Just getting started

I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced tiers.
Thanks, Kevin

Kevin writes:

I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced tiers.

http://troutflies.com/

Harry Mason's site. Click on "tutorials". Harry has some excellent pictures
and instructions and some of his ties are easy enough for a rookie tyer. Good
luck. And buy some of his flies too.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced tiers.
Thanks, Kevin



Another site with some decent information is
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/ . Click on "fly tying" in the left
column...there is a section for beginners.

Cheers,
Bill

Thanks Guys those were alot of help.
Kevin
"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced tiers.
Thanks, Kevin

Kevin,

I am also just starting in fly tying and the book " The Art of Fly Tying"
by Claude Chartrand is very helpful. I also use the troutflies.com site.
"What the Trout Said" by Datus Propur is also an excellent book.
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Ed (remove nospam to reply)

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced tiers.
Thanks, Kevin

Thanks everyone. I just bought a kit from bass pro and it was a big help.
Mostly because it had all of the material and a video. I am a big fan of
Dave Whitlock.
"egildone" wrote in message
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Kevin,

I am also just starting in fly tying and the book " The Art of Fly Tying"
by Claude Chartrand is very helpful. I also use the troutflies.com site.
"What the Trout Said" by Datus Propur is also an excellent book.
--
Ed (remove nospam to reply)

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced tiers.
Thanks, Kevin

Good luck on the tying Kevin. Don't let it get you frustrated in the
beginning. If your looking at patterns with spun deer hair it can get a
little hairy at times (pun intended;-D). Having fun with it is the
important part. The ugliest fly in the world could be the biggest winner
out on the water!

I fish for bass all summer up in the Pacific Northwest using variations of a
Turck's Tarantula, sizes 8 and 10. It's ugly and hairy and has rubber
legs...bass, bream and crappie just love em. The deer hair head is not
especially complicated to tie. Turck doesn't spin the hair so much as tie
it in around the hook and flare it.

There's really good instructions from Guy Turck himself on tying them in the
book, "Tying Flies With Jack Dennis and Friends." It has some great
patterns in it and good instruction for various tying techniques.

Here's a link to a picture and recipe :
http://www.westfly.com/patterns/dry/...arantula.shtml

I use round rubber legs (they stand out from the body better) in different
colors, I usually mark them up with stripes using a Sharpie marker. You can
make the body pretty much to suit yourself. I tie them with peacock hurl
and red floss or just dubbed with something that looks buggy. I use snow
shoe rabbit instead of calf tail. A trick I saw in one of the tying
magazines helps with the legs...to protect the wing and legs while spinning
the head...cut a piece of drinking straw about an inch or so long, slice it
once lengthwise and slide it from front to back over your wings and legs.
The slice opens around the hook bend and the straw traps wing and legs back
out of your way and protects them while you finish the fly and trim the
head.

I fish it mostly dry. If you use one of the dry powder flotants like
Shamazaki Dry Shake to keep the thing floating it'll dance like a real bug
on the water. When it gets slimed...and it will get slimed...I just squeeze
the water out, put it in the dry shake bottle and shake it for a few seconds
and it's ready for the next fish!!!

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
Thanks everyone. I just bought a kit from bass pro and it was a big help.
Mostly because it had all of the material and a video. I am a big fan of
Dave Whitlock.
"egildone" wrote in message
news:1cOTb.3719$Le3.720@okepread04...
Kevin,

I am also just starting in fly tying and the book " The Art of Fly
Tying"
by Claude Chartrand is very helpful. I also use the troutflies.com
site.
"What the Trout Said" by Datus Propur is also an excellent book.
--
Ed (remove nospam to reply)

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any
good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced
tiers.
Thanks, Kevin

I have found a couple local shops and they have been more than helpful. It
seems like most people I have talked to have been. It just proves there is
a lot of good people involved in this. Now if I can just keep the kids from
playing with everything I will be in good shape.
"Studs Mcfadden" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Good luck on the tying Kevin. Don't let it get you frustrated in the
beginning. If your looking at patterns with spun deer hair it can get a
little hairy at times (pun intended;-D). Having fun with it is the
important part. The ugliest fly in the world could be the biggest winner
out on the water!

I fish for bass all summer up in the Pacific Northwest using variations of
a
Turck's Tarantula, sizes 8 and 10. It's ugly and hairy and has rubber
legs...bass, bream and crappie just love em. The deer hair head is not
especially complicated to tie. Turck doesn't spin the hair so much as
tie
it in around the hook and flare it.

There's really good instructions from Guy Turck himself on tying them in
the
book, "Tying Flies With Jack Dennis and Friends." It has some great
patterns in it and good instruction for various tying techniques.

Here's a link to a picture and recipe :
http://www.westfly.com/patterns/dry/...arantula.shtml

I use round rubber legs (they stand out from the body better) in different
colors, I usually mark them up with stripes using a Sharpie marker. You
can
make the body pretty much to suit yourself. I tie them with peacock hurl
and red floss or just dubbed with something that looks buggy. I use snow
shoe rabbit instead of calf tail. A trick I saw in one of the tying
magazines helps with the legs...to protect the wing and legs while
spinning
the head...cut a piece of drinking straw about an inch or so long, slice
it
once lengthwise and slide it from front to back over your wings and legs.
The slice opens around the hook bend and the straw traps wing and legs
back
out of your way and protects them while you finish the fly and trim the
head.

I fish it mostly dry. If you use one of the dry powder flotants like
Shamazaki Dry Shake to keep the thing floating it'll dance like a real bug
on the water. When it gets slimed...and it will get slimed...I just
squeeze
the water out, put it in the dry shake bottle and shake it for a few
seconds
and it's ready for the next fish!!!

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
Thanks everyone. I just bought a kit from bass pro and it was a big
help.
Mostly because it had all of the material and a video. I am a big fan
of
Dave Whitlock.
"egildone" wrote in message
news:1cOTb.3719$Le3.720@okepread04...
Kevin,

I am also just starting in fly tying and the book " The Art of Fly
Tying"
by Claude Chartrand is very helpful. I also use the troutflies.com
site.
"What the Trout Said" by Datus Propur is also an excellent book.
--
Ed (remove nospam to reply)

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any
good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced
tiers.
Thanks, Kevin

Always build a relationship with a fly shop owner. Sure, he or she will want
to sell you stuff, but if they've been around any length of time, they'll
want to help you out so you come there, instead of eBay. They'll sell the
right stuff. And the right books to guide you on the product of the vise.

Bob S

--
Bob Sheedy
www.mwflyfishing.net
Author: Lake Fly Fishing Strategies
Bob Sheedy's Top Fifty Stillwater Fly Patterns

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
I have found a couple local shops and they have been more than helpful.
It
seems like most people I have talked to have been. It just proves there
is
a lot of good people involved in this. Now if I can just keep the kids
from
playing with everything I will be in good shape.
"Studs Mcfadden" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Good luck on the tying Kevin. Don't let it get you frustrated in the
beginning. If your looking at patterns with spun deer hair it can get a
little hairy at times (pun intended;-D). Having fun with it is the
important part. The ugliest fly in the world could be the biggest
winner
out on the water!

I fish for bass all summer up in the Pacific Northwest using variations
of
a
Turck's Tarantula, sizes 8 and 10. It's ugly and hairy and has rubber
legs...bass, bream and crappie just love em. The deer hair head is not
especially complicated to tie. Turck doesn't spin the hair so much as
tie
it in around the hook and flare it.

There's really good instructions from Guy Turck himself on tying them in
the
book, "Tying Flies With Jack Dennis and Friends." It has some great
patterns in it and good instruction for various tying techniques.

Here's a link to a picture and recipe :
http://www.westfly.com/patterns/dry/...arantula.shtml

I use round rubber legs (they stand out from the body better) in
different
colors, I usually mark them up with stripes using a Sharpie marker. You
can
make the body pretty much to suit yourself. I tie them with peacock
hurl
and red floss or just dubbed with something that looks buggy. I use
snow
shoe rabbit instead of calf tail. A trick I saw in one of the tying
magazines helps with the legs...to protect the wing and legs while
spinning
the head...cut a piece of drinking straw about an inch or so long, slice
it
once lengthwise and slide it from front to back over your wings and
legs.
The slice opens around the hook bend and the straw traps wing and legs
back
out of your way and protects them while you finish the fly and trim the
head.

I fish it mostly dry. If you use one of the dry powder flotants like
Shamazaki Dry Shake to keep the thing floating it'll dance like a real
bug
on the water. When it gets slimed...and it will get slimed...I just
squeeze
the water out, put it in the dry shake bottle and shake it for a few
seconds
and it's ready for the next fish!!!

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
Thanks everyone. I just bought a kit from bass pro and it was a big
help.
Mostly because it had all of the material and a video. I am a big fan
of
Dave Whitlock.
"egildone" wrote in message
news:1cOTb.3719$Le3.720@okepread04...
Kevin,

I am also just starting in fly tying and the book " The Art of Fly
Tying"
by Claude Chartrand is very helpful. I also use the troutflies.com
site.
"What the Trout Said" by Datus Propur is also an excellent book.
--
Ed (remove nospam to reply)

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any
good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced
tiers.
Thanks, Kevin

I tried to respond to Kevin to ask him to pass on any good beginning fly
tying sites he was referred to but was knocked out of the boat by my mail
server... SO TO ALL Y'ALL.. a little help here for a newbie? Good starter
sites??
ALSO - will send a handful of grey Persian fur (for dubbing) to anyone
willing to trade a pinch of anything else.
Thanks, naturalwonderwoman
"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
...
I have just got started in fly tying/fly fishing. Anyone know any good
sites to help me out? I looked but most were for the experienced tiers.
Thanks, Kevin