Tie a Chironomid Fly

Fly Tying Lesson 2 for Beginners. This lesson shows what you need and how to make your own fishing flies. In this fly tying tutorial Dave Cammiss demonstrates a 'Diawl Back' known as a 'Little Devil'.

This is an instructional video on tying Phil's Beadhead Golden Stonefly Nymph for fly fishing.

Flashback Max ties the Brown Beadhead Marabou Leech. Watch and learn from the leechmaster. In no time, you'll be sipping a beer, cradling your pole, and catching some awesome fish.

One of the most frustrating things about trout fishing is trying to quickly tie on a tiny fly when your eyesight or the light is failing. The Hemostat Quick Clinch is not as strong as some other knots. But one of my friends, Dr. Mark Lamos, uses this knot successfully and land ...more

Learn how to tie a Parachute Adams in about 2 minutes for fly fishing.

See how to tie the Blood Dot Egg pattern. vThe pattern is used for salmon, steelhead, and trout. But you can use it for your neighbor's pond fish if you'd like.

Jeff Hines demonstrates tying the Partridge and Orange soft hackle fly for fly fishing.

Braiding the butt of this nymph fly to make it look more natural in the water, it can represent any swimming, burrowing, or even crawling nymph. You'll impress those fish with this.

The Glo Bug Yarn Egg. Tie it. Then it's hook, line, and sinker. This pattern is a standard for steelhead, salmon, and trout

Here are two different ways of tying a parachute fly. You'll be amazed, or not. But that won't stop you from trying them out, so do it.

This is a green drake tied with an extended body. Tying extended bodies is good to imitate other long bodied flies. It'll work, if you do it right.

Tying the McFly Foam Egg pattern will get you out and fishing in no time. The pattern is used for salmon, steelhead, and trout.

Frank Sawyer, river keeper on Englands' Wiltshire Avon, designed an elegantly simple nymph that sinks quickly and imitates various Baetis mayfly species. Sawyer's nymph had only two ingredients: pheasant tail fibers and copper wire. The wire was used as an underbody, to attach ...more

This demonstrates how to tie a north fork special stonefly correctly, developed by Tim Wade at North Fork Anglers in Cody, WY.

Fly Tying Lesson 8 for Beginners. This lesson shows what you need and how to make your own fishing flies. In this fly tying tutorial Dave Cammiss demonstrates a 'Soldier Palmer' and the 'Zulu'.

This video is a demonstration of tying the EZ Shape Sparkle Body Sand Eel Fly. EZ Shape Sparkle Body can be used to make a variety of baitfish, shrimp and crab flies. This sand eel fly is great for fly fishing for striped bass, bluefish, weakfish (sea trout), redfish/drum, flu ...more

After tying on the tail and skirt of a deer hair bass bug, you'll need to know how to tie the body on. See how to do it here, in three videos. Part 1 of 3 - How to Tie the body on a deer hair bass bug for fly fishing. Part 2 of 3 - How to Tie the body on a deer hair bass bug ...more

The Albright knot is also referred to as the Albright special, and although commonly called a knot, it's more accurately a bend. It's a strong fisherman's knot which binds two fishing lines together, both of different diameters. If you want to learn how to tie it, let Wade Bou ...more

Here is a very crafty and cute way to create a wind chime out of old salt and pepper shakers that can be found either around your house or bought at second hand stores and a small tin tray or plate to hang your shakers from. A bit of out door or water-proof glue and some color ...more

In this how-to video you will learn to tie the yellow trout fox streamer. Tight Lines is highlighting this fly because it has become a top producer as a searching pattern for trout. Fish this fly down and across for aggressive fish. This will get you plenty of those fish you a ...more

This how-to video is about how to tie the Murdich Minnow streamer. This pattern was designed as a striper fly but has become one of the Tight Lines guides top producer for Smallmouth bass in our rivers.

Learn how to tie the nail fishing knot with this knot tying instructional video. The nail knot is a popular and time tested fishing knot to join fly line to leader. Use of a hollow tube instead of a nail makes for easier tying. 1. Lay a nail or hollow tube against the end of a ...more

What's the easiest way to adjoin two fishing lines? The blood knot. And no, you're not going to cut yourself, that's not why it's called the "blood" knot. It's also referred to as the Barrel knot, and is usually used for monofilament nylon lines. Wade Bourne of MyOutdoorTV wil ...more

That's a long name! Instruction on tying this long named fly. Just call it the GBF-PT for fly fishing.

This is a video demonstrating how to tie a perfection loop. This is a loop that is necessary for fishing. It can be using for sinkers and fly fishing. It is good for any purpose where a loop is needed. A loop is made first. The loop is held between the left thumb and index fin ...more

Next time you're out on the dock, try out this fishing knot. The Albright knot is known for it's adaptability to inequality. This is definitely a fishing line knot you should know! Watch this tying animation to learn how to tie it. The Albright Knot is one of the most reliabl ...more

When fly-fishing, use this knot to tie on a fly. The improved clinch knot, as demonstrated step-by-step in this how-to video, is most commonly used to attach a fishing line to the lure but can also attach the monofilament to a swivel or artificial fly. Watch this video knot-ty ...more

This video shows you how to tie the hottest dry fly on the McKenzie River this Spring for fishing near Eugene, Oregon -- the CDC Green McKenzie Caddis.

With this free video tutorial, you'll learn how to tie a taut line knot. The taut line is an essential camping knot. Use it to tie your guyline to your rain or dinner fly. The knot is easy to tie provided, of course, you know how to go about making it. For an easy-to-follow, s ...more

Learn how to tie a Double Blood Knot. The Double Blood Knot is used to join two similar size lines. The double blood knot maintains a high portion of the line's inherent strength and it is quick and easy to tie. In fly fishing it is often used when joining sections of leader t ...more

Kites are a great way to pass the time and they are oodles of fun! Learn how to make your own kite including how to select the size and style, how to tie the thread and how to fly a kite in this free video clip series. Part 1 of 18 - How to Make & Fly a kite. Make & Fly a kite ...more

Fishing knots are not rocket science, anyone can do it. Each knot has a specific application and every fisherman should know a few. This outdoor recreation how-to video tutorial shows you how to tie the arbor knot. The arbor knot is a knot to tie your fishing line to your reel ...more

Fly Tying Lesson 7 for Beginners. This fly fishing lesson shows what you need and how to make your own fishing flies. In this fly tying tutorial Dave Cammiss demonstrates a 'Partridge and Orange' and the 'Greenwells Glory'.

In this tutorial, Flashback Max teaches you how to tie the Conehead Zuddler. Created by the late Andy Sorensen, it's a colorful and versatile tie. It's particularly handy for fly fishing. Flashback Max demonstrates it here as a kind of tribute to Sorensen, who died suddenly. I ...more

This video teaches you how to tie a blood knot which is used to tie two lines together in a very strong knot. Fly fisherman use this knot for making their own fly leaders. Wrap the right line around the left line five times. Take the end of the right line and put it in between ...more

When fly-fishing, use the blood knot, as demonstrated step-by-step in this how-to video, to add additional tippet to the leader. A blood knot is most often used to join sections of monofilament without losing the strength of the line. Watch this video knot-tying tutorial and l ...more

Need some advice on fly fishing? Fly fishing is a distinct and ancient angling method of fishing, most notably as a method of catching trout or salmon. Fly fishing is also well employed today for a large variety of species other than trout and salmon, including pike, bass, pan ...more

The Penny Knot is a very popular knot with fly-fishermen for attaching a fly to the leader. The Penny Knot works just as well for attaching a hook or lure. When mastered it is easy to tie and can be tied in the dark. The Penny Knot retains around 75 percent of the lines origin ...more

The Marshall's Snare is a compact knot that is both quick and easy to tie. It works best for up or- down-turned hook eyes. The knot will not exceed the eye and can therefor be used by fly fishermen for attaching flies to the leader when a delicate presentation is important. Fo ...more

The improved Albright leader knot is a bend knot (a knot using two pieces of line) used in angling or fly fishing. The improved Albright leader knot is smooth and can pass through guides. Watch this video knot-tying tutorial and learn how to tie an improved Albright leader kno ...more

Looking to do some fishing this weekend? Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to tie a simple crappie jig. This is one of the easier patterns to start off with for those with no fly tying experience.

In order to begin, you will need the following: Three hair tiesBobby pinsHair spray or spray gelRat tail combHair net Start by combing through your hair making sure there are no knots. Comb your hair back and using the comb follow from your nose with the tip of your comb to ce ...more

The Duncan's Loop form a loop at the end of the line. Unlike many other loop knots the Duncan's loop can easily be adjusted to the desired size before it is pulled tight. It is often used by fly fishermen to attach a fly to the leader but can be used in other applications as w ...more

The Dropper loop is a classic loop knot which is often used on multi-hook fishing lines and bait rigs. The dropper loop is also often used by fly fishermen to attach an extra fly to the leader. The dropper loop can be created in the middle of a the fishing line and forms a loo ...more

The blood knot is used to join to fishing lines of similar size together. The blood knot is also used frequently by fly fishermen tying there own leaders.

In this video Bobby Gray at Fly and Shot Outfitters describes some of the different kind of fly tying vises available and how they work. A great intro video into the world of fly tying for fly fishing. Vises featured include Griffin, Regal, and Renzetti.

The Art of Fly Tying shows you how you can create realistic wings for your fly fishing flies from scotch tape.

Using a half hitch is a great way for beginners to finish tying a fly for fly fishing - this video shows you how.

This video clip will show you how to use a bobbin threader tool to help you quickly and easily load fly tying thread through the tube of a thread bobbin.

Ed Story shows us how to tie flies for fishing in this series. Part 1 of 14 - How to Tie flies for fishing. Tie flies for fishing - Part 2 of 14. Click through to watch this video on expertvillage.com Tie flies for fishing - Part 3 of 14. Click through to watch this video on e ...more

Capt. Corey shows us how to blend bucktail in preparation for tying any one of a number of popular saltwater flies.

Corey shows us how to cut and "thin-out" bucktail to prepare it to use for tying saltwater flies. Removing the loose and/or short hairs will give your flies a cleaner look and make the bucktail easier to work with.

Watch as Capt. Corey P. shows you how to perform a whip finish when tying flies, with the whip finish tool. If you can listen, you can learn.

The improved clinch knot… why is it improved? Well, the improved version of this popular fisherman's knot includes an extra tuck under the final turn. If you want to learn how to tie the improved clinch knot, just watch this video with Wade Bourne of MyOutdoorTV. The improved ...more

In this three-part video, learn about the events surrounding the newspaper article in Roswell New Mexico 1947 regarding crashed flying saucers. The story has to do with nuclear weapons, the second world war, government lies and the movement of sound waves. See how the evnst of ...more

Benson Trenh and Mark Norris show viewers how to build a bottle rocket using common household items. To build this creation you will need tape, a hole puncher, scissors and string. Also use a black plastic bag, or any color, for the parachute! Cut the black plastic bag into a ...more