This essential book on fly tying will teach anyone how to ties flies. All the important techniques, from starting the thread on the hook to whip finishing, are illustrated. The book lays the basic grounwork by fully explaining simple tying techniques and then the progresses to detailed tying instructions for some of the most popular, modern patterns. How to choose and prepare the correct material, and all the necessary tying steps for each fly, are detailed in superb, large, color photographs.
Even if you have no previous tying experience, you'll be able to tie dries, nymphs, streamers, saltwater offerings, and bassbugs after just a few sessions with this book. The tier is then advised how to progress to similar patterns using the same basic techniques. Also included is a huge reference of fly patterns - more than four hundred flies from the Orvis catalog are shown in full color, along with the tying recipes and proportions for each one. This book, drawing from Orvis Company's vast resources and teaching experience and writting by an author whose name is synonymous with Orvis, has become the bible for fly tiers of all skill levels.
