We are pleased to share some of our favourite links in the Fly Fishing Communities! (In alphabetical order)

 

Alaska Adventures   Finest Alaska wilderness fishing lodge vacations since 1985. Catch fish till your arms fall off. View bears feeding on salmon, up close but not too personal. Your Alaska expeditions starts here

 

Arne Mason's Fine Leather Fly Fishing Accessories   Fine leather fly rod and fly reel cases.

 

Bamboo Rod Making Tips  A site that is loaded with a wealth of information on the art of bamboo rod building, links to other bamboo rod makers, rod tapers and many other subjects about bamboo fly rods!    

 

The Bamboo Broker, Andy Royer  Our supplier of fine Tonkin cane from China.

 

Bellinger Fly Reels & Components  Maker of a classic fly reel and excellent components!

 

Classic Fly Rod Forum  An excellent forum loaded with information on fly fishing and bamboo rods.

 

Cumbria Fly Fishing  Glyn Freeman is a full time and a fully qualified fly casting instructor and guide based in the United Kingdom, he is a member of A.A.P.G.A.I. (Association of Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructors)

 

Classic Trout  A great non profit organization about fly fishing and conservation. This site has a great forum!

 

Fishing Resources  Resource site for everything to do with fishing. Full of newsletters, articles, links and other 
resources.

 

Fishingtalks.com  A fly fishing forum dealing with everything from fly fishing to fly tying.



2FlyFishing.com  Over 1000 pages and 15,000 links to fly fishing information, equipment and other fishing resources

 

www.gonnfishin.com  A New site that is "All about Fish and Fishing"


Guy Lautard   Provider of Books, Plans, Videos and Workshop Accessories for MACHINISTS, GUNSMITHS, METALWORKERS AND CLOCKMAKERS


ifishingrod.com  A site full of great resources of not only fishing rods and accessories, but also fishing reports and fishing related news from around the World!  


Les Mortiers Resort  Two restored 18th Century Barns with Swimming Pool in the Loire Valley of France. 


Over My Waders  A site loaded with information on bamboo fly rods and fly fishing. 


Peerless Reel Co.  Maker of  classic fly reels, both raised pillar and classic designs! 


PowerFibers Online Magazine  Filled with information on fly rod building and fly fishing.  


REC Fine Rod Components & Cases  Excellent components for all types of fly fishing rods. 


Real Time River Flows - USA  River levels for the United States. 


Sitka Alaska Resort  Information on Fishing Lodges in Alaska, Alaska Luxury Fishing Lodge, Sitka Alaska Fishing Lodge, Lodge Resort, Sitka Alaska Fishing, Southeast Alaska Fishing for Salmon and Halibut. Fly Fishing Trout and Steelhead in Southeast Alaska. 


Skitchine Lodge, BC Canada  A beautiful lodge that has many lakes for fly fishing. 


Snake Brand Snake Guides  Beautifully crafted agate stripping guides, snake guides and tip tops. 


Washington State Fish & Wildlife  Rules and regulations for fishing in the State of Washington 


www.washingtonflyfishing.com  A great site with fly fishing tackle reviews, fishing reports and forums.  


Fly Diversity  "Sometimes, even fly fishers get tunnel vision and continue down that tunnel blinded by what is considered the norm where their flies are concerned. Maybe it is time to break out of the norm and see what happens." Saltwater expert Joe Branham provides his thoughts.  


Make Your Own Bobbin Threaders & Cleaners  Have problems threading your bobbin? It may need cleaning. Here's an article on how to easily make your own bobbin cleaners and threaders. Quick and simple.  


Atlantic Salmon Flies  Maxwell MacPherson has been tying salmon flies for about 19 years, and his website has some nice pictures and information on one of my favorites, the variety of Doctors, as well as others.  


Bob's Spey Fly Tips  A tip for tying old Scottish Spey and Dee type flies without illegal or overly expensive 
materials. 
 


Bodies   Joe Branham's Saltwater Information site offers this helpful information on tying good fly bodies. 

Breacmor Society Pattern Collections  Good site if you are looking for a listing of patterns for numerous different flies.  


Bug For The Deeps  This article by Hans van Klinken explores the use of leadheaded flies and their uses.  


Caddis Flies: The Fishing Kind  A.K. Best is well known for his excellent books. In this adaptation from A. K.'s Fly Box, Best explains why he thinks Caddis flies are the most fun to tie. Several patterns are shown.  


Caseless Caddis  Hans van Klinken provides an introduction to caddises with tying instructions. Good place for beginners to start. 

 

David Martin Fishing Flies  Realistic fishing, presentation and art flies. Patterns for sale.  


Delaware River Outfitters  3 levels of fly tying classes from beginning to advanced, in Pennington, NJ 


Designing Trout Flies  Gary Borger is one of the best known and respected fly tyers and instructors of our day. In this article, he discusses his own designs and the reasons for them. 

 

Diptera - Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Resource Web Site  Diptera is a complete online resource for fly fishing and fly tying. 100’s of fly patterns including full colour photos and fly tying instructions.  


Dragons and Damsel Nymphs  Hans van Klinken discusses the effectiveness of these flies on smallmouth bass. 

 

Extended Bodies  Lasse Martensson of The Watershed developed this procedure for tying extended bodies.  


Eyes  Have problems tying on eyes? Check out Joe Branham's advice from his Saltwater Fly Fishing site. 


Fantasy Fly Co  Extreme fly tying! Don Ordes has tremendous skill, and you should check his site out. Don gives away some of his secrets in the 'Tying Techniques' section.  


Fly Masters  Tips on various tying techniques, casting, as well as fly patterns and tutorials.  


Flycraft  A source for precut foam terrestrial bodies. superants, ultrabeetles, easyhoppers and more, plus and the only fly tying Proportion Tool based on natures ancient formula.  


Fragile Darters  These unusual flies were developed in Europe and Hans van Klinken offers his insight into them as well as fishing technique.  


Hints from Davy Wotton  Davy Wotton offered these tips and techniques to The Canejo Valley Fly Fishers and this article is the result of notes taken by Mike Weigand.  


Hyper-Compleat Guide To Flytying  This excellent article by Steve Schweitzer of Mid West Flytier is one of, if not the most comprehensive articles available on fly tying with respect to starting out, tools, materials, and resources.  

Japanese Caddis Wings  According to author Lasse Martensson, this method for making wings for caddis and stonefly patterns was developed by a Japanese entomologist.  


Keep Tying  The Keep Tying an excellent Internet flytying resource. This web magazine offers you the unique opportunity to learn from the best in all types of fly tying from around the world.  


Kilroy's Fly Tying Page  It may not be visually appealing, but it is one of the most comprehensive and information filled fly tying sites on the Web  


Montana Riverboats   Montana Riverboatss presents how-to-do-it building instructions for wood-fiberglass Driftboat, hundreds of fly tying and lure making pages, including flies from Montana's most famous fly tyers, like Pat Barnes, Franz Potts, Henry Wombacher, George Grant and Sandy Pittendrigh.  

Montana Riverboats: Montana Fly Tiers  Fly photos of Montana's best fly tiers, including Al Troth, Pat Barnes, Franz Potts, Henry Wombacher, Bob Jacklin, Craig Matthews, etc. 


Salmon Fly Primer  Bob Blumreich's information on salmon flies is good, especially as the first one is one of my favorites, the Silver Doctor.  


Stoney Creek Company  The Stoney Creek Company designs and builds solid hardwood fly tying desks, fly rod stands and tool stations.  


Streamer Page  I love Mickey Finns. Peter Charles calls himself a Mickey Finn fanatic. He and I should go fishing sometime together. His site provides some really good information on streamer fishing, and it looks really good.  


Super Realistic Flies   The flytying artworks of Vladimir Markov. Awesome realistic flies - you have to see these!  


The Aroostook Flytier  This site could be a great site with some design help. Tying tips, patterns, and instructions for all types of flies. But many of the images are huge and will take time to download. If you can get past the design, there's some nice stuff here.  


the incredible fly  Warm water flies as well as custom tying available.  


Tips and Tricks  Davy Wotton's tips and tricks for several fly tying techniques will certainly be of use to anyone who ties flies.  

TroutFlies.Com  Several images of popular trout flies tied by Harry Mason.  


Tying Tails  Joe Branham provides help in tying on the several different types of tails.  


Ultimate Fly Tying  Tons of links to fly patterns, fly tying materials and state/regional fly fishing sites. 


vintage angler  Bamboo rod restoration, and flies for sale. Also we collect vintage tackle  


Virtual Flybox - Search  Looking for a particular fly? Try this search engine from Virtual Flybox.  


Whip Finish The Natural Way  The skilled and talented Harry Salmgren provides these tips on a perfect whip finish without using a whip finish tool. Just a little practice, and you can do it in no time!  


Wings  The Saltwater Fly Tying Site of Joe Branham offers this helpful advice to ease the job of tying on wings.  



Your Portable Fly Tying Kit  If you're travelling, Steve Schweitzer of Mid West Flytier discusses how to put together a travel kit for tying flies away from home.  


http://www.smallmouthbassflies.com   The worlds most effective smallmouth bass flies. Catch more fish this year!

 

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