Quality control
Steve Cooper tells us what we should be looking for when it comes to selecting good feathers for our flies
Using copper-core dubbing brush
Magnus Angus with a fly-tying tip to using a copper-cored dubbing brush as a thorax
The final instar
Oliver Edwards divulges that his bringing together of beads and moulded, flexible leg parts has created the ultimate, realistic fishing Nymph
Gift-wrapped Shrimp
Barry Ord Clarke uses decorative Organdie ribbon and uv-cure resin to create a simple, lifelike and devastating imitation
Cape buying tips
More fly-tying pointers from Magnus Angus
Thread carefully
Magnus Angus shows how your tying thread colour can affect the appearance of the fly body
Floss threaders
Perfect bobbin threaders
Zippy
Charles Jardine ties Zippy - the fly you can slide up and down the leader and use as a depth-controller and visual indicator.
Mixing dubbing
Magnus Angus discusses ways to mix dubbing