Fly fishing bobber/ strike indicator

[Button Nubbs]

I have all the cool stuff to tie flies with and I suck at it. Hate it. The most satisfying fishing-gear-*censored* move for me is to go buy a bunch of flies. Thinking of selling the fly tying stuff. Bleck...

What kinda vice you got?

[jackelope]

I have all the cool stuff to tie flies with and I suck at it. Hate it. The most satisfying fishing-gear-*censored* move for me is to go buy a bunch of flies. Thinking of selling the fly tying stuff. Bleck...

What kinda vice you got?

Dan-vise. Not sure I want to sell it separately yet. I need to decide if I want to give tying another go.

[Button Nubbs]

I have all the cool stuff to tie flies with and I suck at it. Hate it. The most satisfying fishing-gear-*censored* move for me is to go buy a bunch of flies. Thinking of selling the fly tying stuff. Bleck...

What kinda vice you got?

Dan-vise. Not sure I want to sell it separately yet. I need to decide if I want to give tying another go.

 

[splitshot]

  you can find a lot of flytying stuff on the internet.  dry flies require better materials and precise sizing due to hook size.  wet flies dont need to be so picky.  roadkill is good stuff, always carry a plastic bag and knife in your car.  have fun.  mike w

[Fishaholic]

  you can find a lot of flytying stuff on the internet.  dry flies require better materials and precise sizing due to hook size.  wet flies dont need to be so picky.  roadkill is good stuff, always carry a plastic bag and knife in your car.  have fun.  mike w

okay so do i just find animals and cut a patch of fir off and let it dry up? what kind of animals? what about birds?

[jackelope]

Deer hair is very buoyant. So is elk hair. The shorter the better. You've got to salt or tan the skin so it doesn't rot.  Birds are tough. Wild birds the feathers are usually too beat up IMO. Necks are usually cheap enough till you go hardcore into it and start tying dry flies with Metz necks or something like that.

[jackelope]

Google "elk hair caddis". One of the greatest dry flies of all time if you ask me. Black or olive body is the way to go.

[JLS]

  you can find a lot of flytying stuff on the internet.  dry flies require better materials and precise sizing due to hook size.  wet flies dont need to be so picky.  roadkill is good stuff, always carry a plastic bag and knife in your car.  have fun.  mike w

okay so do i just find animals and cut a patch of fir off and let it dry up? what kind of animals? what about birds?

Find a someone that bird hunts, and have them save you some pheasant feathers, some Hungarian Partridge, some mallard flank, some filoplumes from pheasants.  A hare's ear with and without a partridge soft hackle is quite possible the most versatile fly you'll find.

[dreamunelk]

Google "elk hair caddis". One of the greatest dry flies of all time if you ask me. Black or olive body is the way to go.

  Pretty much the go to fly on the OP.  I was to take one dry fly this is the one.  Lots of variations.