Beginners Lesson 2

Hello again and welcome back.

Thanks to everyone who viewed my first fly tying tutorial with the buzzer, and special thanks to those who left valued comments.

Lesson 2 demonstrates tying a Diawl Bach fly, also known as the ‘ Little Devil ‘.

Hope you have fun with this one !

Watch out for lesson 3 coming soon.

David Cammiss

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8 Responses to “Beginners Lesson 2”

  1. Nick Rogers Says:
    June 18, 2007 at 2:47 pm

    Dave.. just viewed lesson 2.. an excellent piece of work..
    Would you be interested in tying some salt water flies for UK waters..
    What camera setup do you use for doing the video?
    Keep up the good work..
    May I suggest you might like to syndicate to
    http://www.globalflyfisher.com/
    and
    flyfishradio.com
    As someone who learned to tie flies over 30 years ago with clothes pegs for hackle pliers and lambing rings to hold the thread in position your skill is excellent..
    nick rogers
    Belfast
    N.Ireland

  2. Dave Cammiss Says:
    June 18, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    Hi Nick
    Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. This is our first venture into this field. I usually restrict myself to one to one tuition, all f.o.c. My son is the camera man and he will need to tell you the technical aspects. I only do what I do best! I have not had any experience tying salt walter flies and at this point in time have not got the time to learn new tricks…….it is the fishing season and I must get my priorities right.Talk to me about it in the winter months and we will see if there is anything I can do.
    Have had a quick run thro the sites you mentioned ……very interesting.
    Regards
    Dave C

  3. Alan Southall Says:
    July 6, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    Dave, Have watched your three lessons with great pleasure and as one of roughly the same vintage as yourself who also enjoys a bit of gardening as well as fishing, may I say what a pleasure it is to watch you tie a few flies. Also a great help to see the methods live instead of following instructions from a book. I would very much like to see you tie my favourite dry, that is the klinkhammer and I am told I should give a ’streamer’ fly a go on my local river. Look forward to seeing more of you on the tube. Kind Regards, Alan

  4. George English Says:
    December 3, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    Hi Dave I have watched all of your videos and I have to say a big thankyou from the fly tying community.

    I to am from the North East of England and run a web site for avid fly tyers and fisher folk.

    Please take the time to link up with us I’m sure our members would appreciate your hard work.

    FANTASTIC JOB, well done.

    George English

  5. T. Allen Wyatt Says:
    December 16, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Hi Dave,

    I truely enjoyed your tying sessions. I have been teaching for about 10 years, and it is as much fun on the backside of the vise as the front. Your technique on tying half hitches was new for me (although I know three other ways to do it). We call your fly the bloody prince(with the red wire.) When fishing local water in Florida, it works well on speckled perch, the closest trout being a shade under 500 miles.

    I hope to do a few videos for my students to take home, and have been inspired by yours. Thanks for the good work!

    Allen

  6. topflyman Says:
    December 17, 2007 at 10:51 am

    Hi Allen
    thanks for your e-mail. Nice to hear from someone else who tries to spread the word.
    I am lucky I have a local trout lake within 4 miles, a day ticket water, which is council owned and currently not well managed, but I do have an excellent club water only 10 miles away. We do catch coarse fish(anything other than trout) on fly but usually by chance rather than design. We do have grayling which give sport all the year round both on fly and bait.
    There will be more episodes to follow.
    Regards
    DaveC. and the Team

  7. Graham Says:
    July 16, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    Hi David
    The lessons are great, I myself live in Scotland and have never held a fly rod in my life but I thought I would have a go at fly tying before my rod is delivered. I have a lot of little devils in my box now. Thanks again

    Graham

  8. topflyman Says:
    July 20, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    Hi Graham
    So happy that you liked the vids. The more you tie the easier it gets.
    You did worry me a little that you have sent for a rod to start fly fishing. If you have not done it before my advice to you would be to have a couple of lessons with a fly casting instructor. He will advise you on choice of line for your rod and teach you more about casting in an hour than you will in a season on your own.
    Happy Fishing and even more happy fishing.
    DaveC.and the Team

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