Getting Back Into It

[so_fsckd]

I started flyfishing about 10 years ago and started tying flies 9
years ago. I eventually sold all my fly tying gear aswell as other
belongings to go back to school. I went out today and bought most of
what I had in the past and started tying flies. Interestingly enough
I remember how to tie nymphs and dries without having to relearn.
Only thing I cant bloody remember is tying the not at the head.

I tried doing to loop nots (or at least what I think are loop nots)
and then put some head cement on the thread and it keeps but I want to
make sure Im notting correctly.

Also, I use to carry a tying kit to the rivers with me and turn some
rocks and tie what I saw. As of now, I have no flies (other than what
I have tied today) and curious if anyone on this newsgroup fishes the
grand river around guelph/fergus/elora area and would give me some
good nymph patterns to tie up for my first day down by the river.

I tied up some simple hares ear nymphs (using that same pattern with a
variety of different collored dubbin and light and dark wing shell
collorings).

Woolly buggers always served me well, but a few different patterns in
nymph (mayflie, cadis, stone fly) and there adult dry fly patterns.

I plan to go down to the river a week before opening week and turn
some rocks, but I want to get a few patterns tied up and get a little
arsenult going.

Thanks for any suggestions

Also, any sites to fly tying instructions would be greatly appreciated
aswell.

[Hooked]

As for tying the whip finish (the knot you want,) check out:

For tying the knot by hand:

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/6392/whip.html
http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/whip/index.php

For using a whip finish tool, these are really good:

http://www.troutflies.com/tutorials/whip_finish/
http://www.tie1on.net/whipf.htm
http://www.sexyloops.com/flytying/whipfinish.shtml



As for web sites that have tying instructions:

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/
http://www.troutflies.com/
http://www.mustad.no/flytying/fly_of_the_month/fly_of_m.html
http://www.fedflyfishers.org/Fly%20of%20the%20Month/FLYMONTHPAGE.htm



"so_fsckd" > wrote in message
news:405650d9.688640182@nntp...
> I started flyfishing about 10 years ago and started tying flies 9
> years ago. I eventually sold all my fly tying gear aswell as other
> belongings to go back to school. I went out today and bought most of
> what I had in the past and started tying flies. Interestingly enough
> I remember how to tie nymphs and dries without having to relearn.
> Only thing I cant bloody remember is tying the not at the head.
>
> I tried doing to loop nots (or at least what I think are loop nots)
> and then put some head cement on the thread and it keeps but I want to
> make sure Im notting correctly.
>
> Also, I use to carry a tying kit to the rivers with me and turn some
> rocks and tie what I saw. As of now, I have no flies (other than what
> I have tied today) and curious if anyone on this newsgroup fishes the
> grand river around guelph/fergus/elora area and would give me some
> good nymph patterns to tie up for my first day down by the river.
>
> I tied up some simple hares ear nymphs (using that same pattern with a
> variety of different collored dubbin and light and dark wing shell
> collorings).
>
> Woolly buggers always served me well, but a few different patterns in
> nymph (mayflie, cadis, stone fly) and there adult dry fly patterns.
>
> I plan to go down to the river a week before opening week and turn
> some rocks, but I want to get a few patterns tied up and get a little
> arsenult going.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions
>
> Also, any sites to fly tying instructions would be greatly appreciated
> aswell.
>
>