The Tying Bench · Free guides

Fly Tying.

Step-by-step guides for every pattern on our water lists — the flies that actually produce on eastern Nevada water. Full material recipes, honest difficulty ratings, and a starter kit that won't bankrupt you. Sign in to the logbook to track what you've tied, keep a materials inventory with an automatic shopping list, and build fly boxes for your next trip.

The bench

Tools & getting started

You can tie every fly on this page with the six essentials below — about the cost of two dozen shop flies, and then flies cost you fifty cents apiece forever. Add the upgrades as the habit takes hold (it will). For materials, start with the Wooly bugger → Zebra midge → Foam ant progression: three beginner patterns whose materials overlap half the list.