Comments on: Beginners Lesson 5

By: topflyman

topflyman — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:29:55 +0000

Hi Carl
Well done. Glad we could be of help. Just remember there is no magic to tying flies. Once you have mastered the basic it gets easier the more you practice.
Happy Fishing
DaveC. and the Team

By: carl locke

carl locke — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:51:32 +0000

thank you for showing me how to do that fly iv naw
calt 5 fish with that fly naw

thank you

carl

By: Jason Mark

Jason Mark — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:33:26 +0000

Hi David

I would like to think you for a wonderful series of fly tying videos. I find them very educational. I’m new to fly fishing and would love to get into fly tying. I tied a rough looking Cats Whiskers on my friends vice today, using green fritz instead of chenille. I got lost a little on the half hitch knots but having watched the video again I can see what I done wrong. I’m looking through the Internet now looking for a tying kit so I can get into this great past time. I’ll be tying flies soon so I’ll be watching more videos to see what patterns i could tie. Looking forward to catching a trout on a fly that I have tied myself.

Cheers

Jason.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:53:22 +0000

Hi David

Thanks so much for this informative and well presented series , it is seriously helping me as i am still very new to fly tying . Great work , please keep them coming

Regards

Adrian

By: topflyman

topflyman — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:13:43 +0000

Hi Scott
Thanks for your comments. The more you tie the easier it gets.
Happy Fishing
DaveC. and the Team

By: Scott McIntosh

Scott McIntosh — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:27:44 +0000

Thanks David and the team for a great set of tutorial videos.

Well executed with enough information to show you how to tye a fly while not being loaded with technical jargon and other info to confuse beginners such as myself.

I had material to tye a Cats Whisker in my starter kit but couldnt make out how to tye it right. But having watched your video and paused it while I caught up it is now one of the easiest flys to tye.

I think one thing I had learnt from your video was that it really doesnt need to be as perfect as I thought it did I can now tye a fly quicker and get the same sort of finish I did when it took me half an hour for 1 fly.

As I said thanks for the effort. Good show. Lets see more keep up the good work.

By: Davide

Davide — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:55:22 +0000

I’m a beginner in fly tying.
I found your tutorial on friday morning, bought material on friday evening, tyed cats whisker
on friday night, caugth a 6 lbs (stocky) rainbow on saturday early morning.
what a fantastic way of fishing.
Thank you very much mr. cammis and the staff.

By: alphons van dam

alphons van dam — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:41:55 +0000

Thank you very much mr. cammis for doing this thing on the internet. It’s a relieve for a beginner like me with fly tying. I very much hope the intermediate video’s will keep on going?!?. But first I have to manage to tie the fly’s shown in the 6 to 9 beginner video’s. So I have enough work to do

Greetings from the netherlands.

By: topflyman

topflyman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:51:33 +0000

Hi colton craig
A lure is usually an ‘attractor’, much more flashy, fished on conventional fly tackle. It can represent a small fish or any other large food source for the fish.
A fly is meant to be an imitation of aquatic insects at vaious stages of its transformation from a ‘grub’ to an adult fly. Fly dressers seek to make exact imitations of Gods handiwork whilst we fly tyers are lower mortals who seek to tie an imitation good enough to fool the fish.
Regards
Dave C. and Team

By: colton craig

colton craig — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:01:33 +0000

hello again mr.cammis,
i know you mentioned the cat’s wisker being a lure but what is the deifference between a fly and a lure.
colton craig (US)