On line fly tying videos

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One of the reasons I like the board is the information others are willing to share. Often, people include links to other websites with fly recipes, instructions, etc. when answering questions. I’ve added lots of those links to my “favorites” pull down menu.

I ran across this website earlier today.

http://kwsu.org/Offers/FlyTying.aspx

It appears this public television station in Washington (State) offers a half hour fly tying program and has placed the shows on line. I haven’t had a chance to view any of the videos yet. Each episode covers three flies. I think the program has been on for three or four years.

Anyone familiar with this show?

Phishtales

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When I first started fly fishing, but before I started fly tying, I used to catch this show every once in a while. Doesn’t seem to be on anymore in Chicago.

I’ve run across this website and enjoy it. Recently tied the antelope mouse (my first shot at a mouse pattern - I spin well but cut ugly) from LeRoy’s instructions.

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Hey, Phish.
I’m a devotee. I’ll go back and watch a few videos when I need to study a technique. Last trip it was upright and divided wings. Next time, who knows.

Kirk

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Hey guys,
Try this one…It isn’t as extensive as the “Fly Tying, The Angler’s Art” program, but it is good. The host Greg Heister is a great tier and fisherman. Best Regards…

http://www.seasonsonthefly.com/

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I think probably the best tying videos on the net…lots of differet patterns and Davie’s tying skill are top notch. I’ve learned a lot watching his video’s.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavieMcPhail

He uses a lot of Kamasan hooks (Daiichi)…a link to the equivalents.

http://www.mwflytying.com/materials/daiichi.html

Rich

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I think is was Norn who turned me on to this a couple years ago. At the time the web site was set up differently and you needed a special (free) viewer you had to download to watch them. Which also meant the viewer had to download the files. Turns out it’s over 14 gigabytes total (or roughly 13 episodes per DVD). NOT that I know that it took 4 DVD’s to hold all these, I’m just a computer geek and ‘did the math’. Yea, that it!

Anyway here’s an index of all the shows and what patterns they tie in each episode.

Fly Tying: The Angler’s Art
Episode 201: Light Cahill, Serendipity, Pollywog
Episode 202:Hendrickson, Hendrickson, Antelope Mouse
Episode 203:Quill Gordon, Quill Gordon, Beats Me
Episode 204:Sulfur, Warden’s Worry, Stayner Duck
Episode 205:Eastern Green Drake Dun, Eastern Green Drake Spinne, Western Green Drake Dun
Episode 206:Trico Spinner, Bird’s Stonefly, Hornburg Special
Episode 207:Jassid, Irresistible, Black Nosed Dace
Episode 208:X-Caddis, Bird’s Stonefl, Clouser Minnow
Episode 209:Zug Bug, Muddler Minnow, Madam-X
Episode 210:Bead Damsel, Smolt, Modified Polar Shrimp
Episode 211:Chickatuka, Stonefly Nymph, Black Midge
Episode 212Seal-A-Bug, Coyote, Prince
Episode 213:Rubber Spider, Halfback, Brooks’ Stonefly
Episode 214:Most Whit Hair Bug
Episode 215:Pale Morning Dun, PMD Floating Nymph, CDC PMD Crip
Episode 216:CDC & Elk, March Brown, Royal Double Wing
Episode 217:Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph, Little Brown Trout, Beacon Ant
Episode 218:Whitlock’s Sheep Minnow, Burlap, Carey Special
Episode 219:Rio Grande King Trude, Girdle Bug, CDC Midge Pupa
Episode 220:Wickham’s Fancy, Sparkle Spinner, Zonker
Episode 221:Bass and Panfish Poppers, Blue Wing Olive
Episode 222:Rusty Spider Spey, Trico Floating Nymph/Emerger, Gray Ghost
Episode 223:Hare’s Ear Parachute, Breadcrust, Lazier Green But
Episode 224:Whitlock’s Waking Minnow, Blue Charm
Episode 225:Blue Quill, Greenwell’s Glory, Baetis Nymph
Episode 226:Red Quill, Fluttering Caddis, Gray Fox Variant

Episode 301: Exciter, Hump’s Sulphur, Baby Leech
Episode 302:B.W.O., Buck Bug, Black Knight
Episode 303:LeTort 'Hopper, Simple Crayfish, Peacock & Pheasant
Episode 304:Grizzly Wulff, Soft Hackle Mickey Finn, Palmered Gnat
Episode 305:Dark Cahill, Krystal Flash Soft Hackle, Laced Diver
Episode 306:Furled Body Dry, Hump?s Cress Bug, E-Z Spey, Sparrow
Episode 307:Peacock Caddis, Moose River Bucktail, Sinking Spider
Episode 308:Red Quill, Double E, Winter Candlelight
Episode 309:Waterboatman, Olson’s Deceiver, Iron Blue Spider
Episode 310:Clark?s No-Hackle Caddis, Peacock Matuka, ?52 Buick
Episode 311:Pheasant Tail, Doc Spratley, The Boss
Episode 312:Canadian Sedge, Mormon Girl, Spring Crappie Darter
Episode 313:Chamo-the-Killer Leech, Harvey?s Stonefly, Teeny Nymph

Episode 401:Bloody Midge, Bitch Creek Nymph, Renegade, Hot Spot
Episode 402:Palomino, C.W. Humpy Parachute, Royal Wulff Stimulator
Episode 403:Clark’s Stone Fly, Bug-Eyed Jig, Fire Butt Bomber
Episode 404:Parachute Adams, Deer Hair Caddis, Mother’s Day Caddis
Episode 405:San Juan Worm, Turck’s Golden Tarantula, Prince Nymph
Episode 406:Water Boatman, Guarantee, Caddis Stone Skater
Episode 407:Wilted Spinich, Bloody Mary, Midge Emerger, Black Wooly Bugger
Episode 408:Copper John, Beadhead Soft Hackle, Chukar & Copper, Sheepcreek
Episode 409:Foam Hopper, Foam Skwala, Foam Beetle
Episode 410:Royal Coyote, Damsel Fly Nymph, Bunny Spey
Episode 411:Yellow Stimulator, J.H. Nymph, Tunkwanamid
Episode 412:Bill’s Halloween, Blue Pan Fish Nymph, Love Bug
Episode 413:Silver Hilton, Doc Spratley, Baetis Krystal Flash Nymph, P.T.O.

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it took me a looooonnnnggg time to dowload those damn videos, but well worth it!:cool:

they do play on windows media player

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Mike Holt (Maine Rotary flytying) has a subscription service ($25.00 for the year). He’s a great teacher, very articulate, and the videos are nicely produced. The really good thing about his stuff is that in addition to standard and varied flies, he has a good number of instructional videos on technique. As I said, not free, but worth the price.
Coughlin

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Yep, even with highspeed/broadband 14+ GB is a lot to download!
They do play on media player now, but they can not be saved anymore.

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Some nice video thanks for the link.

Here are two more to consider that are in my favorites:

http://www.theweeklyfly.com/index.php/TheWeeklyFly/

http://learnflytying.co.uk/category/beginners-lessons

quillgI think probably the best tying videos on the net…lots of differet patterns and Davie’s tying skill are top notch. I’ve learned a lot watching his video’s.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavieMcPhail

Nice video but that boy has such a heavy accent that I can’t focus on the fly tying while trying to figure out what he is saying. Looks like a nice series though.

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theres some good ones and bad ones but you tube has a 1000+ tying videos

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some good stuff here thnx

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Phishtales, FT:TAA videos are indeed worth watching.

For the beginner tyers, theres a difference between Fly Tying videos though. Those that show you how to make a specific pattern (like FT:TAA) and instructional videos that teach you basic fly tying(Like some of DIck Talleurs etc.). “The Fly Tying: The Anglers Art” is indeed a great set of videso that demonstrates over a hundred different patterns, but they are not instructional videos that teach technique, just patterns.

Just and FYI.

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I encourage you all to go to YouTube for Charlie Craven’s video, two minute parachute adams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_XZlX0mau0.

It is an amazing feat to watch. Even better, it taught me some real time saving tips about starting the thread base and combining the wing posting with the parachute hackle tie-in. Both of these are real forehead slappers! The part showing him dubbing the thread is a great reminder that sparse is better.

I can’t tie a parachute adams in 2 minutes after watching this video. But I can tie them much better and faster than before.

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I’ve been watching “Fly Tying, The Angler’s Art” for several years now. Dave Engebretsen passed away a few years ago, but Leroy Hyatt is still at it. I met Leroy at the Silver Bow fly shop in Spokane Wa. about 2 years ago. He really is that good at tying flies, and is very accommodating when it comes to helping others with tying problems. Nice fellow.
And yes, I too have that program saved to my favorites.

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Agreed, do you have any techniques specific learning type videos that you can reference that are online. A complete series is what I am looking for and not a single Youtube posting. Nothing against YouTube if it is a series of tying programs. Looking for something available on the web and free and not a set of DVDs that I have to pay for. By the way, the ones you pay for- Love Dennis Potter’s DVDs through http://www.riverhouseflyco.com/

Thanks

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Not sure whats available online, but if you Google “beginners fly tying videos” (and variation of such) you’ll get some to start with.

Not sure what they have available online here, but check out http://www.bennett-watt.com/Fly-Fishing/departments/1193/
These are great videos, professionally produced.

It looks like they re-did the classic “Hooked On:” series. The original was all on VHS, but they re-did them on DVD, and it the new series are all HD DVD. My local library is part of an 80+ State wide (Ohio) library consortium. All the catalogs are combined into one online. If any one library has an item, it shows in the catalog. When I reserve something, they ship it to my local library. If it’s available, I usually get an item within 3 or 4 days. I’ve watched most of the original Hooked On: series this way. And dozens of other titles over the years.

Just about every library these days is part of an Inter-Library-Loan system. If they don’t have something you’re looking for, they will try to find it for you. I tried to get a Geirach book one time that was not in the system. I asked if they could get it and about 2 weeks later they called and said it was in. They bought it from Amazon for me to read, and when I was done with it, they just added it to their inventory. How cool is that??? I dont mind waiting if it’s free!

If nothing else it’s a great “try before buy”. Theoretically Videos and DVD’s could can be copied if one was to cross over to the dark side.

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heres another site

http://www.riseformstudio.tv/fly_tying_video.html