Fly tying progress

Well I have had a hard time getting motivated so far this winter to get tying but this week I finally snapped out of it. I am new to fly tying so my "skill" level or technique is low but I'm getting it done. Attached is a picture of my nymph box its pretty basic for patterns just kinda grabbed one I was interested in and went to work. Starting to get my boxes organized better, before I just jammed all my favourites into one and now I am just running a seperate box for each nymph, streamer, dry, egg sucking/ wooly bugger, egg patterns, and soon a midge box.

Its nice to finally see some nice progress hopefully have all the boxes full by the time summer rolls around.

Also new this year I picked up a 10ft 4wt Orvis Access fly rod with the Access reel I am very excited to take this setup out for its first fish.



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Hey, those flies look very good! it's nice to catch fish on self-tied flies. I have recently been getting into the vise and tying up a storm too with all these new ideas and perfecting old favourites.
That setup, it's my dream setup to have, length and weight wise, do write a post about how you like it! right now I am swinging a 9 foot 4 weight and sometimes I really would like that extra foot.

I'll do up a full review on it once I get a few trips in the books.

That box looks great! I think saying your "skill level or technique is low" is being way to hard on yourself !
Keep up the good work.

looks good that's something I want to get into in the next few years. what resources do you guys suggest to get started?

Nice work, regardless of what we may think, the fish will tell you if you're doing a good job or not, best of luck when you get a chance to wet a line.

Nothing wrong with your skill level that's a good looking box...best nymphs I ever tied were the first year or two rough scruffy and had good movement caught a good number of fish of every size. Now that I am a neat clean well proportioned tyer I find myself trying to revert back. On a side note my son has started tying in the last 3-4 years and those scruffy nymphs work well.

Beautifully tied nymphs catch more fishermen than fish quite often. Your flies are well on their way hope they land you the fish of your dreams....FB

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Originally Posted by fisherboy

Beautifully tied nymphs catch more fishermen than fish quite often.

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Well said fisherboy, Couldn't be more true.

Thank you guys! i'll have to get a pic of my dry fly box up at some point. I have been working at tying some size 20 flies first few are messy but they come together once I get 12 in.

Bowj in regards to how to get started, I bought all of my fly tying equipment off an older gentleman off Kijiji. I haven't had to buy a single thing since I got the collection due to its size. One thing I would recommend for starting out is a rotary vise, once I upgraded my vise I was able to tie a bit faster for some patterns and it make it easier to inspect the fly at all angles. If you cant get as fortunate to find someone selling a massive collection for a reasonable price id recommend picking out a few patterns and buying material to cater to those patterns. I wouldn't recommend a "fly tying kit" simple due to lack of material and low quality of tools.

if your looking to perfect a pattern I wouldn't tie less than a dozen at a time...it may have been A.K.Best that said "flies are best tied by the dozen" it is certainly true in any tying I have done and if a dozen is good 2-3 dozen is better...FB

Someone said it already~the fish will be the judge. :) I've been tying for about 25 years, and it still chuckle when a badly chewed-up fly continues to catch fish well. I chuckle because I'm mindful of how I sometimes don't even use flies that don't come off the vise "perfect" in my eyes. lol

Funny, too, how time changes fly selection. I used to carry about 8 fly boxes, easily 500-600 flies...and reach for the same 4-5 patterns every time. Only did that for about 15 years before getting smart. Now, I figure if they won't eat those...they're not eating at all. :) Couldn't be my technique...right? lol

It"s hard to beat small soft hackle flies.start with size 16 and 18"s.Any body colours , green brown yellow, .I like muscrate fur and peacock herl also.

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