Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple has been republished as of April 15, 2022, by Stackpole Books.




Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple by Skip Morris Newly released Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple
by Stackpole Books (release date April 15, 2022)




America's best-selling fly-tying book for beginners...

Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple The original book by
Amato Publications.




Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple—here's the grandaddy of fly-tying books for beginners. The proof is in the reprints—twenty-five to date. It's a rare fly-tying book that even gets to its third printing.

First-time tiers wanted, no experience needed...

Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple takes you patiently by the hand and walks you through the tying of fifteen excellent fly designs, from the elemental to the challenging—such flies as the Woolly Bugger, Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail nymph, Partridge and Orange Soft Hackle, Adams, and Parachute Light Cahill.

The first chapter teaches you the techniques needed to start tying your first fly, and as you progress through the book, each chapter builds on the previous one, so you learn the techniques and lessons in the first chapters that you'll need for the following chapters (and for the rest of your life, for that matter).



Do you have a fly tying problem? Skip shows you the solution...

There are sections throughout Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple titled "Problems, Solutions, and Suggestions" that help you figure out how to work out a snag or mistake when you run into one, and how to avoid them in the future.



These "Problems, Solutions, and Suggestions" sections
are a boon for the beginner.




And once you're through all the chapters, there's more...

At the end of the book is a collection of excellent fly dressings you can tie using your new skills.

These fly patterns were specifically selected for this book because the techniques you learned can be applied to tying any of these additional patterns.







Here are some sample pages from the book...



Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple Tying Steps

Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple Tying Steps
























Above: sample step-by-step tying pages, the kind provided for each of the fifteen main flies. Clear, detailed tying instructions, plenty of color photos and captions, and sections on how to improve—or save—a tying step are included.







Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple Illustrations

Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple Additional Patterns
























Top left:illustrations help clarify tying techniques and expand on the photos
and captions.


Top right: included is a collection of additional fly designs you now know how to tie.






You can't find a better book to teach you,

right from the start, how to tie flies.






This book is:

  • a collection of fifteen flies tied step-by-step, with twenty-seven additional fly patterns at the back


  • Lay-Flat binding (excellent for the tying bench—Lay-Flat binding allows the book to lie flat without damaging the spine)


  • 8 1/2 x 11 inches, all color and 80 pages


  • priced at $21.95










Click here to hear Skip's interviews on popular podcasts...


Click here to hear Carol's interview on photography
(How to Capture What You See) on AskAboutFlyFishing.com...


*Announcements*



Skip has an essay in Big Sky Journal's annual Fly Fishing issue, called "Montana Hoppers: the Princess and the Brute" released February 1, 2023. Skip rewrote it a bit; I painted and illustrated it here, on our website. Here's the link on our web page to check it out:


Click here to read Skip's essay Montana Hoppers: The Princess and the Brute...



Skip's latest books:

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...)


Click here to get more information about

Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page)...

Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, 2nd Edition, originally published as an e-book only, is now available on Amazon as a paperback...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Nymphs (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)

Click here to get more information about

Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition). . .



Click here to get more information about Skip's e-book,

500 Trout Streams...

Skip's latest paperback book:

Click here to get more information about Skip's latest book,

365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...



Print Skip's chart for FREE:

Skip Morris's Trout-Fly Proportion Chart

Go to Skip Morris's Trout Fly Proportion Chart






Skip's Predator is available to buy...

Skip's ultra-popular Predator—a hit fly for bluegills and other panfishes and largemouth bass (also catches smallmouth bass and trout)—is being tied commercially by the Solitude Fly Company.

Skip Morris's Predator

The Predator


CLICK HERE to learn more about or to purchase the Predator...






Learn to Tie Skip's Predator

Do you want to tie the Predator?

Skip Morris's Predator

Tying the Predator

Skip shows you how to tie it on his YouTube Channel link, listed below:

CLICK HERE to see Skip's detailed video on how to tie the Predator...