2025 Fly Tying Resolution

[Fredrick]

To keep my fishing room, where I tie flies, cleaned up and better organized.

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P.S. By the way, this isn’t my room, obviously. I believe it belongs to a guy named Andy Match and I stole it from him from Facebook.

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[HookedOnFlies]

As a new fly tier, I've been getting the hang of tying nymphs, parachutes, and comparaduns. I feel like I've made some good progress so far. For 2025, I'm aiming to challenge myself and get comfortable with streamers.

 

[Tiogadog]

1. Organize the hundreds (thousands?) of flies I have tied and stashed in cups and pucks into workable fly boxes so I don't just tie the same thing (Parachute Adams, Humpies) over and over again.

1. Tie a few mono beast flies (flyes)

 

[poopdeck]

If you want to get more into dubbing loops I can heartedly recommend the Smhaen dubbing twister. They tain’t cheap, but after many years of tying flies and using several other dubbing loop tools, that is the only one I’m ever going to use from now on. (See this video)

Smhaen Master Dubbing Twister

The SMHAEN Master dubbing twister is the only dubbing twister in the world with a 100% dubbing loop control system.

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I hope I’m not turning into a gear junkie but after watching the video, i think I need one.

 

[sandflyx]

I plan on tying allot of Bob Pop patterns particularly ones with bucktail. Also tie more saltwater patterns for stripers and Reds

i ran out of boxes already with saltwater flies.

 

[sandflyx]

all my salt boxes so far

 

[GoldenRfly]

My resolution is to tie more efficient knots on my flies. A big “THANK YOU” to all of you who provided videos on the Knot Tying Post. All of them will help me. I spend way too much time at the stream trying to switch flies (or, tying new flies due to tree snags…2nd Resolution: Improve casting on tight tree-lined streams).

 

[Kms]

I hope I’m not turning into a gear junkie but after watching the video, i think I need one.

It sold me. Got it on sale here, and also grabbed a Rite bobbin. Using the emailed 15% coupon the total for both was only $51 (with free shipping).

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[bugs4]

My goal is to begin a tying adventure.

I picked up the following book.
Favorite Flies for Pennsylvania: 50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts
By: Eric Naguski
It's a great reference for patterns that are effective in PA. My new goal is to start tying patterns and try to successfully tie every pattern in the book. Some i've already done in the past, but many i've never attempted. The book is a good comprehensive look at a variety of the most popular pattens used in PA, including dries, nymphs, and streamers. It does NOT contain tying instructions, but that shouldn't be a problem with so many tying videos on the internet.

Here is a list i typed up of the patterns covered in the book and i classified each type as a general type. It includes the 50 essential patterns from the title, as well as mention of 10 notable PA classic patterns and an additional 5 non-PA classic patterns. The grand total 65 patterns. The flies are listed in the order they appear in the book.

#	Name	Type
1	ParaNymph	dry
2	Frenchie	nymph
3	Daley Dose Spinner	dry
4	CDC Bubble Back Caddis	emerger
5	Walt’s Worm	nymph
6	Roberts Drake Variant	dry
7	Flux Caddis	dry
8	Mayer’s Mini Leech	streamer
9	Bronzeback Nymph	nymph
10	Full Pint	streamer
11	Chubby Chernobyl	dry
12	Pat’s Rubber Legs	nymph
13	Iron X Caddis	dry
14	SOS	nymph
15	Feather Game Changer	streamer
16	Hare’s Ear Soft Hackle	wet/soft hackle
17	Charlie Boy Hopper	dry
18	Hackle Stacker	emerger
19	Baby Gonga	streamer
20	CDC Loopwing Emerger	emerger
21	Dead Ringer Caddis	nymph
22	Blow Torch	nymph
23	Squirmy Worm	junk
24	LaFontaine Emergent Sparkle Pupa	emerger
25	Extended Body Drake	dry
26	Roamer	streamer
27	CDC Comparadun Variant	dry
28	Wooly Bugger	streamer
29	Spring Creek Stone	dry
30	Elk Hare Caddis	dry
31	Zebra Midge	nymph
32	Hot Spot Beadhead Hare's Ear Nymph	nymph
33	Ramsay's Half and Half Emerger	emerger
34	I Can See It Midge	dry
35	Rothrock's Articulated Green Drake Nymph	nymph
36	X-Caddis	dry
37	Sexy Walt's Worm	nymph
38	Hackle Wing Spinner	dry
39	Green Weenie	junk
40	SYE Sow Bug	nymph
41	Splitsville Caddis	dry
42	Rothrock's Slate Drake Nymph	nymph
43	I Can See It Ant	dry
44	American Pheasant Tail Nymph	nymph
45	Flapjack Stone	nymph
46	Lite Brite Zonker	streamer
47	Ramsay's CDC Thorax Dun	dry
48	Sticky Bun Sculpin	streamer
49	Czech Nymph	nymph
50	Martinez Black Jig Variant	nymph

#	PA Classics from PA tyers (bonus 10)	Type
1	Vince Marinaro's Thorax Dun	dry
2	Shenk's Minnow	streamer
3	George Harvey's Pusher Night Fly	dry
4	Shenk's Sculpin (The Old Ugly)	streamer
5	Chauncy Lively's Carpenter Ant	dry
6	Shenk's Cress Bug	nymph
7	Letort Cricket	dry
8	Henryville Special	dry
9	Leisenring's Black Gnat	dry
10	Clouser Minnow	streamer

#	non-PA classics	Type
1	Adams	dry
2	Griffith's Gnat	dry
3	Parachute-style dry fly	dry
4	Stimulator	dry
5	Prince Nymph	nymph

Wish me luck, i think this might be a very ambitious goal. But a good motivation to do more tying and watch less tv.

Excellent book, comes highly recommended