Fly-Tying Techniques & Patterns

No other aspect of modern sportfishing is as steeped in tradition and history as tying and fishing artificial flies. By reading Fly-Tying Techniques & Patterns you'll learn how to......

Select the right tools, hooks, thread, and material for the job and organize your workspace for more efficient tying.

Identify aquatic insects - and learn how understanding a fish's diet can help you tie more effective flies.

Tie all the basic elements of any fly pattern, including tails, bodies, wings, and hackles, then combine these elements to create a complete fly.

Tie all the basic elements of any fly pattern, including tails, bodies, wings, and hackles, then combine these elements to create a complete fly.

You'll learn step-by-step procedures for tying six different and popular fly patterns, including a streamer, nymph, dry fly, wet fly, terrestrial, and bass bug. And each pattern is followed by dozens of full-color photographs of and recipes for popular fly patterns you can tie using the techniques you've learned - over two hundred classic and new patterns in all!

"Fly-Tying Techniques & Patterns uses instructional color photographs better than any book to date. This is the ideal book for every beginner."

John Randolph

Editor and Publisher of Fly Fisherman magazine.