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FRESHWATER ANGLING => Fly fishing => Topic started by: super_daav on December 03, 2013, 09:25:56 AM

Title: Fly Tying Blogs & Sites
Post by: super_daav on December 03, 2013, 09:25:56 AM

Thought it may be interesting to start a page of links to interesting fly tying pages...


so kicking off:


http://thefeatherbender.com/ (http://thefeatherbender.com/) Such an interesting page with awesome SBS plus some good tricks...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/flytying/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/flytying/)

Title: Re: Fly Tying Blogs & Sites
Post by: Ziggy on December 03, 2013, 10:02:52 AM

Here are some


this guy is fantastic and you can learn an amazing amount from his videos:
 http://www.youtube.com/user/DavieMcPhail (http://www.youtube.com/user/DavieMcPhail)


These guys  also have pretty good videos
 http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFlymanJim?feature=watch (http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFlymanJim?feature=watch)
http://www.youtube.com/user/UtahsFlyCorner?feature=watch (http://www.youtube.com/user/UtahsFlyCorner?feature=watch)
http://www.youtube.com/user/topflyman (http://www.youtube.com/user/topflyman)
http://www.youtube.com/user/scflytying (http://www.youtube.com/user/scflytying)
http://www.youtube.com/user/CaddisFlyShop (http://www.youtube.com/user/CaddisFlyShop)


These two will download PDFs of the goggas that you are trying to imitate - good images to work from
http://www.dwaf.gov.za/IWQS/biomon/aquabugsa/Aquatic_invertebrates_300dpi.pdf (http://www.dwaf.gov.za/IWQS/biomon/aquabugsa/Aquatic_invertebrates_300dpi.pdf)
http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/biomon/aquabugsa/Aquatic_Invertebrates_of_South_African_Rivers_Field_Guide_s.pdf (http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/biomon/aquabugsa/Aquatic_Invertebrates_of_South_African_Rivers_Field_Guide_s.pdf)


These forums/blogs are useful:
http://www.flytyingforum.com/videos/videos.php (http://www.flytyingforum.com/videos/videos.php)
http://flytyingclub.org/ (http://flytyingclub.org/)
http://www.flyrecipes.com/ (http://www.flyrecipes.com/)
http://www.flies-stepbystep.com/ (http://www.flies-stepbystep.com/)
http://www.diptera.co.uk/index.html (http://www.diptera.co.uk/index.html)
http://flytyingarchive.com/ (http://flytyingarchive.com/)
http://www.theweeklyfly.com/TWF/ (http://www.theweeklyfly.com/TWF/)
http://www.flytalk.co.za/forum/forum.php (http://www.flytalk.co.za/forum/forum.php)
http://fishspace.wikispaces.com/Fly+Tying (http://fishspace.wikispaces.com/Fly+Tying)

Title: Re: Fly Tying Blogs & Sites
Post by: super_daav on December 03, 2013, 11:06:21 AM

Shot Ziggy! Some good links to peruse!

Title: Re: Fly Tying Blogs & Sites
Post by: UrbanFF on December 17, 2013, 12:29:49 PM

Very extensive listing
 :+ cred:
All I will add is this for beginner - intermediate and advanced tiers.
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/ (http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/)
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/intermediate/archive.php (http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/intermediate/archive.php)
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/advanced/ (http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/advanced/)


Also see his FOTW fly of the week archives