American Fly Tying Manual: Dressings and Methods for Tying Nearly 300 of America's Most Popular Patterns

A great book for folks who have an idea of what fly tying entails, the pictures are great, the " how to set yourself up" informative, but this isn't for true beginners, since the pages are full of great color photos and patterns, but no step by step. If you know where everything s/b placed on a hook as you are tying, great, but if you don't it's all just pretty and fun to look at, but not helpful.. Buy for the patterns, but get some hands on, video or book training too. (hands on being the best way to learn!) This author had several helpful hints about tying and setting up and fishing.. I reccommend having it in your library.

Excellent fly-tying manual for beginners and experienced alike. Contains fish-catching flies.

Although not as good as Dick Stewart's Universal Fly Tying Guide, this is a good solid starting point for any beginning tyer. The fly pattern section is a great addition, listing many of the basic patterns you need to learn to tie and will fish the most often.

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