Major Woody

[@pjmacneil8406]

Great looking pattern and very clear tying instructions - thank you very much!

[@flytyingty]

"the bushier the better", "a good looking head adds to the look of a major woody", "twitch it" man you're innuendo game is strong 😂

[@stevengriffin1676]

ThankYou! I never get tired of the wonderful and enthusiastic way you show your audience how your fly tying works out. Great to watch and easy to follow leaving me eager to try it out myself! ThankYou! also for sharing your knowledge and experience to help others ultimately catch fish!!! So cool!!!

[@icejunki]

Fly fisherman's humor at its best, you guys in the comment section are too much. On a serious note, I love that I learn so much from every one of your videos. Detail is so important to you and your ability to walk us through each fly is unparalleled. You are simply the best I've seen. Thanks for helping so many of us enjoy fly tying and fishing so much more.

[@icejunki]

I tied a bunch of these over the winter and really couldn't wait to find them a little action. I was using a double nymph rig with a "Major Woody" and a scud pattern that is gray with an orange tip that always produces where I live. I was shocked at how many takes I got on this fly. And I really enjoy tying it too. Like so many of your videos, it's the minor details in your style that make it so enjoyable to learn. Thanks for taking the time to make this and all of your videos.

[@dgilchrist6361]

I'm not a tyer, but my 16 year old daughter is really getting into it. Your videos are the best!!!!!

[@bowhuntznj]

Tim this looks like a great all-purpose pattern looking forward to giving it a try! Thanks!

[@hankvana2149]

Nice Tim! Very practical use of materials, I like simple and quick ties.

[@maineonthefly]

Another excellent video Tim!

[@handcannon1388]

Usually, fishing with a Major Woody is distracting at best. Swinging and twitching it generally doesn't help matters, either.

[@GrayBrandon26]

HA!

[@seanmooney3907]

Funny, LOL!! Thanks, Sean

[@slickydicky]

I was arrested for swinging it

[@davesmith7906]

Awesome name-age as usual Tim, good to see you at the N.J. show, only it’s tough to wait out the line. Maybe next year or one day at River Stix or the gorge. Thx

[@Raevenswood]

The bushier the better lol. Not even going to repeat some of the other innuendos LOL

[@bbcustomoutdoors]

Great looking fly! I can see that catching panfish as well as trout.

[@codyunczur7527]

Great pattern! If you save the fuzzy fibers from the duck feather to use as the body and thorax dubbing (kind of like a CDC dubbing), you can tie this fly with just one feather!

[@lunkerkid2955]

I started using the fuzzy bits as dubbing for the larger collar section, and it does a great job capturing the bushy look. I just made sure to cut off the little white bits that can stick when the fluff gets stripped. It also helps because the color of the fly remains very consistent, not to mention it is a bit more thrifty too. Thanks for the suggestion

[@Scarbis93]

What a great tip, I didn’t have the right color dubbing and now I don’t need it

[@joeduca8582]

Great tutorial Tim! I learned a technique with every step as well as different ways to fish it. Had a few chuckles too! Tell me, if you fish it longer than four hours should you see a General Practitioner? 👍😯 Thanks Tim!

[@duanemarshall330]

LMAO! This was one of the best - and funniest - of your vids! Loved it! Gotta tie one up now!

[@Scarbis93]

This one was amazing

[@joerussellflytying]

Not tied any wets yet , going g to try this one defo , looks killer , thanks for sharing 👍

[@Stonefly85]

Love your videos! Looks like a nice MB Spider version. I too love wood duck in my wets and nymphs.

[@stephencifka4629]

Great pattern and great explanation. Thanks!

[@jamescraven480]

This fly finally broke the Jinx at Parvin Lake. Great fly thank you.

[@franksurdal8148]

My God you got really good videos on your channel. The footage and quality is impressive! I got some crazy fishing videos myself and I should learn more from you. Thank you!

[@FarmyJoe76]

I see what you did there. Well played, sir!😜

[@MatthewSullivan12]

I'm a bass fisherman so I would like you to do more bass patters. Thanks!

[@Habaneroranger]

I’ve heard of another pattern called “big Jim and the twins”. Can you show us how to tie that?

[@davidross7215]

A good looking head makes a better looking woody. Indeed!

[@seizedcarcass8440]

I’d say Tim is fond of wood duck. 😂

[@jeremystauffer8467]

Major Woody? Interesting fly name

[@foxchaser21]

Nice👍

[@frankbarnick9606]

Nice one. Barbless is best.

[@User-es2yz]

Sounds like the northeast special with those insects!

[@Thrashzer]

Tim, did you show your Major Woody at the NJ show??? 😆

[@t_man785]

Thrashzer yes he did

[@buckshot21000]

Do you have a video of tying a classic BWO fly?

[@dinoconsabor]

There’s nothing quite like fishing with a Major Woody 🤣 On the serious side, what is that small round tool that you use to snip the thread after the whip finish?

[@johnkosick1464]

He put a sharp bevel edge on the other end of the whip finish tool. I think he shows that under the "tools' playlist.

[@bruceduke4485]

Great pattern! Can't find that dubbing anywhere on internet. Any suggestions?

[@gsmith9169]

Very much like a Bird's nest by Cal Bird, which is also a very effective fly and uses almost all the same materials.

[@benjaminsmeltz4424]

Could someone reply with a link to where I could buy the wood duck thread, I can’t seem to find it

[@thomaskevinbeatty]

Hey Tim, I will try this one for sure! One of my go to MF patterns is very similar just not as dressed up. It's a great color when the MF's are the same. The Lemon Wood Duck is a perfect part of my MF arsenal! KEV

[@ralphs007]

Nice video. Would the Major Woody suffer from shrinkage in cold water? ;0)

[@michaelstallsmith9743]

Where does one find the Wood duck dubbing? I could not even find it on Wapsi's web site.

[@juholaakso924]

Tie a red tag. Its really simple and effective.

[@snowchicken4760]

Yes

[@PonyFoot123]

LMAO love the joke at the end

[@dannydufresne4159]

Tim, the Regal Vise you have, do they truly have solid holding power? Or is there hook slippage? Awesome pattern Dude!

[@christopherorman5769]

I'll chime in to say that the Regal vise with the stainless steel jaws (as seen here), I think is the best vise on the market for tying trout flies. The original, regular jaws, for me, are good down to about an 18, and that becomes a bit questionable. I view the original jaws, however, as a phenomenal streamer vise. Anyway, Regals provide tons of holding power (I've never had a hook slip, etc), are easy and quick to use, and you don't crank knobs to adjust. I know Ed Engle swears by his.

[@dannydufresne4159]

Thanks for the info, I'm one step closer to buying one! I have a Griffin Spyder, and like you said I'm frustrated with the fiddly knobs, a good vise, but has it's downfalls.

[@flyfishingeasternsierras8664]

I have a regal and it's a nice vise. The hook hold is absolutely perfect, but the jaws are a bit big for anything smaller than an 18. It also isn't a true rotary vise. I'd recommend a peak rotary, which I also have.

[@flyfishingeasternsierras8664]

Even the standard peak jaws can go down to the smallest hook size imaginable

[@christopherorman5769]

Are you using the stainless jaws on your Regal? The stainless jaws make a huge difference. Ed Engle ties down to a 32 on his (I don't go that low, for a variety of reasons). I don't find the Peak close to the quality of a Regal, but then again, opinions are like...

[@brooktroutangler5917]

Folks have been known to tie the blue ball egg fly off the back of the major woody

[@icejunki]

Brooktrout Angler priceless!!

[@ChrisWalklet]

great

[@Putaspellonyou]

"A good looking head..."

[@Thalarctos.]

Waou !! ;-)

[@ruslankoptsov205]

This is rather dry fly i guess

[@angeladavidson9675]

Great pattern, great video, as always. But honestly, Tim, I had hoped you to be more evolved than demonstrated by your not-at-all-subtle innuendo. Sigh...