"The Fly Tying Lab" of Eli Gonzales 

Fly fishing and fly tying are the greatest addictions in the world. It gives you purpose and direction in your life in enjoying life.

Just finished watching this video and have to say that I have finally found someone as obsessed and OCD about their set up and method of tying as myself. I took up fly fishing and tying as a form of therapy after being wounded in combat after four deployments split between Iraq and Afghanistan, and this sport and lifestyle honestly saved my life and prevented me from going down a pretty dark path. Now, it has become my obsession, on the days when I’m physically able I hit the water and fish, on the rough days I sit at the bench and tie. I too find my tying room to be my sanctuary and I now tie daily to ensure that I am always learning and improving, and also keeping my mental and physical health moving in the direction of healing. Anyway brother, thanks for sharing your space and for providing some additional inspiration, I’ll be following along now that I’ve found your channel.

Only been tying for 28 years and my wife asks what do you think it costs to tie your own flies ? I had to think about it for a minute,my guess was $200 a fly . Anyone who thinks it’s cheap is wrong , but there’s nothing more rewarding when fishing then catching fish on your own patterns. Long winters in Montana make for great fly patterns. Thanks for sharing

Interesting take of your flytying room love it yes bigfoot is real - My uncle and I looked two into the eyes they looked into the car through the windshield for a short time then they walked off

I know exactly what you're saying about wanting to keep a great material or thread on hand. I had a dubbing the local fly shop, now permanently closed, sold me that was actually sun bleached. I used it for a "hot spot thorax" on stonefly nymphs that made a real steelhead catcher! He had several packs that I passed on before I discovered this. The normal color dubbing just doesn't seem to trigger the fish the same.

Your the best!!!! Thank you for your help at the Juan! So humble and cool

Beautiful Flies. Thankyou 4 making this video. Aloha🌴🎣🐟

Thanks for sharing your tying space with us! It looks very interesting.

Awesome video, glad to see & hear your points on storage & music,I thought that I was the only 1 that listen to different music depending on my tying mood 🤙

Awesome Video Sir

killer set up!

Great set up man from Pauly D at Wilderness Coast on Fly here in the Land of Oz...Australia...Marlo...Victoria 🤓👍👍

Thanks for showing! Looks great. Where is the hanging lamp from? Looking for something like that for my tying station

Crikey very nice setup.

This guy is an Artist

great set up. well done 😁💪🍀

Great video and setup.

Great vise!

Great lab,in our tying room is where we do our thing.Reminds me of of of me.My wife is a tier too cant ask for nothing more

Yep... One can never have enough materials !

Hey Eli are you from Los Lunas. Well I just heard you say that you were an electrician so I know it must be you. I spent the summers there and we even went fishing together once. Maybe abiquiu lake. Pretty sure we slayed em like over 100 fish. Do you recall that. My dad was a plumber and I worked with him on the summers. I have no doubt you know what that’s all about. Anyway I used to love working with your dad and uncle frank. Good people for sure. You may or may not remember my dad. We have the same name Ken Glenn. Anyway just getting into fly fishing. I grew up in az and had a bass boat fished a few tournaments. Well got a divorce and the boat had to go so I got pretty salty and gave up fishing altogether. I live in Oregon now and there is a ton of water running all over the state with tons of salmon trout bass STEELHEAD! Anyway I thought I would take it up again and am wondering if you have a favorite steelhead pattern?

Damn i feel poor i can only afford the cheap stuff from amazon where the thread breaks after the second wrap

do make pike flies

I could not finish watching this. Whoever is on the camera makes this video unbearable. Get a camera with good auto-focus and look at what your filming. This could have been great content if it was filmed right.

What is UP with the focus this cameraman is messing with? It makes this video SO so difficult to watch.

wow amazing set up, but seriously get a new camera man that know what thier doing, killing me with the panning all over, random focusing, ect...

Read What Trout Want by Bib Wyatt and stop wssting your time.......any real angler should be outdoors not hunched over a vice

Ridiculous! You just dont need all this crap........suggest you read Bob Wyatts book!