Intermediate Fly Tying
Got the basics down in our introduction course, ready to learn the techniques behind fly tying? Intermediate courses cover the following at the pace of the student.
-Dubbing (techniques, materials)
-Dubbing Loops
-Whip finishing
-Ribbing
-Wing Cases
-Peacock Herl
-Adding Weight to a nymph
-Nymph theory (buggy materials, profiles, etc)
-Wet fly Hackle
-Dry Fly hackle
-Palmer style hackle
-CDC wings
-Parachute Posts
-Dry Fly Proportions
-Flared Deerhair
-Hook Selection (make your flies more realistic just by selecting the proper hook)
-Dry fly Hair wings (elk-hair and calf-tail)
-Dry fly Hackle tip wings
-Dry fly Quill wings
-Specialty Mayfly tail techniques
-Ultra-real feather fiber nymph legs
-Matched Quill wings for traditional salmon flies (advanced)
-The mighty midge
-egg yarn patterns
-Terrestrials (hoppers, ants, mosquitos, black flies, and mice?)
