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ViseVault is a deeply researched encyclopedia and a fly tying tool, in the palm of your hand. It contains 560 verified patterns (791 counting color and style variants) spanning dry flies, nymphs, emergers, wet flies, trout streamers, steelhead and salmon flies, warmwater and saltwater patterns — each with full tying instructions, material lists, history, and designer attribution.
We think everyone who fly fishes will find ViseVault useful. The Vault helps you learn about fly patterns — what they imitate, how to fish them, and when to use them. And with Pro, custom fly boxes make shopping trips to the local fly shop much easier. If you decide to pick up the hobby, ViseVault is a great place to start: 146 patterns are marked Beginner, and Filter takes you straight to them.
ViseVault is on the App Store for iPhone. An Android version will follow, but it is not part of the initial release.
Pattern data — materials, instructions, and history — is stored locally on your device, so you can browse and search without an internet connection. Perfect for streamside reference when you're out of cell range. Note that tying videos are linked directly to YouTube and require an internet connection to watch, unless you've downloaded them for offline viewing within the YouTube app.
You can use all of ViseVault without an account — your favorites, fly boxes, tying journal, and bench live on your device. To back them up and sync across devices, sign in with Apple under Preferences → Back up & sync. With a valid sign-in, your data follows you to a new phone; without one, it stays on the device you're using.
ViseVault is free — every pattern, photo, recipe, and tying step, with no time limit. ViseVault Pro ($3.99/month or $29.99/year) adds the personal tying workshop: fly boxes and lists, a tying journal, your materials bench with tie-readiness, and smart shopping lists. Cancel anytime through your Apple ID subscription settings.
Better — the whole pattern library is simply free, forever, no trial clock. You only pay if you want the Pro workshop tools, and monthly Pro is an easy way to try them. Cancel anytime and you keep full access to every pattern.
Subscriptions are managed through Apple. Go to Settings → tap your name → Subscriptions → ViseVault → Cancel Subscription. You'll retain access until the end of your current billing period.
Open ViseVault and tap Restore Purchases in Preferences. As long as your iPhone is signed in to the same Apple ID you used to subscribe, your access will be restored at no charge.
Bench Match is reverse material lookup, and one of the things that makes ViseVault different. Tell the app what's on your bench, and it shows you every pattern you can tie right now with the materials you already have. It's a great way to use up what's in your collection, experiment, and discover patterns you'd never have thought to search for. It's part of ViseVault Pro.
We add new patterns with each app update. Every new pattern is free for everyone, like the rest of the Vault. If you have a pattern suggestion, we'd love to hear from you — email us at patterns@visevault.com.
Every pattern entry's description, tying steps and history are drafted with AI assistance from books, tying videos and other sources, then checked by us for accuracy and for original wording. We've made every effort to honor original recipes from the original designers, and where possible we credit the tyer or designer behind each fly. The goal is an accurate, respectful archive of fly tying knowledge — not a copy of anyone else's work.
We’ve done our best to curate tying videos from each pattern’s original designer. When a designer’s video isn’t available anywhere online, we’ve landed on the next best thing and link to some of the best instructional tyers on the internet. Linking to YouTube keeps the views — and the credit — with the tyers who made them.
Wherever possible, yes. We believe pattern designers deserve recognition, so we document the originator and the history behind each fly when that information is available. If you're a designer and you'd like to discuss attribution or a feature, reach out at patterns@visevault.com.
Because that's not what we're here for. Plenty of great fly shops and retailers already sell materials and flies — and we'd rather send you to them, especially your local shop. ViseVault exists to organize and preserve fly tying knowledge, not to compete with the businesses that keep this community running. Our job is to help you find the right pattern and know exactly what it takes to tie it.
We want ViseVault to be as accurate as possible. If you spot an error in a pattern's materials, steps, history, or attribution, please email us at patterns@visevault.com with the pattern name and the correction. We take pattern accuracy seriously and will address issues promptly.
Send us the pattern name and any details you have (designer, materials, history) at patterns@visevault.com. We review all requests and prioritize additions based on community interest.
Most likely, yes. Drop us a line at patterns@visevault.com with the patterns you’d like listed and anything you’d like added to your designer profile. A link to your tying video for each pattern helps, since every pattern in the Vault is checked against one.
We'd love to hear from you. Local fly shops are at the heart of what ViseVault is building. Email us at partners@visevault.com and we'll be in touch.