Join our branch and we will help you Catch More Fish.
Tie the right fly
Go Fishing
Catch more fish
Your Journey Starts Here
Improve your knowledge and skills to become a proficient and skilled fly tyer.
Options are available for Annual Membership or for Guest payment on the night.
Branch Annual Membership is open to anyone, especially those new to fly dressing and you will be given a lot of support to increase your skills and knowledge.
Whether you’re starting to tie flies for the first time, are a proficient tyer wanting to broaden and deepen your knowledge or refresh your enthusiasm, or a well-versed hand willing to share your expertise with others, The North West Branch of the Fly Dressers’ Guild offers you a natural and welcoming home. Our members include many leading fly-dressers and experienced fly-fishermen and women, who share their time and expertise generously with the Branch. However we are most emphatically not an exclusive, closed organisation: new members are warmly welcomed and require no qualification or prior experience.
So what’s in it for me?
Here’s a selection of some of the benefits of joining
Learn how to tie great patterns that catch more fish
Learn the importance of correct material selection
See the importance of thread control
Step by step process for tying successful patterns
Understand the material characteristics needed to tie the pattern correctly
Recognise the different types of materials available and which to use.
Which means you can…
Catching fish on flies you have created yourself is very satisfying, but there’s more to fly tying than just that.
Get more out of your fishing and Catch More Fish.
Make fine adjustments to tweak patterns to be just what you want
Increase your awareness of the flies we imitate
Be that person the other fishermen come to ask ‘what fly are you using?’
A great hobby with theraputic benefits for mental health
What type of fishing flies are covered?
We cover all types of fishing flies, and if you have some new ones we’ve not heard of before then we’d love too see them!
Rivers for trout and grayling, whether Dry Fly, Wet Fly, Emerger or Nymph, also Salmon and Sea Trout flies
Larger stillwaters where terrestrials play a key part
Fly fishing for Pike using small or large lures
Commercial inland waters for trout, Dry Flies, Wet Flies, Buzzers and Lures
Saltwater whether at home or abroad, for Bass and Mullet or even Bonefish and Permit
Carp and coarse fishing is now popular using boiley flies and zig bugs
If you wish to progress with the Guild Awards scheme, the branch has a number of qualified instructors to both mentor and mark your progression.
See progression and formal recognition of your skills with the Guild Awards scheme
The branch runs all year round and Annual membership runs from January to December. Current branch membership fees are £30. Note that for insurance purposes membership of the UK national Fly Dressers’ Guild is also needed for annual membership, click here.
Branch Membership payments are processed at the AGM in January.
Guest payment on the night is £5.
North West Fly Dressers' Guild 