Category: Fly tying
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More Glass Bead Kebari
Read more…: More Glass Bead KebariA follow up to yesterday’s post on tying glass bead kebari: I tied eight more of the same pattern (pheasant hackle, red thread, peacock herl) tonight and am starting to get the hang of it. I also stepped down from a size 10 nymph hook to a size 12 dry fly hook, which has a…
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Glass Bead Takayama Sakasa Kebari
Read more…: Glass Bead Takayama Sakasa KebariTrying out tying some Glass Bead Takayama Sakasa Kebari by Jason Klass. I have a lot to learn, but am making progress, which is all I can ask for. Tonight I got a little better at matching my material to my hook size and used two new ones (glass beads and peacock herl) for the…
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Misadventures with wire on the fly
Read more…: Misadventures with wire on the flyAs I wrote about in my last weekly update, I’m learning how to tie flies. Tonight I wanted to try tying some nymphs in order to practice my whip finishing and work with wire, which I hadn’t tried yet. I decided to try tying The Shetland Killer. Unfortunately I didn’t have the right size wire,…
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Week of September 9, 2024
Read more…: Week of September 9, 2024I’ve deleted three different openings, so I’m just going to dive right in. Speaking of “diving in,” I used that phrase earlier today and Charlie was confused, and then even more confused after I tried to explain. Idioms are challenging to learn! Reading update: I started learning how to tie fly fishing flies this week.…
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Trying my hand at tying flies. Here are …
Read more…: Trying my hand at tying flies. Here are …Trying my hand at tying flies. Here are my first two, with brown rooster hackle and brown sewing thread. Trying to get the basics down: Keeping tension while wrapping, lashing on feathers, and whip finishing. Also on: website