic origami wings that when coated with UV resin look like the real thing. Although not really for fishing but a nice technique if you are going to tie up some super realistic … Continue reading Origami super realistic mayfly wings – How to tie
A foam extended body mayfly with a parachute hackle that will float all day long and then some. Don’t be fooled by this simple pattern that is not as challenging to tie as it looks, it just takes a little … Continue reading Foam body mayfly technique
As avid fly fishermen, we are always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to catch fish. One of the most effective ways to catch fish is by using free swimming blood worms. These worms are a favorite food … Continue reading Free swimming blood worm
This Wally wing mayfly is a semi-realistic spinner, that is fun to tie for those of you that enjoy this type of pattern. Not only a good looking fly but also a great fishing fly! Don’t be fooled by the … Continue reading Mayfly spinner – Wally wing
Heres a little tutorial showing how to use Marc Petitjean Magic Tool. Everything from a single CDC hackle to mixing deer hair and CDC for special techniques. Marc Petitjean magic tool set video instructions Buy Petitjean Magic Tool AMAZON If … Continue reading Petitjean Magic tool set: How to use
This simple technique shows you how to chemically strip peacock eye tops using just a few household items. One of the jobs that was essential for earlier fly tyers when stripped quills where not available. Always good to know! Continue reading Stripping peacock quills
A parachute version of this popular little stonefly with a couple of unusual techniques. Although not necessary the revers hackle wing gives this pattern a more realistic feel. Here you can also learn my Para weld parachute technique that is … Continue reading Yellow Sally Stonefly fly
A couple of simple techniques that make for perfect split mayfly tails every time. If you enjoy watching the videos please subscribe to my YouTube channel below. Your help and support in keeping the channel going is greatly appreciated. Thanks… https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYb8DCVlYijoCYgvx_v2EuQ Continue reading Mayfly tailing techniques
Another dry fly hackle tutorial this time the paraloop technique. Although I don’t use this hackle much its a great choice for emerger patterns. Please subscribe to my You Tube channel to receive the videos as they are published. Continue reading Tying a paraloop hackle tutorial
Dry fly hackle tutorial # 2 parachute perfect. Not the traditional technique for tying a parachute hackle but a very precise one I have used with great success and avoids having to whip-finish at the hook eye. Continue reading Parachute perfect hackle tying instructions
Dry fly hackle technique #1. After having many questions regarding my hackling techniques here is my way of tying a perfect 90 degree traditional style dry fly collar hackle that will produce a perfect hackle every time. Continue reading Dry Fly hackle tying technique # 1
This is an old but still good and quick method for tying the knots in pheasant tail fibres for crane fly and hopper legs. Its like riding a bike once learnt never forgotten! Please remember to subscribe to the feather benders You Tube channel: Continue reading Daddy’s legs – knots in pheasant tail
This is a priceless little trick for improving the grip of most hackle pliers substantially! Continue reading Improving your hackle pliers!
I thought some of you would like to see this. Just the other weekend my wife was tidying her wardrobe, something that I try at all costs not to get involved with, but this time was a little different! Stacked away in a drawer of an old but not forgotten jewellery box, she came across a little piece of fly tying history. Way back in the mid 90’s Torill Kolbu visited and stayed with us a couple of days while we worked on some photography for some articles. As a thank you to my wife Torill tied her a pair … Continue reading A little piece of fly tying history, safe and sound!
One thread to bind them all ! The shear amount of spools of thread that I alone have accumulated over the years is mind boggling! I have silk, Nylon, Polyester, Kevlar, Dacron… this list goes on! The tyer always looks … Continue reading Dyneema tying thread video
Magic head flat-wing An extremely easy yet effective pattern for Bass and salt water sea trout. The modern flat-wing stile of salt water streamer was developed by the American fly tyer and artist Kenny Abrames. He recommends at these streamers are fished on the drift or with a extremely slow retrieve or a combination of both! When fished in this manner the flat-wing creates the illusion of volume with a rippling swimming movement even if they are so slightly dressed. Its important that have constant contact with your stripping hand and the fly line and let the current and wind … Continue reading How to tie Magic Head Flat wing streamer
Hackle traditionally arouses the greatest passion amongst fly tyers. Cock (rooster) capes of particularly good or rare colour and those with sufficiently short barb length to enable small dry flies to be tied have always been prized. In the 60s … Continue reading Fly tying hackle guide by Barry Ord Clarke
The new book ‘Flies for Salt water sea trout’ contains over 50 patterns step by step. Currently only available in Norwegian will be out in March 2015 you can order it at post@vegaforlag.no Continue reading Fluebinderens bibel II Sjøørretfluer
Fishing, or even identifying a mayfly spinner fall can be one of the most challenging situations a fly fisherman can experience! Its all about breaking codes and learning to read the signs. With the larger mayflies its somewhat easier to … Continue reading Pseudo Mayfly Spinner
The original pattern is from the American fly tyer Randall Kaufmann and is probably one of the most popular flies in North America. Originally tied to imitates the adult giant stonefly, but will fish just as well as a hopper … Continue reading Stimulator Dry Fly pattern
Being no stranger to stripping and tying with quills, I was eager to try these new hand stripped peacock herl from Polish quills. At first sight I must say I was a little disappointed with the short length of the quills, they are approximately 6 cm in length, from end to end and have a usable area of about 5 cm. But I gave them a go and was pleasantly surprised that you could actually get quite a good length of body out of each quill. No doubt the shortness of the quill is reflected in where the herl is … Continue reading Playing with Polish Quills
Now that the blog has become established and I have just reached 50,000 visitors and over 3000 followers I thought it only correct to take you on a little tour of the tying room. This is where it all the tying and photography happens. It may look like its a bit chaotic but everything I use on a regular basis is close at hand. Trying to keep order in the hook department is always testing, without order, everything falls apart, I can spend more time looking for hooks that actually tying the pattern it was intended for! But I have … Continue reading The feather benders tying room
Each summer a few fishing freinds and I make the annual fishing trip from our home town Skien in southern Norway to Lofsdalen in Sweden. A journey that under normal circumstances will take six hours driving, from door to door. … Continue reading Bee Cee Caddis Pupa
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