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The Art of Fly Tying (The Freshwater Angler)

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This CD really, really helped me to learn to tie flies better. I had minimal instruction, and was trying to teach myself from books. The value of a CD-ROM package is that you can see video demonstrations of many (but unfortunately, not all) the techniques needed to tie flies. The video of how to spin deer hair flies really helped me because I could see how much hair to use, how to pass the thread around the hook shank, and how to pack the hair -- something that is difficult to glean from a written description or picture in a book.

This CD covers only the basic techniques used in fly tying, but does so very well. The different areas are easy to navigate, and you can jump from place to place easily with a click or two of the mouse. The video and still images are clear and large enough to show good detail.

This CD-ROM also has hundreds of fly pattern recipes with a searchable fly pattern index making it a good reference source. However, only a few patterns have "how-to" tying videos from start to finish. Yet, each fly does have instruction on how to perform each generic technique needed to tie the fly.

If you are a beginner and you get this CD you will like it. I also recommend getting the accompanying book by the same name. The same information appears in it, but I found it useful to watch the videos on the CD-ROM and then tie the fly at my bench with the book open to the same page.

If you are just getting started at fly tying then this CD-Rom is a must have. It will show you just about everything that you will need to know to tie great flys, and the tools needed to tie them. The videos are one of the best instructional aids you can have for fly tying, and the fly catalog is more than enough for just about any kind of fishing.You will not regreat buying this CD-Rom.

This is the best investment possible for a new tyer- an incredible bargain compared to the other resources available. There is nothing quite like seeing the process to learn how.