First I would like to discuss materials, materials are our paint to the art we choose. They are the abuntdant in shape, sizes and colors. There si so much out thier that even the expert fly tyer is not aware of, I will do my best to list and explian the materials from the local store selection to the high priced rarities that someone might use.

• Hair Types; a breif introduction of uses and properties, with more detialed links.
• Feathers and Fluff; an introduction that expalins uses and function
• Synthetics; everything that is not feathers and fur, with uses and how to obtian.

Here I will try to explain some of the most basic patterns and how to tie them. I am still a novice in my eyes so explaining from a begginer perspective shall be easy for me. The next steps are to walk the tyer through four pattern types; dry,wet,nymph,streamer. I will throw in tips that will help in the next lessons that will follow. I will also do my best to explian some other useful techniques that should be aquired early on.

• Tying the Adam's dry
• Tying the Partridge & Green
• Tying the Pheasant Tail
• Tying the Woolly Bugger
• Whip Finihsing 101
• Hair Stacking and Soft Loops
• Spinning and Clipping

Some detials on the hooks we use; Dry Fly hooks, Wet Fly hooks, Nymph hooks, Streamer hooks, Salmon hooks and Misc hooks.

This will walk the tyer through some more patterns and some techniques that can be use as the tyer sees fit Patterns will have variant routes that can be explored farther, this will open the tyers mind to how to create thier own patterns and variants.

• Tying the Royal Coachmen
• Tying Bucktails Streamers
• Tying the Prince Nymph
• Dubbing techniques
• Extended Bodies
• Wet Fly theroy and more
• Husby Theory and design
• Posting and Parachuting

This will act as a guide to the most basic steelhead patterns, including marabou flies and stringleeches. It will try to show the tying helpfull techniques to tie producitve durable patterns which the tyer can then fish with confindence.

• Tying the Green Butt Skunk
• Tying the Marabou Winged Patterns
• Tying the Stone Fly
• Tying a Feather Winged Spey
• Tying a Bomber
• String Leechs
• Tube Flies and thier advantages

For people who tie there own flies her is a list of tips & tricks. It's an asorment of hints on improving you flies and gaining material to do so.

• Dubbing Block & Brushes
• Wire Leeches & Brushes
• Creating a furled mono & hook
• HB body styles
• Using a photo editor w/ patterns
• Matt Burke's Shrimpzoid
• The HB Pattern Diagram (PNG format)
• Tips on Wet Fly design

Here are some patterns tied in variants of my own, this should give the tyer an idea of how to make small changes to improve some of the best patterns us as fly fishermen have seen. Thank you to all who have lead the way, I will try to give credit to every one who has worked so hard to develop some of these patterns

• The Halloween Comet