Fly Tying Kits

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By Abu Fakhri

Fly Tying Kits

Executive Summary about Fly Tying Kits by Dick Nicols

Fly fisher to fly tier. Some anglers begin to tie their own because they run out of flies or money. Others (the real aficionados) become fascinated by the beauty and art of fly tying, get one of the many beginner fly tying kits available and get hooked (pardon the pun). Fly tying materials and tools include natural and synthetic furs and feathers, vises, pliers, line and scissors.

A dry fly floats on the water's surface, and to a fish looks like tasty, fat adult. For the beginning flyfisherman, dry flies are probably the most fun to use because you can watch the fish take them. Dry flies tend to look like insects with their wings spread out, ready to fly away.

Pupae are easy pickings for fish so if you can tie a fly that looks like a pupa, chances are you're going to get a strike. Wet flies tend to look like insects with their wings folded on their backs.

Streamer flies look like minnows, crayfish, leaches and other creepy crawlies swimming in the stream. They tend to be furry when dry and slick when wet, while nymphs, as their name suggests, look like insects in the nymph or larval life stage with tiny wings or no wings at all.

Getting Started In Fly Tying

Executive Summary about Fly Tying Kits by Ian Hugh Scott

While many anglers are discovering the joy of fly fishing, some beginners are still a bit hesitant about getting started in fly tying. Of course, fly tying can also be an expensive hobby if you decide to purchase the most expensive vices, tools and materials, but it doesn't have to be that way at the beginning.

When you first begin to tie flies, you will need a few basic tools. Perhaps the most important of these is a fly tying vice. Although centuries ago, no vice was used in the crafting of fishing flies, it will certainly make your fly tying much more enjoyable and efficient. The purpose of a vice is to hold the hook while you attach and secure the materials needed to tie the fly you want.

Many fly tiers swear by a whip finishing tool, however some professional tiers recommend that you learn to whip finish your flies by hand. There are some good fly tying kits that you can purchase as well. The biggest complaint about fly tying kits in general is the quality of the tools and materials that some of them come with. However, a kit often will contain a video and instructions for tying specific flies and will include the necessary material for those flies. You can then purchase the materials you wish to have on hand for the flies you want to tie.

Another nice option with some fly tying kits is that along with the basic tools you will need, they can be purchased based on the species of fish you are targeting. You can get a "Trout" fly tying kit, or "Bass" kit, for example. If you decide to try learning to tie flies on your own, it's a good idea to start with simple and easy to tie flies at first, such as thin and sparse chironomid patterns.

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