The criteria which I followed when picking these channels where as follows:
• Does the channel upload regularly, meaning more than just a few times a year?
• Do they currently have enough videos to keep a new subscriber occupied for a couple hours?
• Video quality – the videos are focused and close enough to the fly to see what is being done to tie them?
• Are directions given in an understandable way? This doesn’t mean that the person demonstrating can’t say “umm” or pause here and there during the video after all this is YouTube. If I was looking for a production tutorial I would pay for tying DVDs. Quality directions just need to be given whether by sight or sound.
So, in no particular order of good, better or best, here we go…
Fly Fish Food
The Fly Fish Food channel houses tons of reviews, tips and fly tying tutorials. Clark “Cheech” Pierce and Curtis Fry are the tyers responsible for the Fly Fish Food channel. Currently they have over 14,000 subscribers and probably that many videos – not really, but they have a lot to offer.The biggest thing I enjoy about this channel is the overwhelming amount of innovation these guys include with their tutorials. It seems like they often have shared a different technique to tie in a material like the “complex twist” they use on a few of their patterns or some tool they created or helped create to make a technique easier to preform like spool minders or Gator Clips.
Fly Fish Food's YouTube Channel can be found at : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxBa8MprBJr1vuv3uw8ghA
Tim Cammisa
Tim Cammisa from Trout and Feather has an excellent channel. Tim Cammisa has over 11,000 subscribers and tons of tutorials. Tim is extremely professional in all of his tutorials and takes the time to thoroughly go over the fly as he ties it.In his tutorials he offers a bit of insight into the fly and offers strategies to fish it to his viewers. Tim is also known to change a material or two for different approach to the tying of the fly. Whether he adds a substitute material or just offers a different way to tie it in, Tim’s insight is always appreciated.
Tim Cammisa's YouTube Channel can be found at : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYiYjUcBw2AS_kzMq4S-rlQ
Fly Fishing the Ozarks with Brian Wise
Fly Fishing the Ozarks is brought to us fly tyers' by Brian Wise and is another favorite channel of mine. Brian’s channel has over 10,000 subscribers and almost a hundred videos most of which are streamer tutorials.The unique thing about the Fly Fishing the Ozarks channel is that he uses only music for sound during his demonstrations. Through a bit of slow motion and fast motion Brian shows us the materials and techniques he uses while tying the fly in such a way that a fly tyer can still tell what he is doing as he ties the fly. Fly Fishing the Ozarks with Brian Wise is definitely a channel worth checking out if you haven’t already.
Fly Fishing the Ozarks YouTube Channel can be found at : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9Ra827nueyjCl3h7aLwvA
Philip Rowley
Philip Rowley is a Stillwater expert and most of his tying demonstrations are based around Stillwater patterns. The intro to a lot of his tutorials take me back to when I was a kid, sitting and watching in-fisherman on TV with my dad. This in combination with the fact that Philip Rowley has many flies that represent many types of stillwater trout food makes this channel one every fly tyer should be subscribed to.
Philip Rowley's YouTube Channel can be found at : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8QW2rdyLBv6muNhRlmISAQ
In the Riffle
In The Riffle's YouTube Channel can be found at : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0gE6I-ipn32oawn5lMrIsg
There are many channels that are very good to pick up new patterns or techniques, these are just a few. Unless you have ever tried to do a tying demonstration one can not truly understand the time, stress or even the enjoyment that comes with keeping a channel updated. These guys deserve an applause for the time and effort they put into their channels. Thank you, Fly Fish Food, Tim Cammisa, Brian Wise, Philip Rowley, and In the Riffle for your dedication to keeping the addicted fly tyer entertained and educated.
By the way my channel can be found here.
As I said there are many fly thing channels on the web both YouTube and Non-YouTube. What are some others that we need to check out?
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