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Parker36 · 10-06-2008, 01:30 AM

Anybody else fly fish here? I'm trying to get back into tying here in a few weeks, looking for a little advice or maybe a similar forum to HBT on flies.

**bradsul** · 10-06-2008, 01:46 AM

I most definitely am one.

I'm celebrating the upcoming steelhead season right now. Went out for the first time on Saturday but the steelhead 'run' consisted of one tired-looking fish. A little too early yet I guess.

Cheers to tying and brewing!

jayhuff · 10-06-2008, 01:48 AM

Love it! I have some fly tying to catch up on since brewing has been taking up so much of my time lately. I have a fishing trip happening at the end of this month.

Parker36 · 10-06-2008, 01:49 AM

Very nice little set up you have there. My parents just found my old equipment from my earlier days. Now I'm trying to learn to try to tie some wet trout flies. I'm used to making dries for bass about size 8-12, so moving to 20s is going to be an experience.

**bradsul** · 10-06-2008, 01:53 AM

The small stuff is actually easier, a tuft of a feather and some thread on the hook is about all it takes.

There's nothing like a classic wet fly though, nothing quite as deadly when you're hunting trout with no hatches for guidance either. During trout season I love swinging a wet fly through the tail of a pool. Works great on steelhead too.

Parker36 · 10-06-2008, 01:54 AM

How did you learn to tie? There any good resources you use?

**bradsul** · 10-06-2008, 01:59 AM

I learned from my father who learned when I was a kid. He used the various Orvis books to teach himself but there are very few tricks to it. There are quite a few sites I've come across when looking for various patterns, google will reveal a ton. And believe it or not, youtube has videos if you want to see things actually being done (which definitely helps a lot).

I'm only 29 but I'm a big fan of these clip-on magnifiers. It really makes life easier when you're tying small flies. The best advice I can give though is to remember you're tying flies for the fish, not for the fisherman. The less pretty they look the better they seem to work.

Also I assume that Boulder == Colorado so find your nearest fly shop, during the winters they all have tying sessions where you can come in and watch experienced tyers and pick their brains, lots of fun!

Parker36 · 10-06-2008, 02:04 AM

All good advice, thanks. I guess looking for a fl fishing forum as great as this one is for homebrew is getting a little greedy. Lucky for me there is a fly shop a few blocks away from me and I'm sure they will have clinics in the offseason since that have all sorts of tours and lessons for actually fishing in the spring/summer. I'm just going to be glad to not have to pay $2.50 for crappy flies anymore

**bradsul** · 10-06-2008, 03:23 AM

There used to be a decent forum at www.hipwader.com, but I haven't been there in ages (and never was a member) so I'm not sure what state it's in now.

goplayoutside · 10-06-2008, 03:28 AM

Chiming in from Montana here. Came here from upstate New York. I like trouty places. It's looking like Houston next... we'll see how that transition goes. Tied up a big ugly cone-head articulated leech-beast last night over a homebrew, gonna go see if any big, pissed off browns are interested sometime soon here.