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Free Recipes for Tying Flies...
By Kirk Deeter
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From the "Geez, why hadn't I thought of that?" department comes a great resource dedicated to serving fly tiers... The website is FlyRecipes.Com (www.flyrecipes.com) and it is loaded with free information to help anyone interested in fly tying, including video instructions (over 300 videos), and over 2100 step-by-step recipes for producing some of the most popular and effective (and obscure) fly patterns on the planet. Trout, salmon, saltwater... all there.
What's cool is that users can upload and share their recipes, ultimately creating a diverse, no-cost database for anyone interested in tying. You can also jump on a forum dialed into your specific interests... how-to for beginners, trading flies, and regional-specific patterns, etc.
In my experience, there are three types of fly fishers: Those who tie their own flies; those who know how to tie flies, but aren't always motivated to do so; and those who think fly tying is best left to the good people in Sri Lanka.
So which group are you in?
If it's group 1 or group 2, I'd suggest you screw the cap back on your head cement, and take five minutes to visit flyrecipes.com. Registration is fairly quick (all you have to do is agree not to steal copyrights or say bad words), and it wil make available one of the best electronic fly tying resources out there.
Enjoy.
Deeter
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Comments (12)
1, (those people in Sri Lanka are over payed...)(3 bucks a fly???)
i dont flyfish, but i love to tie flies, and i think anything that helps out the sport of fishing is awesome!
Group 1. And I agree, that $3 a fly is insane. Only large streamers should cost that much.
Don't know about you guys, but when you tie your own fly and then go catch a fish with it, it makes the experience all the more rewarding.
Tie, when I am motivated ... maybe in the dead of winter.
Th flyrecipe site's a keeper. Many thanks!
I tie like a mad man in the winter but will purchase a few flies every now and then. I purchased flies in California and Arizona this year and was extremely disappointed with the quality. Hackle was coming off, the dries floated sideways and most had too much or too long of hackle for the hook size.
I was pleasantly surprised last week while fishing with traditional Japanese flies given to me by a friend. I'm not sure what it was but it turned a very slow day into a very busy day.
I love the site.
I enjoy tying nearly all my flies, so I'm sure I'll find the website useful - thanks.
I do buy a few flies, but those are usually in fly shops after I've had a nice conversation with the owner or a clerk. It's a way to say thanks for the info they might have shared - and what the hell, I can always use a few more flies.
My teenage son and I both like to tie our own, good bonding time as well. He's a little flashier than I am but the old guy wears him out of the stream most of the time. Thanks for the tip on the website, will check it out...tight lines fellas!
there are some cool 'recipes' on that site.
I have tied a little, but want to do a lot more of it. My wife and I are trying to settle on a couple of hobbies to enjoy together... after the kids go to sleep... and figured we better take up tying, reloading and the sort. After all, we better find something else to de because we have enough kids already ;)
The site is outstanding, and will be most useful. Thanks for sharing~
Very cool. But like Alex Pernice said "...those people in Sri Lanka are over payed...3 bucks a fly???"
Sounds like a great website that can provide alot of good info for beginners. Nice to have those videos too... sometimes seeing how it is down is a whole lot easier than just reading about how it is done.
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1, (those people in Sri Lanka are over payed...)(3 bucks a fly???)
i dont flyfish, but i love to tie flies, and i think anything that helps out the sport of fishing is awesome!
Group 1. And I agree, that $3 a fly is insane. Only large streamers should cost that much.
Don't know about you guys, but when you tie your own fly and then go catch a fish with it, it makes the experience all the more rewarding.
Tie, when I am motivated ... maybe in the dead of winter.
Th flyrecipe site's a keeper. Many thanks!
I tie like a mad man in the winter but will purchase a few flies every now and then. I purchased flies in California and Arizona this year and was extremely disappointed with the quality. Hackle was coming off, the dries floated sideways and most had too much or too long of hackle for the hook size.
I was pleasantly surprised last week while fishing with traditional Japanese flies given to me by a friend. I'm not sure what it was but it turned a very slow day into a very busy day.
I love the site.
I enjoy tying nearly all my flies, so I'm sure I'll find the website useful - thanks.
I do buy a few flies, but those are usually in fly shops after I've had a nice conversation with the owner or a clerk. It's a way to say thanks for the info they might have shared - and what the hell, I can always use a few more flies.
My teenage son and I both like to tie our own, good bonding time as well. He's a little flashier than I am but the old guy wears him out of the stream most of the time. Thanks for the tip on the website, will check it out...tight lines fellas!
there are some cool 'recipes' on that site.
I have tied a little, but want to do a lot more of it. My wife and I are trying to settle on a couple of hobbies to enjoy together... after the kids go to sleep... and figured we better take up tying, reloading and the sort. After all, we better find something else to de because we have enough kids already ;)
The site is outstanding, and will be most useful. Thanks for sharing~
Very cool. But like Alex Pernice said "...those people in Sri Lanka are over payed...3 bucks a fly???"
Sounds like a great website that can provide alot of good info for beginners. Nice to have those videos too... sometimes seeing how it is down is a whole lot easier than just reading about how it is done.
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