5 ways to become a better fly tyer

[afishinado]

Good stuff, all true...but take number 1 to heart and the whole experience will be a lot more fun....

From Loon Outdoors

 

[fritz]

Those are good ones!

Last winter I was really into the Tim Flagler videos. Kelly Galloup videos are fun and good stuff too.

 

[jifigz]

My first fly I ever tied was just bucktail on a hook with a conehead. So simple and those basic streamers catch so many fish. I love tying and there are a few patterns that I use so often that I seem to have a need to almost always tie those patterns.

 

[eunanhendron]

Learning to control thread and materials is the way to become a better fly tyer...

 

[nfrechet]

1. practice

2. practice

3. practice

4. practice

5. practice

 

[gaeronf]

eunanhendron wrote:
Learning to control thread and materials is the way to become a better fly tyer...

^This is the answer. Take your time and be deliberate about the thread wraps you are placing. Be cognizant of how the material behaves, and how your thread placement interacts with that. Clean, durable, and professional looking ties start at the first thread wrap.

 

[Volksnurse]

gaeronf wrote:

Heyya Gaeron! Welcome back bro!

 

[mcwillja]

when i learned less is more and don't crowd the head it changed the game.