Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple
An Easy-to-Follow All-Color Guide
Published on 15. April 2022
80 pages
978-0-8117-7053-8 (ISBN)
Description
Expert fly tier Skip Morris shows how easy it is to tie classic and popular flies for all kinds of fly fishing, presenting basic information on tying effective go-to flies in a clear, organized way and giving advice for when tying goes wrong. Skip covers nymphs, streamers, soft hackles, and dry flies with 16 classic flies-Wooly Bugger, Mickey Finn, Black Ghost, Griffith's Gnat, and many more. Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple is the primer for learning how to tie flies-a time-tested classic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
PA
United States
Illustrations
41 BW Illustrations, 220 Color Photos
File size
28,40 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-7053-8 (9780811770538)
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04/2022
Stackpole Books
€21.00
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Person
Skip Morris is a full-time fly-fishing author and speaker who has published dozens of books on fly tying and fly fishing. Among them, his Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple has become the standard beginner's fly-tying guide. Skip lives with his photographer/illustrator wife, Carol, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- Part-I: FLY TYING ESSENTIALS
- TOOLS
- MATERIALS
- HOOKS SIMPLIFIED
- Part-II: NYMPHS AND THE WOOLLY BUGGER
- Rick's Caddis
- White and Grizzly Woolly Bugger
- Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
- Morristone
- Pheasant Tail
- Skip Nymph Dark
- Part-III: THE BUCKTAIL, STREAMER, AND SOFT HACKLE
- Mickey Finn
- Black Ghost
- Partridge and Yellow Soft Hackle
- Part-IV: DRY FLIES
- The Adams and The Classic Dry Fly
- More Classic Dry Fly Wings and Bodies
- Gray Wulff
- Elk Hair Caddis
- Comparadun (March Brown)
- Light Cahill Parachute
- Griffith's Gnat
- ADDITIONAL NYMPHS
- ADDITIONAL BUCKTAILS, STREAMERS, & SOFT HACKLES
- ADDITIONAL DRY FLIES
- BASIC PRINCIPLES OF FLY TYING
- ESSENTIAL ENTOMOLOGY
