Trout Flies: The Tier's Reference

New and quite different approach to tying. Trout Flies is divided into three parts. Part 1 gives the entire philosophy of fly tying, including an extraordinarily lucid “Unified Theory of Trout Flies.” Part 2 covers the full range of searching flies for trout: dries, nymphs, wets, and streamers. Part 3 covers an infinite array of imitative fly pattern styles and variations that catch trout. Crisp color photos and clearly-written captions show and tell you how to tie each fly listed in the book. Trout Flies has been called the most useful pattern and tying book for the trout fisherman. It is the largest gathering of patterns for trout food forms—including insects, crustaceans, leeches and other things that trout eat—ever gathered.

The flies listed and shown in this book are designed to catch trout, not to put on display. The book sets your thinking about fly tying and trout fishing off in many new directions. You're after beauty in the eyes of the trout, not in the eye of the fly collector. Form follows function; the most beautiful fly is one that catches trout. Your goal is a fly that looks alive in or on the water, not while clamped in the tying vise. Your fly tying should always be rooted in what you learn when you’re out fly fishing. This beautiful book will ensure that you make the connection between the fly and the fish in all of your fly tying.

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