Category Archives: fly fishing knots

Okay, the next one we're going to do is the nail knot, and that's going to be used to tie the backing to the fly line and we're going to do it with the nail knot tool I'll show you, in a second, another way to do it without a […]

Okay, we're going to attach the liter to the fly line again, but this time we're going to do it with a needle We're still doing a nail knot, but we're just going to do it a little bit easier way Same thing, we're going to line up the fly […]

The next thing we're going to do is a little section on loop knots And, there's a lot of different reasons you might want to use a loop Either to attach your backing to your fly line, or, the leader to a fly line, or even to attach the tid-bit […]

Another loop we could make is what we call a wrapped loop And basically what we're doing is we're going to take the rope, for demonstration, and the fly line and we're going to double over our material and then we're going to use some lighter material to actually wrap […]

Hi! I’m Jim Dowd at Zoar Outdoor for Expert Village to talk with you about fly casting and fly fishing So the next step and the final step is to put a whip finish right behind the bead head, and the way you do that is you catch the fly […]

Hi! I’m Jim Dowd with Zoar Outdoor for Expert Village to talk with you about fly casting and fly fishing So the next step is to work the thread down now that the ends of the marabou are even Just work it down to the bend in the hook and […]

Hi! I’m Jim Dowd at Zoar Outdoor for Expert Village to talk with you about fly casting and fly fishing Well on the subject of prey, also if you look on the surface of the water, often times you can see little things floating by and you will find insects […]

Hi! I’m Jim Dowd with Zoar Outdoor for Expert Village to talk with you about fly casting and fly fishing Now what I am doing is I am wrapping this thread all the way down to the bend in the hook You get about half-way you can cut off the […]

I’m Jim Dowd at Zoar Outdoor for Expert Village to talk with you about fly casting and fly fishing Using a landing net is the best way to land a fish humanely and to handle it safely There are several different kinds of nets and different kinds of sizes This […]

Hi! I’m Jim Dowd at Zoar Outdoor for Expert Village to talk with you about fly casting and fly fishing As in any sport, you need to be aware of safety issues with regard to fly fishing One of the things you need to know about which we’ve already talked […]