Hi everyone I have flyfishing for the past 15 years 8 as a kid 3 slow years and the last 4 I have tested my marriage to the fullest. Now I am ready to buy my...

Dear Rofftyans, This question has been posted and answered before, but I can't remember how others have kept their super glue stored so that it does not...

Do you guys think a particular type of wing style works best. I like divided calf for about all of my flies, because I can see it easier, but I wonder if its...

Hi all, I need some help. I ma new to fly fishing and as yet have not been successful in landing a fish. A friend of mine told me that I should keep...

I've been tying a buncha small stuff this evening (and sipping a bit of Single Barrel -- a good evening), and have used a few different small diameter threads,...

I am going steelhead fishing for the first time and was wondering if any of you could suggest flies. So far I have been looking at several of the "standards,"...

Hi, I'm a non-fly-tying fly fisherman - one of those - who finally thinks he needs to get into tying. I've combed your old posts, and read all your warnings...

I have been fly fishing for about a year and am thinking of trying tying. I saw some videos on the Nor-Vise rotating vise system and it looked very...

Howdy, I was finishing up my flies for the GFS, and got to playing around tinting some dental floss to wrap as a mayfly body. I remembered reading...

I got a used copy of Ernest Schwiebert's book, "Nymphs" and I've been working on tying some of the mayflies. But, you know, they all look a lot alike. I've...

Hi, I have the center section and two tips of a bamboo fly rod. They are exceptionally straight and are in a I believe Mahogany case. Any interest? Ed Reply...

Ok, here's the question: what is the significant difference, between a San Juan Worm and a Sandy Juan Worm? The context appears below the...

I seem to be (almost) the only one posting to this newsgroup. There are a lot of fly tiers out there, and there are (so far) no insult fests in this group. ...

I have been an avid tyer for a number of years. What would you suggest for the beginner as his/her first fly?? I started years ago and my first was the...

Hello all, I am planning to tie a set of Rangeley-style streamers. I need to have streamers which have large silhouette, but which I can cast with a 5wt or a...

I have been trying to tie the Jim Teeny Nymph and seem to run into the same problem. I tie on the pheasant tail, wrap it clockwise around the shank, but then...

My wife, along with being a quilter, is a knitter. She has also, in the past spun her own yarn. So yesterday, to support her hobbies, we went to the Maryland...

At last Saturday's meeting of the Roadkill Roundtable, Fred was tying some size 14 yellow soft hackles consisting of yellow Pearsalls silk threat, one turn...

Last year I met this professional fly tyer. We were fishing in Oostvoorne (Netherlands)on rainbow trout and he showed me some great new material. The name is "...

I tried a few woven flies but they were just too much work and didn't really add any fish catching capability to the fly.