In this section photographs of insects, such as the Blue Dun, Caddisfly, Stoneflys and the Midges are shown in their different stages of their life cycle, accompanied by text information. Patterns is divided into eight sections starting with All-Purpose flies, Mayflies, Caddisflies, Stoneflies, Midges, Aquatics, Terrestrials and Other. These are further divided into sub-categories specific to each of the patterns. Along with the fly comes with a listing of size of hooks, thread type, what the body, wing and tail, consist of for hackle used. You can click on the photo of a particular fly, to get a detailed enlargement, or print out any of the flies using the print menu at the bottom of the screen.
Tutorials cover the rest of the fly tying world.
What type of tools are needed, types and sizes of hooks, what materials are needed. The Nomenclature sections gives a breakdown of specific names for the parts of flies, arranged by Wet, Dry, Nymph, and other classified sections. There is a glossary of fly tying terms. It is important to note that if you are running a computer with less the 8MEG of RAM don't expect to get too much from the videos, they will be choppy, grainy, the narration will skip and lose sync with the video. The narration is well-paced, and easy to follow.