To tie well, you need to be able to see what you’re doing, especially when you’re creating tiny patterns. Whether because of genetics or age, many of us need a little help with our vision, and Tim walks us through several options–from dollar . . .
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Video: How to Tie the Half Pint Midge
In the latest great fly-tying video from Tightline Productions, Tim Flagler shows you how to tie a sweet little midge pattern that originated at Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone, Montana. It’s easy to tie, looks plenty buggy, and has just enough . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Great Blue Heron Soft-Hackle Streamer
This week’s fly is the Great Blue Heron Soft-Hackle Streamer, which is based on the famous Gartside Soft-Hackle Streamer, although Tim’s tube version is considerably more sparse. The tying process is fairly straightforward, involving quite a . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make a Multi-Strand Tail By Doubling Material
Tim specializes in efficiency when he is tying. He is always looking for ways to do thing more quickly, with less effort, and using less material. Here, he shows you how to quickly and easily make a multi-strand tail by doubling the . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Little Blue Heron Fly
Over the past two months, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions has dedicated six “One-Minute Tying Tips” videos to methods of creating tube flies. So this week’s how-to tying video features a pattern that will allow you to put these new skills to work. . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Make a Pine-Squirrel Collar
If you’ve been a Tim Flagler fan for very long, you realize that he’s a big fan of pine squirrel as a tying material. (See here.) In this great video, he shows you how to make an elegant, buggy collar using the hairs from a pine-squirrel zonker strip. You’ll need . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Winter Parachute Midge
In this week’s great tying video, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions discusses his growing confidence in the color blue for winter fishing and then shows us how to tie a tiny, elegant midge pattern. Whenever I think about tying flies smaller than size 20, . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Find Hackle Fibers for Tails
Here’s the latest video in our series called “One-Minute Fly-Tying Tips and Techniques,” from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions. Each video teaches a single tying skill, from the most basic to the advanced. Ultimately, the series will serve as . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Drop-Bead Walt’s Worm
In this week’s great tying video, Tim uses the original Walt’s Worm to demonstrate a cool way to create beadhead patterns using a drop bead, which causes a pattern to ride hook-point-up in the water. As usual, Tim has figured out the best way to attach . . .
Read MoreVideo: Tube-Fly Basics, Part 6
In the sixth part of a new series on tube flies, Tim puts all the pieces together, showing you how to tie a basic tube fly and then how to rig it. If you’ve been following this series, you can see that there’s really nothing terribly difficult about the process, . . .
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