tying creating flies is an anciept art form. Flies have been "tied" utilizing fur, feather and&& man made materials to imitate genuine flies or fly tying to create "dressed" flies like traditional dressed salmon flies over the last centuries. Many anglers credit Isaac Walton and his 1676 edition of The Compleat Angler as the beginning of fly fishing and fly tying. In reality primative fly tying really happened as long go as the 3rd Century AD when the early writer known as Aelianus wrote about fly fishingfor fish with artificial flies. The fly tying was written as "..... they fasten crimson wool around the hook and fix onto the wool two feathers". In 1496 Dame Juliana Berners wrote the Treatise of Fishing with an Angle which included writings using fly tying using similar fly tying materials to the Macedoneans.
New Fly Tying Ultra Realistic Fishing Flies
Fly Tying is actually incredible artform, fly tying exists in many forms, from gentle fly tying utlizing perhaps basically a few} cdc feathers and dubbing from synthetic materials to sophisticated fly tying where the fly tyer creates ultra-realistic flies which are almost too detailed to be fished with! Ultra-realistic fly tying is now so realistically detailed that fly tying an ultra realistic fishing fly will take fourty hours to tie a single fly. However the majority of fly fishermen use fly tying methods to manufacture what is called imitative or suggestive flies.
Fly Tying Imitative Flies
When fly tying to create an imitative or exact imitative fly fishing fly our fly tying is aimed to duplicate the real natural fly or insect. Fly tying and fly fishing using imitative or exact imitative flies is hard work as the fly tying demands anatomical perfection (exact imitation). The problem is your fly tying may be an exact replica of say the grannom caddis but is only useful when that exact fly is about.
Fly Tying Suggestive or Impressionistic Flies
So What do we mean by fly tying suggestive or fly tying impressionistic fishing flies mean? Simply we is fly tying to create a food imitation which appear to be like the food eaten by prey fish. Fly tying flies that are impressionistic or suggestive is easier to both fly tie and as importantly to fish. Examples of suggestive or impressionistic flies are are GRHE, Gold Ribbed Hares Ear, Woolly Buggers or Muddler minnows.
Fly Tying Materials
In the late 1800 's to 1950 fly tying used exotic materials from rare bird species. Today things have changed, when fly tying there is a vast range of fly tying materials that can be used. Ranging from traditional fly tying furs like hare and fly tying feathers like pheasant tail. Fly tying synthetics like mylar tinsels, fly tying silks or fly tying threads. Modern fly tying threads like Semperfli Nano silk now exist in 12/0 size (50 denier) but they are virtually unbreakable do to the fly tying materials used to create these thread.
Fly tying materials including today include materials as divers as: Fly Tying Furs like Arctic Fox, Bucktails, Goat Hair, Moose & Elk, Musk Rat Fur, Rabbit, Seals Fur Substitute, Skein Wool, Spike Guard Hair, Squirrel, and then fly tying feathers like Amherst Pheasant, Condor, Coot, Duck Quills, Guinea Fowl, Ibis, Indian Crow, Jay, Jungle Cock, Mandarin, Ostrich, Partridge, Silver Pheasant, Snipe, Widgeon and Woodcock.
Author Resource:
Ann is residing in West Yorkshire England, she tries to combine the differing environments of fly fishing in conjunction with the differing spiritual world of meditation & healing. Ann is a Partner of two leading fly fishing organisations and is a enthusiastic fly fisherman. Part of The Essential Fly manufacturer of trout flies , salmon flies and grayling flies and other specialist fly fishing flies fly fishing accessories, fly tying tools materials and fly fishing tackle. Outside of fly fishing, Ann teaches meditation to groups, clients and Government Bodies. Ann is also a Reiki Master and member of The Healing Trust Ann provides private healing treatments and teachings on these wonderful therapies.
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