Learn From Our Pros

Advanced Fly Tying Techniques – Learn From Our Pros!



Want to learn a new technique? Having trouble with tying certain types of flies? Watching online videos and buying instructional books not working for you? Join us at Swede's Fly Shop here in Spokane, Washington for a unique, hands-on learning experience.

Beginning in March 2012, Swede's Fly Shop will begin offering a new series of in-shop clinics. Clinics will take place on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Each month, new fly tying styles and techniques will be offered on an hourly basis. You have the freedom to choose. Each Saturday, we'll cover 6 topics. Time allotted for each topic is one hour, and you only pay for the time that you spend learning. 

Before classes begin, we'll send out an agenda (Facebook, Newsletter, website) so you know what to expect on a given Saturday. Only $10.00 per hour! Must be paid in advance of the class.

Some of the topics we'll cover (just a short list for your reference):

• Thread handling
• Spey hackle
• Mounting and trimming materials
• Tails and trailing shucks
• Ribbing and gills
• Chenille floss and yarn bodies
• Bead bodies
• Extended bodies
• Wing cases
• Upright wings
• Down wings
• Spent wings
• Emerger wings
• Married wings
• Parachutes
• Throat and cross hackle

The techniques we'll be teaching will be relevant to fly tying for specific fisheries such as trout, steelhead, salmon, saltwater and spiny ray in the Inland Northwest and beyond (Spokane, Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Montana, British Columbia).

There's no better way to learn than from a seasoned fly tying professional. We look forward to seeing you here in the shop!