Orvis Fly-Tying School

10:30 - Arrive and meet your host at Orvis Stockbridge. Tea, coffee and refreshments provided.
10:45 - Instructor led fly tying.
12:30 - Tie things off and take home your hand tied flies.

Week 1: Introduction to basic fly-tying tools, materials and skills.
Meet your instructors and get familiar with vices, tools, hooks, threads, materials and techniques before carrying out thread control and whip finishing practice. Then complete the session by tying flies using tools, materials, and techniques discussed during the session.

Week 2: Moving up a level and introducing new materials and techniques.
Starting with a quick refresher on thread control and whip finishing before moving on to tying flies which start to incorporate more materials and techniques. Opportunities for revision of techniques will always be offered.

Week 3: The culmination of study - flies that test your talents.
The big one. Now that students should feel confident in their ability to start and complete a fly satisfactorily we move on to more detailed flies which will test the newly acquired skills. By the end of the session each student should feel confident they can tackle most fly tying situations.