Thanks you, if you don't have my book that accompany this series may I suggest: www.amazon.com/Flytying-Beginners-Popular-International-Patterns/dp/1510770461/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1698069013&sr=1-2
Good one. I have found over the years is that you have to be comfortable when you tie flies if you start to hurt, it's because you are not comfortable, one of the reasons I like C-clap vises I can make adjustments to hight and I don't get sore in the upper back, for years my flying station was my father's old card table. I have been tying on it for over 50 years now, he liked to play bridge, and well I picked up the fly rod when I was 8 in 1963 and have yet to put it down. Dad didn't fish and it will be 53 years since he passed on later this year. The season is open for the all the inland waters of the state, our Governor signed an executive order for it back on March 24 a good three weeks early. Hang in there this will pass. It's nice that you are doing these videos for beginners- I was on my own when I started. That first decade was tough.
Thanks George, an old friend and very famous tyer here in Norway had two knee pads hanging on thick elastic from the ceiling, one each side of his vice that he put his elbows in when tying. He looked like a puppet, be he said it helped him.
@@Thefeatherbender Interesting, the comfort angle never gets talked about. It might be worth doing a video or two on the subject. I didn't have a good chair for a long time but I had a very good boat cushion, that same one I used when I started flying, I sat to low in the seat, I am a short fellow. Once I started doing that 90% of my problems in that Cherokee 140 was gone. Since then If my students, I still teach the skill has problems, I have them get a boat cushion, 85% of the time it works fine and they make good progress, the other 15 % are just wasting time and money. It's not a problem with Cessna Aircraft, just the Piper Single Engine Airplanes. No issue with helicopters, I fly those too. I am a real Jack of all trades or at least in my mind. I would love to come to Norway to fish for a month or two!
It's good to mention that the left hand fly tiers has the opposite way of thread wrapping on the hook, meaning that if you want to correct the thread you should spin the bobbin clockwise.
Barry I love the videos you produce . They have helped me tremendously. Would it be possible for you to produce one showing the different dubbing techniques you use in this beginner series?
Great tips Barry, definitely one of my favourite channels on youtube, only wish i had found you when i first started; would have saved so much time ... Cheers - Shaun
All good tips dude. Thank you for uploading these lessons. Me, I’m waiting for help with getting dubbing on the thread. I can do the loops and/or brushes but I need help when you just want it on the thread (and without using a load of soft wax).
I tried to tie my first fly today but failed at the end. All I have is a thin book with just a few pages with instructions. This video is great for beginners like me! Thanks!
Good, its very important if you are just starting to tie that you don't run before you can walk! Take your time and master each basic technique. Another one coming tomorrow. You can also check out my new book. ua-cam.com/video/mVLof0uXqyE/v-deo.html Good luck!
Barry thank you!!! I know you put this out as a tutorial but I want you to know this series you are doing is going to be added to my repertoire for teaching my Veterans to tie. Three of the most difficult things I teach are 1 attaching thread and thread control 2 dubbing. 3 that damned whip finish. I say that because while it is easy or simple enough once you learn, just learning to use the tool, takes a bit. We use the Materelli style tool but I also have another that is something I used to use until I started with Materelli. Would you consider doing a tutorial, including by hand? I know it is simplistic but it isn't easy for new tyers to learn. I really do appreciate your series. I have been working with Vets since about 2007. With a one year break for my health. Take care of yourself Barry. Oh! A couple of things! I told you I received your envelope in a comment previously, I didn't think to check to make sure. I appreciated receiving it, I am going to buy everything you have in print if I can. I had stopped tying for a couple of years for one reason or another, but I have picked a half dozen flies from your channel and I am starting to tie again. Just finished 11/2 dozen of a very simple Caddis pattern, peacock body and Elk hair wing. I love Caddis! I fish them often. Thanks again Barry I appreciate you!!
Thank you Kerry, and what a great job you are doing! I have just made the video with the whip-finish (Materelli) hand & half hitch tool so I'll put that one out on Monday. Good to know you are at the vice again.
Love the book and also your videos, haven't had a chance to read it much. Got a question for you, I have not been able to identify your favorite bobbin yet, what is it? I think it would help my tying , Thank you
I just split a few dozen wild turkey wing feathers...I use the left wing for my primitive arrows I make...I have a load of the biot sides... I wish i knew how I could send some to you...they make awesome tails in multiple may flys etc... I have many...as I go through these a lot...theses are from wild turks myself and my son have harvested in the Appalachians and Rockies
@@Thefeatherbender yes...an osage long bow I made...I also hunt with my blackpowder muzzle loaders...if you want some biots give me an address and i will send them...I also have some nice buffalo fur that makes great dubbing... I know you could come up with some nice flies with this stuff.. .shut downs are getting closer here even...they say the worst could still be coming...
I have some home grown videos on my yt channel you might like...the rendevous cooking...all off the grid stuff...my timberfeame ones...building my cabin...and some cool shorts on blackpowder... It looks like we all are going to have some time on our hands...I have enough projects for 5 lifetimes...so its ok with me...
Thanks very much for your 'how to' series of tying techniques videos...really helps that you've filmed them from the tyer's viewpoint ...appreciate it
Thanks you, if you don't have my book that accompany this series may I suggest: www.amazon.com/Flytying-Beginners-Popular-International-Patterns/dp/1510770461/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1698069013&sr=1-2
Thank you Barry. Great tutorial.
Glad you enjoyed it Deb.
Thank you for another great lesson sir
Good one. I have found over the years is that you have to be comfortable when you tie flies if you start to hurt, it's because you are not comfortable, one of the reasons I like C-clap vises I can make adjustments to hight and I don't get sore in the upper back, for years my flying station was my father's old card table. I have been tying on it for over 50 years now, he liked to play bridge, and well I picked up the fly rod when I was 8 in 1963 and have yet to put it down. Dad didn't fish and it will be 53 years since he passed on later this year. The season is open for the all the inland waters of the state, our Governor signed an executive order for it back on March 24 a good three weeks early. Hang in there this will pass. It's nice that you are doing these videos for beginners- I was on my own when I started. That first decade was tough.
Thanks George, an old friend and very famous tyer here in Norway had two knee pads hanging on thick elastic from the ceiling, one each side of his vice that he put his elbows in when tying. He looked like a puppet, be he said it helped him.
@@Thefeatherbender Interesting, the comfort angle never gets talked about. It might be worth doing a video or two on the subject. I didn't have a good chair for a long time but I had a very good boat cushion, that same one I used when I started flying, I sat to low in the seat, I am a short fellow. Once I started doing that 90% of my problems in that Cherokee 140 was gone. Since then If my students, I still teach the skill has problems, I have them get a boat cushion, 85% of the time it works fine and they make good progress, the other 15 % are just wasting time and money. It's not a problem with Cessna Aircraft, just the Piper Single Engine Airplanes. No issue with helicopters, I fly those too. I am a real Jack of all trades or at least in my mind. I would love to come to Norway to fish for a month or two!
Great advice thanks Barry !
You are very welcome
These fly tying for beginners tutorials are great Barry. I love to share them. Cheers, all the best. Eivind B.
Takker Eivind.
Very good basic information which I wish I had been taught at fly tying classes.
Lots of material for your next book!
Thanks Len.
It's good to mention that the left hand fly tiers has the opposite way of thread wrapping on the hook, meaning that if you want to correct the thread you should spin the bobbin clockwise.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge . Especially at times like these when it’s needed to bring some light into the dark .
No problem Robert, pleased that you enjoy them.
Barry I love the videos you produce . They have helped me tremendously. Would it be possible for you to produce one showing the different dubbing techniques you use in this beginner series?
Hi L, that video will be coming later this week...
Thanks for this
You're welcome.
Great tips Barry, definitely one of my favourite channels on youtube, only wish i had found you when i first started; would have saved so much time ... Cheers - Shaun
Hi Shaun, thanks, its never too late...
All good tips dude. Thank you for uploading these lessons. Me, I’m waiting for help with getting dubbing on the thread. I can do the loops and/or brushes but I need help when you just want it on the thread (and without using a load of soft wax).
Check out Kelly Gallop at the slide inn.another great fly tyer.goes over dubbing real good and in great detail.
Thanks, Thats coming next week dude, so stay tuned.
Thanks Paul. I’ll check it out although in general I find that he does waffle a bit too much for my taste. lol
@@duderoony yea ,still he pretty good. I know what you mean. Lol.be safe
I wouldn't have known why the thread jumps forward like that if I didn't watch this video. Thankyou for this tutorial. 😊
Take Care. Aloha🌴🏄♂️🤙🏼
Thanks Kent, thats why I am here, just trying to share the techniques that I have learned from others and developed myself over 35 years of tying.
Thank you
Thank you!
Great advice . Thank you Barry.
Thanks Timmy.
Super helpful, thanks!
Thanks Duncan.
such a great tip.
Glad it was helpful!
I tried to tie my first fly today but failed at the end. All I have is a thin book with just a few pages with instructions. This video is great for beginners like me! Thanks!
Good, its very important if you are just starting to tie that you don't run before you can walk! Take your time and master each basic technique. Another one coming tomorrow. You can also check out my new book. ua-cam.com/video/mVLof0uXqyE/v-deo.html Good luck!
Barry thank you!!! I know you put this out as a tutorial but I want you to know this series you are doing is going to be added to my repertoire for teaching my Veterans to tie.
Three of the most difficult things I teach are
1 attaching thread and thread control
2 dubbing.
3 that damned whip finish. I say that because while it is easy or simple enough once you learn, just learning to use the tool, takes a bit. We use the Materelli style tool but I also have another that is something I used to use until I started with Materelli. Would you consider doing a tutorial, including by hand? I know it is simplistic but it isn't easy for new tyers to learn.
I really do appreciate your series. I have been working with Vets since about 2007. With a one year break for my health.
Take care of yourself Barry. Oh! A couple of things! I told you I received your envelope in a comment previously, I didn't think to check to make sure. I appreciated receiving it, I am going to buy everything you have in print if I can.
I had stopped tying for a couple of years for one reason or another, but I have picked a half dozen flies from your channel and I am starting to tie again. Just finished 11/2 dozen of a very simple Caddis pattern, peacock body and Elk hair wing.
I love Caddis! I fish them often.
Thanks again Barry I appreciate you!!
Thank you Kerry, and what a great job you are doing! I have just made the video with the whip-finish (Materelli) hand & half hitch tool so I'll put that one out on Monday. Good to know you are at the vice again.
I look forward to it! Thank you!
Love the book and also your videos, haven't had a chance to read it much. Got a question for you, I have not been able to identify your favorite bobbin yet, what is it? I think it would help my tying ,
Thank you
Thanks Jeff. The bobbin I use most is the Petitjean TT Bobbin, you either love them or hate them. I love mine.
@@Thefeatherbender Thank you
What brand bobbin holder are you using in this video? Just getting started in tying, thank you for the beginner videos.
Hi Frank, I use a a Petitjean TT Bobin, but I suggest that you get a Tiemco Ceramic bobbin much better to start with and a third of the price.
I'm really starting to wonder if the flies in the fishing shops are all hand made. I'm starting to think the answer is yes.
There is no machine made yet for tying flies! So they are all hand made.
I just split a few dozen wild turkey wing feathers...I use the left wing for my primitive arrows I make...I have a load of the biot sides...
I wish i knew how I could send some to you...they make awesome tails in multiple may flys etc...
I have many...as I go through these a lot...theses are from wild turks myself and my son have harvested in the Appalachians and Rockies
Fantastic, lucky man, are you hunting with the bow?
@@Thefeatherbender yes...an osage long bow I made...I also hunt with my blackpowder muzzle loaders...if you want some biots give me an address and i will send them...I also have some nice buffalo fur that makes great dubbing...
I know you could come up with some nice flies with this stuff..
.shut downs are getting closer here even...they say the worst could still be coming...
I have some home grown videos on my yt channel you might like...the rendevous cooking...all off the grid stuff...my timberfeame ones...building my cabin...and some cool shorts on blackpowder...
It looks like we all are going to have some time on our hands...I have enough projects for 5 lifetimes...so its ok with me...
👍
Do you know people who want your flies but don't fish?
Hi, yes a few.