Adding a hang marker to your fly line

How to add your own whipped hang marker to a fly line . A quick and easy way to permanently mark your fly line.

[@wvandenberg8172]

Can you just confirm where do you put the hang marker? I know you said 10ft but is that with 10ft already out of the rod to load it so in other words 20ft in total?

[@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769]

Just 10ft from the end of the line .. it’s a hang marker to hang the flies not to mark the head of line for casting which would be at about 35 ft .

[@MapleGoodness]

Silly question, but what did you use to hold the end of the fly line, so the fly line itself was under a bit of tension. I tried this a while back but found it a royal pain trying to wrangle the floppy fly line, the thread, my monkey thumbs, etc. lol

[@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769]

The line was spooled up in a reel .. so I just turned the drag on the reel to full and wedged it under a book ... it’s a little fiddly to start .. but it’s by far the best way for a permanent line marker .. everything else will either wash off or damage your fly line .

[@MapleGoodness]

@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 Good tip, thanks. You haven't found any issues with having that short bit of fly line be a bit more rigid from doing this? Still comes through the line guides no problem?

[@jp410]

@@MapleGoodness My question as well.

[@gilbertritter2613]

Tim, I watch the video and I believe I understand you. just back me up by saying this 10 feet is about 3.05 m when I see the marker at the top eye of my rod is that then the moment to let the line go to cast for a certain distance. is that correct? Or is explaining wrong. Thanks for your input.

[@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769]

If I am fishing on the bank then yes this is about the time to pause . If I am fishing from the boat which is where this is really effective then I wait till the marker is nearly at my hand to stop and pause the flies . This means the leader is hanging under my rod tip vertically usually .

[@gilbertritter2613]

@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 thank Tlm

[@tuloko16]

I do it a bit different. I lay the first tag end on the line, then the loop torwards rhe same direction of that tag end. Then wrap both the loop and that first tag end (going torwards the tag end). Once i get enough wraps, cut the line and stick this new tag end i just created in the loop. And pull it tru. Doing it like this, i end up with 2 tag ends that i can pull on and make the wrap tight. But either way, works really good. Better then markers that wash off.

[@jorgearaujoflyfishing]

With your experience can you please tell me how far is the hang from the tip line? The position of the hang deppends if you are fishing on boat or in the lake shore or can be at the same distance? Best regards

[@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769]

That really is up to you I make all my lines at 10ft . This is because I use 10ft rods so when the marker is visibly through the rod rings and near my hand it tells me that's when to stop . In a boat with heavy sinkers like a di7 or di8 I will also put a hang marker at 20ft , this lets me know just how deep I'm fishing and gives me the option of an accurate second hang point letting those flies pause at half or full depth .

[@jorgearaujoflyfishing]

@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 many thanks for the answer, you really helped me 👍

[@chrisharvey7651]

Great tip and saved me lots of time pulling my line back through!!😂

[@allan8515]

Great little tip

[@brianinsole9911]

Great video ,helpful and useful . Thank you

[@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769]

Easy when you know how ! .. Thanks for watching

[@martincorcoran8263]

I'm new to fly fishing, what's the purpose of this please

[@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769]

Adding a line marker has a couple of benefits . Firstly this is really aimed at UK fly fishers that using sinking fly lines from the bank or boats . When stripping lures quickly this marker coming through the rod rings gives you a warning that you are on the last 10ft of fly line which stops you over stripping the leader back through the rod rings . Secondly it is an accurate measure of how much line and leader remains in the water when retrieving , allowing you to control depth more effectively and slow the retrieve as the flies are arcing back up to the boat or across the shelf of a lake enabling you to 'hang' the flies . The fish love the change of angle as flies lift to the boat or over a marginal shelf , we hang the flies under the rod tip to maximise the fishing time in this area. Thanks for watching