How to Tie Flies
To tie flies, start by attaching a fish hook to a vise and making a base of thread around the long end of the hook. Next, make a thread loop, put a strip of dubbing inside, and spin the dubbing and loop together. Then, wrap the spun dubbing around the long end of the hook and cut the end of the thread. Attach the hackle by wrapping it around the hook using pliers and fasten it with thread. Finally, tie a knot of thread over and under the hook and finish by cutting off the excess thread.
Attach a fish hook to a fly-tying vise. If you're just starting out with fly tying, you can get a cheap vise online or at your local fishing supply store. Once you have your vise, steady the base of the vise on a flat surface. Loosen the jaws on the vise using the handle so they're far enough apart for a fish hook to fit between them. Then, place the bottom corner of the hook in between the jaws. The long part of the hook should be on top, with the short part of the hook on the bottom.Tighten the jaws to hold the fish hook in place. Load a ceramic bobbin holder with a spool of thread. Clip the spool of thread into the bobbin holder by inserting the holder's two prongs into the ends of the spool. Then, take the end of the thread and push it up through the tube at the end of the bobbin holder. Pull the thread up through the tube using your fingers. Wrap the thread around the long end of the fish hook using the bobbin holder. Hold the end of the thread in one hand and the bobbin holder in your other. Place the thread on top of the long part of the fish hook, toward the end of the hook. Continue to hold the end of the thread with your fingers and bring the bobbin holder under and around the fish hook to wrap the thread around it. Repeat 5-6 times in the same spot on the hook. Make a base of thread all the way down the long end of the fish hook. Hold the end of the thread up at a 45-degree angle from the hook. Bring the bobbin holder under and around the long end of the fish hook. When you get to the top of the fish hook, lay the thread down over the piece of thread you're holding at an angle with your fingers, maintaining your grip and the angle of the thread. Continue wrapping down the long end of the hook until you reach the hook's curve. Cut off the end of the thread with scissors. Place the scissors right against the long end of the fish hook and cut off the end of the thread. You should be cutting off the end of the thread that you were holding at a 45-degree angle before. Discard the piece of thread. Make a loop with the thread using your finger and the bobbin holder. Pull the bobbin holder away from the hook so more thread unwinds from the spool. Then, wrap the thread halfway around your index finger and bring the bobbin holder back up and around the fish hook (at the end of the thread base near the curve of the hook). Bring the bobbin holder around the hook 5-6 times in the same spot to secure the loop you made. When you're finished making the loop, you can let go of the bobbin holder. It will dangle under the hook by the thread. Put a strip of dubbing inside the loop of thread. Dubbing is a fluffy, stretchable material used to create the body on flies. Once you have dubbing, remove a piece from the packaging and stretch it out so it's the same length as the fish hook you're using. Then, place the dubbing inside the thread loop you made so that the thread is running along the center of the long side of the dubbing. Keep your finger inside the loop and pull the loop away from the fish hook so it's taut. You can find dubbing online or at your local fishing supply store. Spin the dubbing and thread loop together using a dubbing reel. A dubbing reel is a small tool with two hooks on the end. Take the dubbing reel and hook the end of the thread loop near your finger onto the hooks on the reel. Remove your finger from the loop of thread. Then, spin the reel using your fingers. Once you've spun the thread together several times, pull on the dubbing reel to pull the thread loop taut. As you do this, the thread loop and dubbing material should spin together. You can find a dub reel, or another thread spinning tool, online or at your local fishing supply store. Wrap the spun dubbing around the long end of the fish hook. Starting at the end of the fish hook near the curve, bring the dubbing reel around the hook to wrap the dubbing. Continue down the long end of the fish hook until you run out of dubbing. Then, grab the bobbin holder and wrap it around the spot the dubbing ends at 5-6 times to secure the dubbing in place. Use scissors to cut off the end of the thread. Pull the end of the thread taut by pulling the dubbing reel away from the fish hook. Place the scissors against the fish hook and cut off the end of the thread. Pull the cut off thread off the dubbing reel and discard it. Prepare a piece of hackle for your fly. Hackle is the trimming that goes on your fly. Fly fishers typically use feathers for hackle. Once you've chosen a feather you want to use, cut the feather so it's about twice the length of the long end of the fish hook. Then, pinch the tip of the feather with your fingers and run your fingers down the base of the feather. Do this several times until the individual pieces of the feather are pulled down in the opposite direction they started in. You can use a feather from a bird or a colorful craft feather as your hackle. Secure the hackle to the fish hook using the thread. Line the tip of the hackle up with the end of the long side of the fish hook. Take the bobbin holder and bring it up and around the fish hook and hackle 5-6 times in the same spot to secure the hackle in place. Wrap the hackle around the fish hook using hackle pliers. Pinch the tip of the exposed end of the hackle in between the jaws of the hackle pliers. Then, bring the pliers up and around the fish hook in the same spot you wrapped the thread around to secure the hackle. Continue to wrap the hackle around the same spot until you reach the end of the hackle. Each time you wrap the hackle around the fish hook, brush the individual pieces of the feather back toward the curved part of the hook with your fingers.  If you don't have hackle pliers, you can use your fingers to wrap the hackle around the fish hook instead. Fasten the hackle to the fish hook using the thread. Grab the bobbin holder and bring it up and around the fish hook 5-6 times over the hackle you just wrapped around. Continue to hold the end of the hackle with the hackle pliers. Cut off the leftover hackle with scissors. Pull the hackle pliers away from the fish hook to pull the end of the hackle taut. Then, place the scissors right against the fish hook and cut off the end of the hackle. Discard the leftover hackle and set the hackle pliers aside. Cut the thread from the bobbin holder. Pull the bobbin holder away from the fish hook so more thread unwinds from the spool. Hold the bobbin holder in one hand and scissors in your other hand. Then, place the scissors against the end of the tube of the bobbin holder, where the thread comes out. Cut the thread off at the end of the tube. Tie a knot on the fish hook using the thread. Take the end of the thread and wrap it halfway around 2 of your fingers. Then, wrap the end of the thread over and under the fish hook, in the spot the hackle and dubbing end on the hook. Pinch the end of the thread between your 2 fingers the thread is looped around. Pull the end of the thread through the loop. Keep pulling until the knot tightens around the fish hook. Cut off the excess thread. Once your knot is tied, pull the end of the thread away from the fish hook so it's taut. Then, use scissors to cut off the leftover thread right at the side of the knot. Once the thread is off, your fly is finished! Take it off the vise and store it until the next time you go fishing. Store your fly in a fly box. Fly boxes are boxes that have small holes inside of them that you can hook your flies into. If you don't have a fly box, look for one online or pick one up at your local fishing supply store. As you make more flies, store them in your fly box. When you're ready to go fishing, grab your fly box and take it with you so you have an assortment of flies to choose from. 
Attach a fish hook to a fly-tying vise. Load a ceramic bobbin holder with a spool of thread. Wrap the thread around the long end of the fish hook using the bobbin holder. Make a base of thread all the way down the long end of the fish hook. Cut off the end of the thread with scissors. Make a loop with the thread using your finger and the bobbin holder. Put a strip of dubbing inside the loop of thread. Spin the dubbing and thread loop together using a dubbing reel. Wrap the spun dubbing around the long end of the fish hook. Use scissors to cut off the end of the thread. Prepare a piece of hackle for your fly. Secure the hackle to the fish hook using the thread. Wrap the hackle around the fish hook using hackle pliers. Fasten the hackle to the fish hook using the thread. Cut off the leftover hackle with scissors. Cut the thread from the bobbin holder. Tie a knot on the fish hook using the thread. Cut off the excess thread. Store your fly in a fly box. 