Published four times a year, Fly Tyer is currently the largest fly-tying magazine in terms of circulation.

It employs "perfect binding" instead of stapled pages, and usually features a close-up image of a fly on its cover.

[1] It was relaunched as a quarterly magazine by Abenaki Publishers in 1995,[1] when it became clear that the market would support a fly-tying specific publication.

Fly Tyer is an asset of Morris Communications,[1] which also owns publications such as Gray's Sporting Journal, American Angler, and Saltwater Fly Fishing.

The magazine is edited by David Klausmeyer, author of Unnaturals: A Practical Guide to Tying with Synthetics, Trout Streams of Northern New England and Tying Classic Freshwater Streamers: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide, among other works.