Fly Recipes have a simple, logical elegance: material is added in the order that it is listed in the recipe.

This creates a problem when creating a vast database that anyone can add flies to. It is simply impossible to list every possible material or part on an electronic form. Not to mention trying to get them all in the correct order.

We have endeavored to list as many of the most common parts of a fly in the form, but realize that it is still lacking in many respects. So, we have left a large box titled "Other Materials" capable of holding hundreds of characters for added materials lists. Please use this box to list any additional materials needed.

"Tying Instructions"
IMPORTANT
In the tying instructions field please list the tying order for your fly. For example,

Tying Order: wing, tail, body, hackle

Listing the tying order will help overcome the electronic database problems and also let tyers know if you fly varies from conventional tying order for a particular type of fly. If appropriate, you can also include other specialized tying instructions here. Check out one of our classic flies, like the Adams, to see what we mean.

"Notes"
Use this box to tell us anything and everything about the fly: fishing tips, stories of how the fly came into being, variations on the pattern, or anything else you can think of. Part of the joy of sharing fly patterns is the stories behind each one.

Submitting the Pattern
Please check your pattern and information over carefully before clicking the Submit Button. You will not have a chance to review your pattern information or make changes after it has been submitted. Your submission will also be available online immediately after you submit it. Please click Submit only once, otherwise your pattern may be submitted multiple times. If you do notice a problem with your pattern submission, please email us and we'll correct it as soon as possible.

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Search Tips

Leaving the search field blank will return a listing of all flies in the database.

Click on any letter in the alphabet and a listing of all flies starting with that letter will appear.

Basic Search
Type the name, or partial name, of a fly into the search box, click submit, and all flies containing those words will appear. For example, typing in "Adams" will return the following flies: Adams, Adams Irresistible, Moose-mane Adams, Parachute Adams, and any other fly that has "Adams" in the name.

Advance Search

Advance search has two very powerful features: searching by type of fly and searching by materials.

Searching by Type of Fly
If you would like to see all the flies of one particular type in the database, Dry Flies for example, go to "Advanced Search", go to the "Type" field, click the button next to "Dry Fly, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Submit." An alphabetical listing of all the Dry Flies in the database will then be displayed.

Searching by Materials
In advanced search you can put in just about any material in any field and if there is a fly in the database matching, it will be displayed. A neat way to use this feature is let's say you have an overabundance of Grizzly Hackle you bought to tie Grizzly Wulffs but 12 dozen flies seems sufficient for the moment. Why not get a list of recipes that use grizzly for hackle? Simply go to Advance Search, type "Grizzly" in the hackle field, and all flies that use "Grizzly" for hackle will be displayed. Try it with any material that you seem to be constantly accumulating but not using.

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