As a guide, one of the things that I dread to do the most is to come home late after guiding all day and have to tie flys!  So, I have learned to make them simple and fast... something that I like to call "guide patterns."  This might be something as easy as using thread to tie the bodies of my midges or smaller drys.  Another 'fast' tip is to keep the glitz and glitter down in order to speed things up a bit.  One of the first things that I notice while looking into other peoples' fly boxes is … [Read more...]