2025 Fly Tying Resolution
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JimNovo
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mt_flyfisher
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To keep my fishing room, where I tie flies, cleaned up and better organized.
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.
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.
dudemanspecial
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Put my phone down and tie more often.
HoboWithAFlyRod
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Set up a work bench dedicated to fly tying in my basement and stop messing up the kitchen counter.
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Bamboozle
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To stab myself less with ultra fine point scissors...
6xAdams(Jones)
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... Tell my boys to tie particular flies more than one week prior to my needing to fish with them.
Bocianka1
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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.
Wish me luck, i think this might be a very ambitious goal. But a good motivation to do more tying and watch less tv.
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.
wildtrout2
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You'd be surprised how well those "junk" flies work. 😉
hooker-of-men
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1) Fish more so I have reason to tie more. I feel like I've been in a rut lately tying the same stuff.
2) Get better/cleaner with everything.
3) I, too, am thinking about doing some gamechangers soon. Over the past few days, I listened to a podcast with Chocklett talking about Bob Pop, and I was thinking about breaking down and finally buying the stupid little shanks the whole time.
2) Get better/cleaner with everything.
3) I, too, am thinking about doing some gamechangers soon. Over the past few days, I listened to a podcast with Chocklett talking about Bob Pop, and I was thinking about breaking down and finally buying the stupid little shanks the whole time.
Kms
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I’ve learned that tying videos frequently irritate me because I have to keep stopping and starting the playback to follow along, and that I find good old written instructions more useful.
So after checking out a “pile” of tying books on archive.org, I purchased a few to work through (some shown below). I also want to learn more about tying (and fishing) wet flies.
So after checking out a “pile” of tying books on archive.org, I purchased a few to work through (some shown below). I also want to learn more about tying (and fishing) wet flies.
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dudemanspecial
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Kms
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Best of luck with your adventure, and thank you for doing something the author should have done. The book may present a good list of flies, but it’s a list with no apparent (to me, at least) organizing principle.
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