I live in NW Pennsylvania, and we have a number of fly tying clubs
that offer free instruction; you don't even have to join the club.
Try a local Gander Mountain store and inquire if they have evening fly
tying sessions. One of our local stores sponsors a local club,
provides a tying room. You can observe, ask questions, tie a few
flies, bring in your own tying equipment, etc. - no cost to you. A
local Orvis store also has classes in the evenings this time of year.
Check it out.

Regards,

Dick

On 22 Feb 2005 14:30:26 -0800, wrote:

Over the weekend, I attended a fly-tying class.
I was very happy with the class itself but at $65 for 4 hours, it
would've been nice to have something more to take home than the flies
that I and the instructor had tied.
I would've liked a companion booklet on how to tie the flies that I had
just been taught. It's a lot to take in for a beginner. Fortunately,
there are plenty of websites with step-by-step instructions.
Incidentally, the next day I tried out my new skills on the
aforementioned beginner's kit and, while the components weren't of the
highest quality, I tied some pretty decent flies out of it.