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A short article about adding weight to a fly – and make it do what you want and stay where you put it

Tying in a feather and wrapping it … easy-peasy, right? Or maybe there’s more to it. This in-depth article looks at various ways to make a feather hackle.

A new book from Barry Ord Clarke is a pretty safe bet on a good book, and this one is indeed good

Introducing a way of making nymph bodies using elastic bead cord and a knotting technique

Dutch Hans van Klinken is best known as the originator of the Klinkhåmer Special. This large and beautiful book tells its full story ... and much, much more

Monofilament of many kinds can be used as a fly material as it can be seen in this simple Knot Bug

#32 Rusty Rat tied by Hans Weilenman - the man behind the project

#32 Royal Coachman tied by Jack Mickievicz

#32 Pink Sabalo tied by Andrew Lamborne

#32 Pheasantless PTN (Beadhead) tied by US tier Bob Petti

#32 CDC Olive Parachute tied by US fly tyer Chris Knight

#32 Blue Wing Olive (BWO) tied by US tyer Agust Gudmundson

#32 Ladybug tied by US tier Bob Kenly

#32 Once and Away (emerger) tied by Dutch Hans van Klinken

Notes for a #32 Wonderbody Parachute tied by Dutch fly tier Henk Verhaar

We challenged artificial intelligence to create a fly pattern. It went fairly well ... and then again … not quite well.

The hoglouse is also known as a sowbug or a cress bug, and is a very common freshwater crustacean. Here’s an easy imitation using an interesting tying technique.

This fly is unbelievably small! It was tied by me for Dutch Hans Weilenmann’s project SFP or Smallest Fly Page. The pattern was tied once in 1998 – and probably won't be again!

A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style.

Here’s a simple pattern for a summer salmon fly, which can be varied almost endlessly. It uses nail polish for the body and is super fast to tie.

This is a book I have been looking forward to for a while. And it doesn’t disappoint.

A great and high floating caddis fly made with foam as a base material and a very simple and cool technique.

The basic technique of wrapping thread over - and under - materials is a key to getting flies that will hold well

One key to durability in flies is to prepare a bit before starting - and choosing the right hook, thread and materials

How to tie flies that last more than a cast, a trip, a month... heck, even a year. We're starting a series of articles with some tips on tying durable flies – and keeping them intact.

Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one.

US fisherman and fly tyer George Grant came up with a type of nymph where both body and hackle uses special techniques.

When a great photographer, fly tyer and instructor writes a book, it’s likely to become a great book

Renowned fly tyer and tying instructor Wayne Luallen presents a series of short videos, which will help you become a much better fly-tyer.

I purchased a purple dyed golden pheasant skin and thought I'd tie a Purple Omoe Brush… and then things happened.

It’s hard not to like a completely free e-book with detailed descriptions on how how to tie 12 (and then some) different variations of the Humpy. 80 pages of knowledge, tips and inspiration on a single pattern!

If you want to use the advantages of controlling twist in your tying thread, you need a bobbin holder that allows rotation. Not all do.

Tying tips and techniques in small,
concentrated, quick-to-watch, easy-to-catch videos.

Look! It’s a bird... It’s a plane... It’s the Flying Flash Carpet! A pike fly out of this world.

Fabien Moulin aims to tie some really good looking flies, and ponders a bit about how to improve as a fly tyer.

A massive book, solely on CDC-feathers, -flies and -tying techniques by Swiss CDC master Marc Petitjean.

One of the big things in fly tying these days is articulated flies. Utilizing two hooks, shanks or some other technique, flies get two or more parts linked together resulting in movement and size.

Hackle pliers are simple tools for a simple task: handling hackles. But there might be more to the story of these humble tools.

Yes, this is an article solely about heads on flies. Why they matter and how to get them to look good.

The traditional method of "stacking the stems" did not work for me right from the start. The wing would have a tendency to roll and make me very...

Nice flies, nice pictures, nice book!
What can I say other than I think this is a very nice book?
Well, I might consider explaining why I think this is a nice book...

This short video shows you how to whip finish with your fingers rather than using a tool. It's quite easy, looks cool and saves you trying to localize that whipfinisher on your messy tying table - that is if you are like the rest of us...

One evening when I was tying flies with a couple of friends, one of them, Nils, asked me to tie a muddler, just as a demo. I did. Luckily the other friend, Henning, was quick and caught these great pictures of the process.

To review this book is like kicking in an open door - a door, which was opened a few decades ago. So many people have praised it before me, and its influence has been so phenomenal that anything but a Global Class score would make little sense.
The impact of Poul Jorgensen on contemporary salmon fly tying - or rather contemporary salmon fly tiers - is massive. His book brought the craftsmanship and art of these gaudy yet practical and beautiful full dressed salmon flies to the attention of a whole generation of new tiers.