The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition

(*NOTE: The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition has recently
gone out of print. Second-hand copies may be available on
Amazon or at second-hand book stores.)




The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition


The standard instructional text for how to tie flies for bass and panfish...

For 15 years the original version of The Art of Tying the Bass Fly served as the standard text for instruction on how to tie flies for largemouth and smallmouth bass and pan fishes.



Learn to spin, stack, and compress deer hair with dazzling results...

It included lots of clear and concise instruction and color photographs that taught you to spin deer hair, stack various colors of it for amazing results, compress it efficiently, shape compressed hair with scissors and razor blade, make snag guards of all kinds, make hackle tails and rubber-strand legs and mount plastic eyes and much more.



Now here's the new, up-to-date version of this popular book...

When Skip set out to update the book, he was surprised to find that many of its original fly patterns were still as popular and trusted as ever. Nevertheless, some fly patterns had given way to newer and more effective designs, and some other major changes had occurred in the world of bass-fly tying and design.

So Skip simply rewrote the original book, end to end, resulting in The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition. He retook some critical photos too, and added some new flies in both the tying section and the collection of additional patterns at the end of the book.



...teaching you to tie the best flies out there with the latest techniques!

Though The Art of Tying the Bass Fly held up remarkably well over the past decade and a half, The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition rides the current leading edge of the tier's art. And in general, it's even better than the original.







Here are some sample pages from the book...



The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition

The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition
























Top left: flies of a specific type—such as diving flies or sinking flies—are grouped, and introduced with an explanation of their use and design.

Introductory pages also rank the tying difficulty of each fly on a scale of 1 to 5.


Top right: vivid color photographs and concise instruction make the tying of each fly easy to follow. Special sections explore spinning hair and stacking various colors of hair for remarkable effects.







The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition

The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition































Top left: materials used in tying bass flies—hairs, hackles, rubber-strand, mono for snag guards, and the rest—are shown in big color photos and explored in detail as they apply to bass-fly tying.

Materials particularly important to the bass-fly tier are given the royal treatment—selecting hair for spinning, choosing among the many kinds of thread, finding the right monofilament for making snag guards...


Top right: at the end of the book is a collection of 35 additional flies for largemouth and smallmouth bass and bluegill and other pan fishes.

In The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd Edition, the dressings are through—all the materials and even some substitutes, tying instructions where needed, details on when and where and how to fish the flies, variations, and a color photo of each fly.








The Art of Tying the Bass Fly 2nd edition is:

  • full of clear and detailed step-by-step instruction on eighteen popular bass and panfish flies


  • all color with thirty-five additional fly patterns in the back


  • complete; includes chapters on bass-fly materials, bass-fly hooks, and tools needed to tie these flies


  • 8.5 x 11 inches, 88 pages, softbound


  • priced at $26.95







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...