A Quick look at my Tying Room and the Way I store my Materials with Davie McPhail 

Never has the old saying, "If these walls could talk", had more meaning in regards to fly tying. You sir have forgotten more than I will ever know. What a great ambassador for the craft and the sport of fly fishing. Thank you Davie for inviting us into your laboratory!

My wife, who knows I’m an enthusiastic follower of Mr.McPhail, recently commented ‘ how much more fly tying stuff do you really need darling? ‘ …particularly since I bought you the coffee grinder etc…I just showed her this video …’ oh, still a long way to go yet then sweetheart ‘ was her response 😂 thanks for all your great tying and fishing videos …all the best for this season

What a wonderful fly tying room and collection of materials and tools, in my honest opinion you are one of the best fly tiers in the business, thank you for sharing this with us Davie, 👌🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I'm korean , We're so far away that we can't see each other, but you're my fly tying's teacher and master, thank you always for your sharing

My wife will never understand my closet full of materials, and hopefully never know how much it all cost... I love how your videos relax me and make me want to keep tying. I've been an avid fly tyer for 35 years and have never been fly fishing. Figure that one out.

You have an incredible set-up, and the amount of fly tying materials is unbelievable. I watch all of Kelly Galloup’s videos, and he did a tour of his set-up, and you have more materials then he does. And he owns a fly shop lol. I consider you and Charley Craven to be the two most technical tiers on RU-vid. Thanks for sharing your gift.

thats a small room with a lot of history. The results of years fly tying, buying materials and still its always my favorite room.

Very nice setup thanks for sharing

NO PRESSURE MR. McPHAIL,,, YET ,,,, JUST TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE,,,,, YOU HAVE ALMOST,,, 5 FOOTBALL STADIUMS FULL OF PEOPLE,,,,,, WATCHING YOUR FANTASTIC VIDEOS,, EVERY TIME YOUR TYING A SUPER FLY !!!! I SUPPOSE THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF YOUR PASSION,,,, DEDICATION,,, PRESENTATION,, AND CREATIVITY,, ON A STEP BY STEP PROCESS,,, THRU YOUR TEACHING ABILITIES,,, THAT ARE CERTAINLY APPRECIATED,,, BY THOUSANDS OF US !!! AGAIN,, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND TIPS AND TRICKS.. WELL DONE 👍… STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY !!!!!

You're a nice man living in a nice world. Thank you for showing us your private place. I always wondered your room, it's more than I thought :)

Thanks, Davie. That tour was very helpful. I have been tying flies for 30 years and I still feel like a beginner. You humble me every day.

It's like a candy store for adults!! Must be nice to go to tie a fly and have everything you need. Usually if I want to tie a pattern I'm running to the store to buy half the materials. Get home tie a dozen or so then on to the next pattern and back to the store... Beautiful!!

Davie this was a fascinating look at your tying room and the attention to detail is outstanding the way you have everything laid out is just superb, this shows your dedication to the art of fly tying and the craftsman that you are. Thank you Davie for allowing us to see this.

Absolutely insane the amount of stuff you have Davie. 😱. My wife thinks Im bad with my 8 big plastic tubs filled with materials. I'll need to show her this video. Thanks for sharing. 👍👏🎣

I was thinking I had a lot of flying material, nothing compared to you sir. Can you see the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$you got there. But very nice work office. Just love it. How would think you need a ot of material for those tiny little bugs. Your great my friend. Love your channel. Way back from new Brunswick Canada keep up the great work. I tied may of your flies and did catch a lot of fish with it.thank you sir

Great video Davie see you soon!!!!

Wow your tying rooms great davie . V tidy . Mines basic in comparison. Yours has given me ideas with container storage.i Have lost some material over the yrs a few times due to house moths .flytying is a wonderful gift and pass time to have . You have a wonderful gift of tying and teaching davie. Thankyou

Good lord...the stuff. Tks for Sharing Davie

A fly tyres paradise 👍

You can tell Davie is oldskool with they type of curtains... Reminds me of my grandas. 👍🏻

I always wondered what your set up and material trove looked like. Perfectly organized! Great video Davie, Thanks Cheers!

Thank you Davie for sharing your “office” with us! It’s clear to me that it has evolved from a life long passion for fly tying. Your videos are great, I’ve learnt so much from watching you at the vice, please keep them coming 👍 Cheers Gra.

G’day davie 👍 your room is a dream room 👍 thank you for showing us part of your life I respect your time you put in to show us everything 🇦🇺👍🇦🇺

Thanks for doing this for us, it helps others to see how you've chosen to do your set-up. Lots of ideas. You and your son did a good job with the bespoke cabinetry! I like the wrap-around desk and how you've arranged the room around it so things are within easy reach. Seems like you could put your hands on anything you need straight away. Thanks for letting us into your home!

Looks good Davie so organized.👍

Прекрасный рабочий кабинет! Ошеломляющее количество материалов, круто! 👍🤝🇰🇿

In one word : Impressive !!! Thank you for showing Mr. Davie. After looking at almost all of you videos the last 6-7 weeks I can only say : "Please make a book of your best patterns". I'm sure it will bring a lot of satisfaction to many, many amateur flyfisherman like me. Greetings from the Čech Republic 🇨🇿.

My father was from Glasgow and got into fly fishing in Caribou, Maine in the mid 50s. He would really enjoy your videos but he passed in 1991. Your videos always make me think of him. Thank you

Thanks for inviting us into your fly tying room Davie all the best mate.

Cheers for the “peek behind the scenes” Davie! Very nicely organized.

)))))))))))))))))))))))Вот это да )))))))))))) .Я даже не мог представить такого количества материалов ))))))) И всё аккуратно и по полочкам )))))))). Словами не передать о состоянии увиденного. Уважение .Вы настоящий мастер своего дела )))))!!!

Thanks for the tour Davie pure class. My wife thought I had a lot of fly tying material until i showed her this video. My stock would fit into 1 of your large plastic tubs.

lovely room full of magic davie

Your videos are always superlative, and the opportunity to see your working environment is an inspiration. Thank you for offering this intimate look into the space where you perform your craft. As I think any maker knows, the mastery of tools and materials and techniques can only come when one has crafted a space that will foster creativity and efficiency - that can only happen when there is an order imposed on all of those aforementioned elements. The fact that you have incorporated the technology possible with computation and 4K videography into this ancient craft is a gift to all of us who learn from your films.

And the books !!! I would spend days and days getting lost in the centuries of them... =] Mike

Nice set up Davie. I just told my daughter that I don't have enough fly tying materials whilst showing her part of this video. All I got was a roll of the eyes an "Dad!" In an incredulous tone 🤣

Wow , I could spend a lifetime looking at just the materials. What a wonderful area you have created . Wish I could live another 100 years just to use materials and tie flies. I am 80 and of course bragging, but the more I tie the more I want to learn and I have only been at it about 35 or so years and learn something new every time I set down at my Norvise System which I have had for a little over 10 years. I love all you videos and actually have a folder with just links to your videos and several other tiers. Best of 2022 to you and your family. Hope your grandson is doing well, haven't seen any videos he has done in a while. I think he discovered girls and they messed him up a little, they will do that. Have a great and blessed day Jeff

Thank you for the tour 🙏

Thank you for the wonderful tour Davie. Fond memories and tight lines

Inspiring, thanks for sharing Davie 👍

Davie , you are a true magician when it comes to tying flies. Thank you for sharing.

That's a perfect man cave if you're a fly tyer and fly fisher. Even better than I imagined.

Nice , looking at other tiers set ups fascinates me . I’ve been tying 32 years now and have gone through the complete metamorphosis and have ended up ( so far ) like you , tubs and stackable containers for my materials . I still can remember years ago going into Walmart with my wife and we were looking for for some household goods and I walked into the isle with tubs and containers, it was life changing. Great idea on the pillow on the back of your chair . Books are like yours , a story un to themselves. Thanks for the tour .

Thank you for the tour, thank you for all the fly tying lessons!

Very nice tying room.

Love your flies and the patterns you teach us to tie.... I have caught many of fish on your patterns..... Thank you, David.

That's some room Davie, I'd be like a bairn in a sweety shop in there. Love the fisherman on the wall that your laddie got you 👍👍

It's incredible, cool, and I'm jealous! Great tying. Thank you always.

i have been waiting for this video for a couple years kno thanks for sharing youre slice if heaven with us !!!

Really enjoyed the tour of your tying room. Thank you for sharing! I simply love to watch anything you produce for us to watch. Refreshing and delightful content on my favorite sport.

Davie your fly tying room is Awesome to say the least and just reflects on the fantastic flies you tie on RU-vid, all the best and tight lines Peter.

So much material, today maybe the.......green. 👌

Love you, man. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and skills. Love from Ireland!

Have always said that I would love to be a fly on the wall inside your tying room to watch a master at work. I can't thank you enough for the help you have given me over the last ten or so years that I have been back at the vice again. So please keep up the great work you do and I wish you all the very best in your quest to keep everyone happy. Yours in fishing. JOHN

Truly enjoyed that video. Will be watching it over and over. Thanks Davie!

Often have I wondered about your tying room. Thank you for sharing it.

What an awesome fly tying room you have, I love the art work. I have gleamed so much knowledge on fly tying just from watching your videos and I thank you for that. All the best to you and your family .

That’s a awesome tying room only one can dream about👍

Thank you for sharing. I love the decal on the wall!

Superb set up you have and very organized, every fly tyers dream!!

Thanks for sharing your personal space. Well organized and neat. Love the old metal filing cabinet, I’ve been looking for one for years now.

Fascinating, thanks for a glance at your tying room.

Fantastic setup you have there. You have loads of us turning green wi envy 👍🏼

Super looking tying room mate. Love the way you have things set up and makes it very easy to find what you’re looking for. Thank you very much for sharing with us all . Best Regards from West Virginia, Ken 🦃🐜🦗🦆

Thank you for letting us in. And all your diligent work with the videos.

Immaculate as usual Davie. A lifetime of love for the tying and the sport is shown by you and I thank you for your videos that have inspired me to start tying again after 40 absent years. Stay safe Big Davie.

Thank you for that tour of your room. I have a similar area and similar organization but a lot less of everything. I really enjoy your videos. Loved how you set the mallard wings a few days ago.

Fantastic to see your set up Davy, inspiring 👍

Thanks for sharing. Very organized and professional. Has given me a few ideas over my shoeboxes, cardboard boxes, and bins lol. Your fly tying expertise is amazing! You make a lot of your techniques look so easy and they are not. Certainly enjoy trying anyway. Have a great thanksgiving.

Davie, many thanks for the tour of your room it’s helped me immensely. I’ve just renovated my basement for fly tying so found the tour very helpful.

Now i know why i have to travel half way around the world to find a spool of 8/0 uni-thread . 😊 thanks for the video !!! Very impressed with your set up at the same time i figured as much with a man of your talent . You are an insperation to fly tyers around the world . Thanks for showing us where the majic happens .

Many thanks for sharing, there is a lot of treasures into it 😱 A long history of fly-tying 👌

Thank you for sharing your amazing talent. I am an avid classic salmon tier and it was your Durham Ranger video that got me hooked! So thank you

Storage is always a challenge! I've changed my storage more often than I probably should and each time I think I've finally done it perfectly, I realize I have still not got there yet!! Recently I purchased some nice cabinets from a school science lab and they look great! I felt lined the inside of the drawers and stocked them up, I added mothball pkgs to keep beetles out. I'm hoping it is finally enough! Thank you for this privilege Davie, such a great thing room!!

Greetings from New England Davie- I've been waiting for you to do a "bench tour" video. Well done!

I like watching your videos keep up the awesome flys they rock

Great to finally see your fly tying room. I really like those videos. One day I hope to shake your hand! Atb.

Thank you for sharing!! This is very special to see how and where you work! 🙂

Your room is perfection just like your tying amazing 👍🏻

Thanks for sharing with us, loved this video!

Absolutely loved that video Davie, tremendous tying room and organisation but then I wouldn't expect anything else from you Mr Mcphail, superb!👌

Excellent video. A wonderful look "behind the scenes" as it were. Really appreciate you taking the time to share 👍

I'm new to fly tying so that just gave me a lot of great ideas thank you

Your tying room demonstrates your lifelong dedication to the art of fly tying. Absolutely brilliant! Nice to see you kept the Madeira threads 😊👍

Cracking video Davie 👌🏻 Some amount of gear you’ve got there!

Thanks for sharing davie, really enjoyed looking at all your stuff. I like the idea of the big blue matt and the day light lamp.

Wow… that’s incredible, often wonderd what your tying room was like Dave, great video 👍

Lovely room Davie. Thank for being you. I have learned a lot from you over the past ten fifteen years.

Incredible Davie, I'm sure a lot of people will take some ideas from your excellent tour of the tying room. Many thanks.

Wow Davie , what a wonderful fly tying set up. Very well organized!! Enjoyed the tour and always enjoy your videos !!! Curtis Jones

Very Nice Davie. That's a lot of stuff, and Thankyou for showing us your fly tying room. I was hoping that you would make a video like this. You Take Care. Aloha🌴🎣🏄‍♂️ Happy Thanksgiving

What an amazing supply and organization of materials. Very impressive! 👍

Thanks for sharing where the" magic" happens. That is a great selection of fly tying equipment .Would put most shops to shame :-D Keep up the great work Davie.

Thanks for sharing this, Davie. It's no surprise that a master of the craft has such a dialed set-up.

The ultimate room for the ultimate tier. Thanks from down-under in NZ.

Great wee video,good to see how you store all your stuff,that be your fav room in house.keep it all up.

Great set up love it :)

Thank you. A great video on how you organize your room. It’s always interesting to see how people set up their room. I always learn something. Evan

A great set up Davie and an amazing stock of fly tying materials. A lot of years collecting there my Friend. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, I am in awe. I can only hope to one day be so organized and have so many materials. You sir, are a legend. Thank you for all you have done for fly tying.👍👍