Fly Tying Kit

[Bird Dog]

Last week there was a discussion about fly tying kits. In response to this interest ,Jimmy Harris and myself sat down and designed our own kit which we plan to sell at Unicoi Outfitters. Our goal was to provide a kit with which one may tie popular GA patterns, and not include the useless stuff which comes in most kits. We have provided the materials and tools (good quality tools I may add) needed to tie the following patterns: Olive Wooly Bugger, GR Hare's Ear Nymph, Elk Hair Caddis, Anytime-Anywhere Nymph, Bead Head Caddis Larva, Bead Head Prince Nymph, and last but not least, a regular and parachute Adams. We tried to keep the price around $110. If anyone is interested in this kit, and or you would like to see materials for another pattern we haven't thought of, please let us know. Constructive critiques are greatly appreciated. Bird Dog

[Flyguy]

This is a great buy for people getting started....You will spend an average of $1.25 or better per fly at most places which addes up to somewhere around 88 flies at best for $110.00. With a offer priced like this you will get the material to tie alot more than 88 flies and the tools which are a bonus so to say. Great deal for people getting started!!! I wish this offer were around when I was getting started.

P.S. We will be doing another Fly Fling real soon. I hope we can get Bird Bog down to Buford for it.

Thanks Unicoi...


Flyguy


Flyguy

[BUDMAN]

Got to agree with Flyguy, sounds like a great kit. So many kits provide materials most people will never need, I probably have over half the materials left from my first kit. If i'm not going to fish with a particular fly there's a good chance i'm not going to tie any of them. A kit with this area in mind, great idea guys.

[Fishface]

Good info on the kit, but Ive already spent a small fortune on other gear. I've been thinking about trying to build a rod and was wondering if anybody had any sugestions on the basics.

[Flyguy]

Fish Face,

David Edenson from Blue Ridge Rod Builders will be at the Fall Fling with demos and info on rod building. He also has classes for people that want to learn rod building. Come on out and check it out...Details are listed under Fall Fling 98 on the front page of the message board.



Hope to see ya there....



Flyguy

[superchub]

Bird dog...sounds like a good idea...I ahve hesitated getting into tying due to the lack of a "local" type kit....Sounds like this will be on my Christmas list this year....let me know if I'll be able to order it by phone??
E-mail pooh@atlcom.net.
SC

[chris]

Please post when the flytying kit is available. I was shopping for one the other day and look forward to purchasing this one. Can anyone recommend a video or book to go along with this kit?

[Bird Dog]

We have the fly tying kits finished and will have a couple at the Fall Fling. They include two, 1/4 Hoffman Saddles (grizzly and brown), 100 Mustad hooks, a good vise (vikes! the brand name escapes me at the moment), hair stacker, scissors, dubbings, br****beads, pea*****herl, elk hair, etc, etc. There is absolutely NO junk that won't be used in this kit!
We are still looking for a good manual that won't drive the price up too much. Any suggestions on a manual from all you book worms out there would be appreciated!!
Keep flying those ties! Bird Dog

[NetBoy]

Hoffman 1/4 saddles? I might buy the kit just for the saddles (very hard to find in brown and grizzly).

NetBoy

[Hound]

Bird Dog,
As far as a cheap manual that will get someone started, the "Orvis (yes I said it) guide to beginning Fly Tying" is an excellent book that shows all the basic fundamentals of tying. It is written by Eric Leiser and retails for about 10 bucks. It also contains a fair list of patterns so it will keep someone busy for a while.

Hound
Ameteur fly tier

[FlygURL]

Another book that I have found very helpful is _Fly-Tying Techniques & Patterns_ by John van VLiet published by the same group that does Fly Fisherman magazine. The photography is the best I've seen yet in this type of book.

This book breaks it down well. For instance, In the _tails_ section, it is broken into -- How to tie...
- a Hackle-Fiber Tail
- a Hair Tail
- a Marabou Tail
- a Biot Tail
In the body section -- How to make
- a dubbed body
- a floss, Wool, and chenille body
- a herl body
- a quill body
- a spun deer hair body

and on and on... I belive that any fly can be tied with this book as a reference.

FlygURL

[chris]

Bought the new kit on Friday that you guys put together. I don't know what the &^%$ I am doing but am having a blast with the kit. THe vise seems to bew great quality. Tied a couple of very ugly flies but will "endeavor to persevere" to improve. THanks bird dog.

[edwin]

Chris,
Try Skip Morris's Book "Flytying Clear & Simple." It's excellent, has lots of flies, and teaches you the basic moves for the flies not included. There are videos, and some flyshops rent them. If you live near B'ham, try the Deep South Fly Shop. Rob Rogers and Jeff Cupp rent some excellent videos. Also, see the CD-ROM now out for flytying. Good luck and enjoy!!

[Steve D]

Here's another good tying book suggestion:

"Production Flytying" by A.K. Best. Good photos and very clear instructions - not just an overview of a particular step but gets down to the nitty gritty.

Steve D.