Fly tyers?

[macwilkin]

Not much of a fly-tyer or a fly-fisherman, really, but my mother-in-law is, and so I am slowly learning the art of fly-fishing from her. My fingers are too fat for tying, methinks! :mrgreen: I became enamored with fly-fishing many years ago after seeing A River Runs Through It.

My MIL has fished in Canada and Scotland, btw.

Whenever I fish, I remember the old saying:

"The ox is slow, but the earth is patient."

Regards,

Todd

[JimB]

My boys and I all tie flys but in truth we mostly do it during the winter.
It gives us something to do, just sit around the kitchen table, tie flies and talk about the fishing that will come in the spring, and it builds up our fly inventory.
Occassionally we will ge out and fish in the winter, but I like the dry fly fishing that comes in the summer more

I make a pretty decent nymph, but my favorite is the elk hair caddis dry fly. It works very well here in Utah.

[hallmarktex]

I'm just getting in to the whole fly fishing scene. We like to go to the high rivers in Colorado during the heat of Texas summer. At this point, I'm just trying to figure out which fly is what and when to use it.

Actually tying the fly is down the road a bit for me.

[flyv65]

I do most of my own fly-tying, either for personal use, to re-stock my boxes after family "helps themselves", or to barter with other tyers. It's not difficult once you know what you're doing (and you've discovered what materials and tools suit your style). I mostly fish the high country anymore: I've caught enough big fish on small tippets to satisfy my ego, and would just as soon avoid the crowds at the hog factories anyway. I probably use a handful of patterns each from Gary LaFontaine, Shane Stalcup, Ed Engle, and Rim Chung for most of my fishing, and won't use a complex pattern 'cuz then I focus more on not losing the fly rather than presenting it properly.

For those who *do* tye their own, consider the LaFontaine emergent sparkle pupa in addition (or even in place of) an elk hair caddis: it take a little bit longer to tye, but seems to pull the fish better.

Bryan...got some "good" places to wet a line, too...