Week 4 – Lean About Dubbing There are many different techniques that are used to produce flies. One of the most common techniques involves applying dubbing to flies. There are many different types of dubbing and almost equally as many ways … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Week 3 – Double Tips #1 Our first double tip for 52 Tying Tips this week. Sorry, no pictures this week; none needed. As most people know in fly tying there are two finish knots we use to secure our thread … Continue reading
The Winter Edition of A Tight Loop has just been released. Although most of this edition deals with coldwater species that's ok. Most waters around the Midwest are all cold right now. As usual, a quality publication has been produced. … Continue reading
Week 2 – Save Your Cement As fly tiers we have all experienced it at one time or another. A time when you are not tying flies as often as you would like or have the opportunity. Months go by … Continue reading
All you warmwater fly fishers out there are fans of fishing in the great white north. Who hasn't dreamed of catching a trophy Muskie, Northern Pike, or Smallmouth Bass in the northern pine country on a lake with no one … Continue reading
Week 1 – Watch Your Index Point It seems one of the most common mistakes fly tiers make, especially those just starting out, is to crowd the eye of the hook. Crowding the eye is the process of finishing off the … Continue reading
Jen Ripple (of Dun Magazine fame) teamed up with Grab Your Fly Charters this past fall for an episode on Midwest Outdoors and the great Smallmouth Bass fishing on the Kankakee River. It's nice to see folks you know fishing … Continue reading