Charlie Craven shows us how to tie a perfect pheasant tail nymph in less than two minutes. Want to know his secret?
Practice Makes Perfect
You got it – practice! Charlie is a professional fly tier who has perfected his skills by tying up to 20 dozen trout flies a day and has been tying for over 30 years! Charlie is a man of few words in this video but just watching him tie is amazing. His precision and phenomenal thread control skills are off the chart.
When interviewed on Ask About Fly Fishing, Charlie named thread control as one of the most important aspects of fly tying and that he tightens every wrap to the breaking point of the fly tying thread (unfortunately for me I seem to go past that point more often than not!).
While not provided in the video the recipe, and further step-by-step instructions, for this classic mayfly nymph pattern are available on his website Charlie’s Fly Box.
Want to Learn to Tie Flies Like Charlie?
Check out his new book Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying
"Simply the Best!
I have tied flies for 43 years. I have tied commercially while in high school and college. I own or have read virtually every book on fly tying, and have taken classes with a slew of great tiers. This is, quite simply, the best basic fly tying book I have ever seen. The organization is great. The selection of basic techniques is spot on, and the photography is superb in it's clarity and explanatory power."
More Video Please!
Next week we go from the Pros to the Joes and will be featuring a video from someone new to fly tying who responded to my request for more fly tying videos with an awesome caddis pupae pattern. If you would like to add to our fly tying video collection send us a link to your video using the reply box below.
Enjoy!
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