6 tips for tying better flies (and doing it faster, too)

#6  TYING TIDBITS

Here are a few final bonus tips to make your time at the vise easier:

• Invest in very sharp, good-quality scissors.
• For better control, shorten your tying thread (it should rarely be longer than an inch, as shown above).
• Two or three thread wraps will hold most material in place; more than that just adds bulk.
• To avoid bunching at the eye, leave more space than you think you’ll need.