Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Tying 101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner

Name: Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Tying 101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner
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ISBN: 9781616086220

ISBN-10: 161608622X

ISBN-13: 9781616086220

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Klausmeyer

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This Orvis-endorsed guidebook—part of a continuing series that includes guidebooks on fly fishing basics and saltwater fly fishing—will give you all the tools you need to begin making your own flies. Learn how to read a fly recipe, choose the correct tools (including vises, bobbins, threaders, dubbing needles, and hair stackers), select the right materials (everything from dry fly saddles, threads, beads, and Krystal Flash, to hooks, wires, cements, and paints), and pick the best flies to tie first. Before you know it, you’ll be tying such flies as the Wooly Bugger, Clouser minnow, beadhead soft hackle nymphs, Adams dry fly, and Hare’s Ear nymph. You’ll also get solid advice on how to set…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

David Klausmeyer has been the editor in chief of Fly Tyer magazine for fifteen years. He has written numerous books and articles about fly tying, and now does blogs and webcasts about them as well. His tying techniques are well known among tiers.



Preface



Introduction



First Things First: What You Need, to Know to Start Tying Flies



Choosing and Using the Right Tools



Feathers, Furs, and More: Selecting the Right Materials for Tying Flies



Tying Dry Flies that Ride Higher and Float Longer



Tying Nymphs and Emergers that Catch More Trout



Making Meaty Streamers for Catching Trophy Fish