Ten Flies, Simple Ties

For a new tyer coming into the sport, the task of selecting what flies to tie and the materials to tie them with can be sort of a “sensory overload” experience. The 10 flies we present here are easy to tie and fun to fish. They will also start the beginning tier on some basic techniques that can be carried over to other fly patterns. Some of these are our own patterns, some of these have been tried and true over the test of time.

We view fly tying instructions like our grandparents viewed re...