What's New

Build a complete fly fishing leader formula in four taps. Pick your situation, choose your rod, answer one follow-up question, and get a full section-by-section formula with knot advice. Save formulas and rod profiles for next time. We're testing this out — let us know what you think.

Each queue card now has a Materials button that expands inline — full ingredient list in tying order, with anything you're missing highlighted. No more jumping to the pattern page and losing your place.

Tapping Materials, Flies Tied, Badges, or Shopping List on your account page now takes you straight there.

A duplicate database function was causing the Agent to fail on the first message for all users. Fixed.

You'll now get messages from us right inside the app — feature updates, tips, anything worth knowing. No more hunting through email.

Messages, Shopping List, Account, and Help are now reachable from a More tab on the mobile bottom bar. No more pinching and scrolling to get around.

Pattern browse cards were leaving a sliver of unused space on some phones. Fixed — they now use the full width.

Pro users now get a full conversation with Midge powered by Claude Sonnet. Ask him anything — he knows your inventory, can look up recipes, compare patterns, and give real advice. 10 turns included per month; more available as credit packs.

Need more Midge turns? Buy packs of 25, 75, or 200 from your account page. Credits roll over and never expire.

Finished flies are now on pattern detail pages — photo galleries from the tying bench. Community members can submit photos too; they go through a quick review before going live.

The four-tier status badge (Ready / Likely / Check Stash / Missing) now turns into an action tool. Confirm the specific colors and sizes you own per material, or mark a pattern "Tying it my way" when the recipe calls for something close but not exact.

Share your tying profile at hackletracker.com/u/yourname. Shows your badge collection, flies tied, and patterns mastered — no login required for visitors.

The /try page lets anyone poke around the app before creating an account. Check off a few materials, watch patterns unlock, get a feel for what the app does.

Plan your next bench session — queue up patterns with quantity and color notes, then hit Tied It to log and remove them. Pro users get Session Prep: the optimal tying order and a list of exactly what to pull from the bench.

Pattern status is no longer just "have it" or "missing it." The matcher now considers the specific colors, sizes, and finishes you've confirmed. Ready to Tie means you actually own the right stuff — not just the right category.

The top of the dashboard now calls out the best single-purchase opportunities — ranked by how many patterns each material would unlock. Pro sees the full ranked list with AI coaching per card.

Pro upgrades, subscription management, and billing all live and working. Upgrade at any time, manage or cancel from your account page.

Browse patterns by water type (stream, tailwater, stillwater, spring creek) and season. Useful when you're planning for a specific trip and want to know what to tie.

The catalog grew from a trout-only list to a full warmwater and coldwater library. 18 carp patterns, bass poppers, panfish flies, and a lot of in-between.