The Art of Tying the Dry Fly
The trouble with hackles...
Nearly every fly tier wrestles with dry-fly hackles—and The Art of Tying the Dry Fly gives the subject of hackles a royal
treatment.
The nuances of selecting hackles and tying with them are presented with lots of color photos, captions, illustrations, and
concise explanation.
Thirty-eight great dry flies, tied in detail, step-by-step...
Also covered are 38 great dry-fly designs, tied step-by-step with captions and color photographs. And at the end of the book is a collection of additional dry flies with a photo and dressing of each, a total of eighty more flies.
Here are some sample pages from the book...
Above: color photographs, captions, and illustrations teach you to tie an excellent collection of dry flies for trout.
Above: the fly-pattern collection shows the completed flies on one page, and provides the dressings on each facing page.
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Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, is now available on Amazon as an ebook...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Dry Flies (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
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). . .
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500 Trout Streams...
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365 Fly Fishing Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish
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365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
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