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Posts Tagged ‘weight’

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{{+1}}Weight – adding weight to a fly{{-1}}

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Adding weight to flies is almost as old as fly fishing itself. The main aim is to get flies or teams of flies down to where the fish are holding. There are many ways of adding weight to flies and this post examines many of the most common techniques.

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Last Updated: January 3, 2011
Author: StephenChatterton
Categories: Free fly tying
Tags: brown trout, Free fly tying, weight
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