Julian Tapping

Julian Tapping

  • Joined: September 4, 2017
  • Articles: 295

Adding Dumbbell Eyes

Adding Fly Tying Lead Eyes to a streamer and saltwater fly pattern is a common technique used in fly tying. Lead eyes can often be frustrating for many new fly tiers. Dumbbell style Lead Eyes like to roll and move,…

Casting Basics – Loops

I found this site, sexyloops.com; it has pages of info on fly casting. Check out their section on flycasting. Loops (Beginners) – The forming of casting loops and false casting Loops (Intermediate) – Loop shape Tailing Loops – Tailing Loops Part 2 [...]

Knot Terminology

We are often trying to learn new knots for fishing, boating or just around the home. Here is a short list of some knot terminology used at times when describing knotting or rope parts in general. One term we often…

Types of Fly Lines Explained

Types of fly lines

There are a number of types of fly lines, one of the common differentiators of these is fly line density. Fly lines have different densities, each density is used for a different method of fly fishing. At the highest level,…

Spinning Deer Hair

Properly spinning and shave-shaping deer hair is one of the most challenging in fly tying, but the fish attracting successes of patterns utilising it make it an imperative to learn “how”. Patterns using the spun deer hair technique are generally…