Go to Skip Morris's Trout-Fly Proportion Chart
Skip Morris Fly Proportion Chart—getting the length of a fly's tail or its hackle fibers correct is important not only in order to please the human eye, but to make the fly perform properly, convince fish, and hook them once they're convinced.
But it's not just about tails and hackles—
wing height, body and wing-case length, head size all count.
This handy little two-sided guide, protected in clear plastic and small enough
to fit into your tying kit, will make fly
proportions easy to understand.
Left and Right: both sides of the Skip Morris Fly Proportion Chart, showing the nine most common fly styles.
This little chart is:
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Click here: Read Skip's essay from Big Sky Journal, Montana Hoppers: The Princess and the Brute...
Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes is on Amazon as an e-book...
Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes
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Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, is on Amazon as an e-book...Click on the links below...
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them
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Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, 2nd Edition, is an e-book and a paperback.
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition)
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Click here for more info: Skip's e-book of fly fishing essays (chronicling 50 years of adventure on the water)
500 Trout Streams...
365 Fly Fishing Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish
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365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
Go to Skip Morris's Trout Fly Proportion Chart
Skip's ultra-popular Predator—a hit fly for bluegills, other panfishes, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and trout—is being tied commercially.
The Predator
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Tying the Predator
CLICK HERE to see Skip's detailed video on how to tie the Predator...