Disciplined Fly Tying.

[Walshmiko]

Im big on foot tapping when I tie,eventually I wear myself out though...

[Troutastic]

You know, its funny what you can learn when you crank out more than 4-5 of the same fly at a time like this... I did it last night tying up some flies for our fly swap... By about the 10th fly, I knew exactly where to put the thread to get the tails to sit JUST right, where to wrap to make the wings look the way I wanted, etc... I got so much better and faster in such short time by just going the distance and making more than 4 flies at a time. These subtle "tricks" you learn when tying in bulk go a long way, and when you sit down to tie up that pattern again in the future, its like clockwork. I was told that when learning a new pattern you should always tie up about a dozen to get them looking the way you want, and I shrugged it off and would tie up about 4 and call it quits. Makes a world of a difference if you want your patterns coming out premo tying up a good bit of them.

[SherpaB]

doing at least a dozen of the same fly at a time is probably one of the best ways to get better. The other thing would be to back up and retie something if it doesnt look right. Most guys dont do that they want to get through the fly...but if its a new pattern to you it will take a couple dozen or more until they look like you want them to consistently. some of the guys on here have tied thousands and thousands and their learning curve will be much shorter. keep at it guys im still debating what i want to tie for the swap...any suggestions.

[AaronJasper]

SherpaB,

How about some Barr Emergers in BWO with a flashback? Nice western fly...

[SherpaB]

Im on it!

[Fontinalis]

When I am tying for myself to fill my wet fly boxes I generally will tye two dozen of the same pattern and move on. The thing I do to break it up a bit is to tye two dozen of a basic pattern followed by two dozen of challanging pattern and then go back to a basic pattern and then back to a challanging pattern.

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