After countless hours of building, MyFlyVise is officially live. - This isn't the first announcement or discussion about it on the forum here, but so far it was just testing phase/feature suggestions/bug reports in the fly tying subforum. We're now ready to take it to the next level of rollout.
It's a fly pattern catalog built for our community (and beyond) — a place to share the patterns you tie, discover what other folks are creating, and connect with tyers across the PNW and beyond. One of the greatest things over the years on this forum has been seeing all the incredible fly tying happening - but the forum format isn't the best for preserving them long term. After the initial post, they get buried, never to be seen again. There are far too many incredible ties buried under hundreds of pages and thousands of posts that we'd love to see catalogued in a way where we can all browse them more easily. This new platform gives everyone the ability to get the fly posted here as it always has been, and saves it to MyFlyVise for cataloguing.
If you're a forum member, you don't need to sign up - your forum account is linked to MyFlyVise, so you can jump in without setting up anything new.
Submit your own fly patterns
Upload a photo, give it a name, enter the materials and how you tie it — done. You can submit directly from MyFlyVise, or right from the forum's "Submit Fly" button (no second login required, since your forum account is already linked). Every submission becomes part of the community catalog.
When you submit using this feature, then click the "Insert into Forum Post" button after submission, your forum post will show this:
(thank you @Norm Frechette for the incredible submissions!)
If you have flies you've tied and posted about on the forum here previously, you can find that post, click the "Edit" option on the post, and click the MyFlyVise button on the toolbar. It will automatically import the photo(s) for you to save you the headache of re-downloading it, or searching back in your phone's photos to find it.
Browse your custom feed built around what you want to see
The default view shows the latest patterns being tied across the catalog, but you can fine-tune the feed to your interests. The Custom Feed lets you filter by:
- Species — only see flies tagged for the fish you target (Bass, Steelhead, Cutthroat, etc.)] Fly Type — narrow to dries, streamers, nymphs, whatever you're focused on
- Following — show patterns from the tyers you follow
Combine them however makes sense for you. When you've got just one filter on (say, "By Species"), the feed automatically groups patterns by category — so you'll see a section for Bass, a section for Steelhead, etc., each showing the highest-engagement flies first.
(Shown in dark mode - Evan's default. Light mode is available for those who prefer that)
Top Tyers
Want to see who's putting out the highest-engagement patterns in your favorite categories? The Top Tyers view ranks tyers by the upvotes and favorites their flies are pulling — globally, or filtered by species or fly type. Great for finding new people to follow.
Favorites
See a fly you want to remember? Hit the star. Your Favorites view keeps everything you've saved in one place.
Tutorial videos on patterns
If a pattern has a tying tutorial on YouTube or Vimeo, the submitter can link it right on the fly's page. Click "Watch Tutorial," the video loads inline, you tie along. Still early — most patterns don't have one yet — but it's there for the ones that do.
Some things worth knowing
- Your forum account = your MyFlyVise account. No second registration. Sign in with your forum credentials.[]Patterns you submit on the forum push to MyFlyVise automatically — they show up in the catalog without you doing anything extra.[]It's free. No paid tier, no ads, no tracking.[]The catalog is yours. Patterns submitted by community members, attributed to community members. We're building it together.
Where to start
Hop in: https://myflyvise.com
Sign in with your forum credentials, take a look around, then submit your first pattern when you're ready. Classic patterns, weird patterns, the one your grandfather taught you, the one you made up on the river last summer — all of it belongs in the catalog.
Questions, bugs, feature ideas? Reply to this thread or shoot me a DM.
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