Fly Tying InventoryBeginner Fly Tying Patterns
Patterns to learn on. Short materials lists, forgiving proportions, and techniques that carry over to almost everything else you will tie. 165 patterns, each with a complete materials list and step-by-step instructions.
165 patterns
ASB Smacker
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Backstabber
Bass/Warmwater
Beginner6 materials
Banana Caddis
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Bead Head Baetis Nymph
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Bead Head Woolly Bugger
Streamer
Beginner9 materials
Black Beauty
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Black Beauty Midge
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Black Nose Dace
Streamer
Beginner9 materials
Blanton's Whistler
Streamer
Beginner10 materials
Blinking Blob
Stillwater
Beginner5 materials
Blob Fly
Streamer
Beginner5 materials
Bomb-Drop Midge Larva
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Bonefish Puff
Saltwater
Beginner7 materials
Booby Fly
Streamer
Beginner6 materials
Brahma & Biot
Wet Fly
Beginner6 materials
Community
Brassie
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Bread-n-Butter Nymph
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Bruiser Bach
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Caddis Poopah
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Carey Special
Wet Fly
Beginner6 materials
Carp Carrot
Bass/Warmwater
Beginner7 materials
Cased Caddis
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Cat's Whisker
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Chocolate Foam Back
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Chum Baby
Streamer
Beginner7 materials
Code Cracker
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Comet - Orange
Wet Fly
Beginner8 materials
Conehead Bunny Leech
Streamer
Beginner7 materials
Coq N' Coyote
Wet Fly
Beginner6 materials
Corixa
Stillwater
Beginner5 materials
Crazy Charlie
Saltwater
Beginner7 materials
Crystal Killer
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Diamond Braid Emerger
Emerger
Beginner6 materials
Diawl Bach
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Doc Spratley
Wet Fly
Beginner8 materials
Double Bubble Egg
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Duracell Jig
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Easy Caddis Pupa
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Easy Mini Damsel
Stillwater
Beginner5 materials
Egg Sucking Leech
Streamer
Beginner8 materials
Egg Sucking Leech - Purple
Streamer
Beginner8 materials
Espresso Midge
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Euro Jig Streamer
Streamer
Beginner7 materials
EZ Jig
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Faded Chironomid
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Fat Albert
Terrestrial
Beginner7 materials
Flashback Pheasant Tail
Nymph
Beginner9 materials
Flexi Floss Blood Worm
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Flexo Midge
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Floss Pick Nymph
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Foam Arse Blob
Stillwater
Beginner5 materials
Foam Beetle
Dry Fly
Beginner5 materials
Foam Spider
Terrestrial
Beginner6 materials
Foamerger
Emerger
Beginner6 materials
Frenchie
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Frenchie (Olive Variant)
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Fritz Leech
Stillwater
Beginner5 materials
Gallagher Special Nymph
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Girdle Bug
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Glo Bug
Wet Fly
Beginner4 materials
Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Gotcha
Saltwater
Beginner7 materials
Grease Top Sowbug
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Green Weenie
Terrestrial
Beginner5 materials
Grey Sowbug/Scud
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Hare & Copper (NZ Style)
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Hare Bomb
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Higa's Blue Angel
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
High Rise Emerger
Dry Fly
Beginner5 materials
Hybrid Carp Fly
Bass/Warmwater
Beginner7 materials
Ice Cream Cone Chironomid
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Iced Apple Caddis
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Inchworm
Terrestrial
Beginner4 materials
Japanese Beetle
Terrestrial
Beginner7 materials
Jelly Jig
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Jig Tailwater Sow Bug
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Juju Bee Midge
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Landon Mayer's Mini Leech
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Leetle Beetle
Terrestrial
Beginner7 materials
Lemon Lime Bugger
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Lightning Bug
Nymph
Beginner10 materials
Little Neon Caddis
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Magic Midge
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Mayfly Dubbing Emerger
Emerger
Beginner5 materials
McFlyfoam Egg
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Mercury Black Beauty
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Mercury Midge
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Mercury Pheasant Tail
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Mercury RS2
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Mickey Finn
Streamer
Beginner6 materials
Micro Leech
Streamer
Beginner7 materials
Micro Rambo
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Micro Torpedo Jig Streamer
Streamer
Beginner6 materials
Mil Spec Soft Hackle
Wet Fly
Beginner4 materials
Mini Estaz Leech
Stillwater
Beginner5 materials
Mosquito
Dry Fly
Beginner6 materials
Mother’s Day Caddis
Dry Fly
Beginner4 materials
Community
Murdich Minnow
Bass/Warmwater
Beginner10 materials
Nano Rib Midge
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Not a Pink Worm
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
October Caddis Soft Hackle
Wet Fly
Beginner7 materials
Orange Head Mary
Nymph
Beginner9 materials
Parachute Adams
Dry Fly
Beginner6 materials
Partridge and Orange
Wet Fly
Beginner5 materials
Pat's Rubber Legs
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Pat's Rubber Legs - Golden Stone
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Perdigon (Black)
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Perdigon (Olive)
Nymph
Beginner9 materials
Perdigon (Peacock/Pearl)
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Pheasant Tail Jig (Competition Style)
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Nymph
Beginner9 materials
Pink Squirrel
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Poison Tung
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Pork Poker
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Rainbow Warrior
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Red Fox Squirrel Hair Nymph
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Renegade
Dry Fly
Beginner6 materials
Rojo Midge
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Roza's French Bomb
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Rubber Legs Stone - Brown
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
San Juan Worm
Nymph
Beginner3 materials
Scud
Nymph
Beginner8 materials
Seaducer
Saltwater
Beginner7 materials
Serendipity
Emerger
Beginner4 materials
Shake & Bake Hopper
Terrestrial
Beginner6 materials
Shop Vac
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Signal Light
Wet Fly
Beginner9 materials
Simi Seal Leech
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Simple Snowshoe Emerger
Emerger
Beginner4 materials
Slim Bugger
Stillwater
Beginner5 materials
Slim Grizzly Nymph
Nymph
Beginner10 materials
Slush Egg
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Smoke Jumper
Emerger
Beginner5 materials
Sneaky Pete
Topwater
Beginner6 materials
Snowshoe Emerger
Emerger
Beginner6 materials
Soft Hackle - Partridge and Orange
Wet Fly
Beginner4 materials
Solaris Soft Hackle
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Spanish Bullet
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Sparklesvelte Blood Worm
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Squiggle Worm
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Squirmy Wormy
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Stupid Easy Streamer
Streamer
Beginner9 materials
Suede Worm
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
Super Stretch Midge Larva
Stillwater
Beginner4 materials
Surveyor (Tungsten)
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Thin Mint
Streamer
Beginner7 materials
Thread Body Nymph
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
TJ Hooker
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Top Secret Midge
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Tungsten Belly Worm
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Tungsten Jighead Bugger
Streamer
Beginner8 materials
Twisted Mohair Leech
Stillwater
Beginner4 materials
Veverka's Mantis Shrimp
Saltwater
Beginner8 materials
Walt's Worm
Nymph
Beginner5 materials
WD-40
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Ween Dawg Chironomid
Stillwater
Beginner6 materials
Whistle Pig Nymph
Nymph
Beginner7 materials
Woolly Bugger - Black
Streamer
Beginner8 materials
Woolly Bugger - Olive
Streamer
Beginner8 materials
Woolly Worm
Bass/Warmwater
Beginner7 materials
X-Bugger
Streamer
Beginner7 materials
Yellow Sally / Little Yellow Stone
Dry Fly
Beginner8 materials
Zebra Midge
Nymph
Beginner4 materials
Zola Bug
Nymph
Beginner6 materials
Zucchini Chironomid
Stillwater
Beginner7 materials