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Basic Techniques for Successful Fly Tying: A Lesson by Lesson Approach [Paperback]

Brad Befus (Author), John Berryman (Author)
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Book Description

October 1, 2001
Master the basic techniques that will allow you to tie thousands of different patterns for fly fishing with speed, ease, and efficiency. In Basic Techniques for Successful Fly Tying, authors Befus and Berryman accelerate the learning curve by breaking down each of the individual fly-tying techniques step by step.

With simple instruction and more than 200 color photographs and illustrations, the authors:

* Set up shop with sound advice for materials, lighting, workbenches, vises, and other tools and equipment.
* Troubleshoot common problems that beginning flytyers encounter such as material selection, figuring out proportions, working with dubbing, and controlling the tying thread.
* Present tailing, hackling, winging, and dubbing techniques and more.

This straightforward instruction has helped thousands of people become successful flytyers. Experienced tyers will find the tips inside a valuable refresher on the basics, and beginners will learn how to tie like a pro.


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About the Author

Brad Befus currently works for Ross Reels; is a contract fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants; and is a guest flytyer, lecturer, and instructor on the tradeshow circuit. He has co-authored Carp on the Fly and has written articles for Western Fly Tying, Southwest Fly Fishing, and Fly Fisher magazines. Brad and his family live in Montrose, Colorado.

John Berryman is co-author of Pike on the Fly, Beyond Trout, and Carp on the Fly and has numerous published feature articles and short fiction in Model Building Magazine, In-Fisherman, Field and Stream. John lives in Aurora, Colorado.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 118 pages
  • Publisher: Pruett Publishing; First Edition edition (October 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 087108919X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0871089199
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,426,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Basic Fly Tying Manual Yet, April 15, 2002
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This review is from: Basic Techniques for Successful Fly Tying: A Lesson by Lesson Approach (Paperback)
As the title implies, this book covers a step by step basic approach to fly tying. After having read and tried, more than a dozen entry level books on this subject, all I can say is buy this book!
The authors take you step by step through each process, accumulating in a finished fly. They are meticulous in each step, repeating the last steps, while moving on to the next.
They also heed a valuable warning after each step, practice!
This book will not make you an instant fly tyer, nor is it meant to. It is designed to bring you along slowly, and methodically.
By far the best I have seen on the subject.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and enthusiastically recommended training guide, September 9, 2002
This review is from: Basic Techniques for Successful Fly Tying: A Lesson by Lesson Approach (Paperback)
Collaboratively written by fly-fishing experts Brad Befus and John Berryman, Basic Techniques For Successful Fly Tying: A Lesson By Lesson Approach is a meticulous, step-by-step, "user friendly" guide which is wonderfully illustrated with numerous, full-color, instructional photographs. Specifically divided into lesson plans that cover everything from different types of fly wings to dry flies to selecting the right materials and hackle, Basic Techniques for Successful Fly Tying is an excellent and enthusiastically recommended training guide for fly fishers from novice through intermediate skill levels.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have book for beginners, April 2, 2010
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Whether you're taking tying lessons or venturing out on your own this is the book to have. It only "teaches" a few flies, but it does cover ( and very well, too) all the techniques you'll use on most recipes you may want to tie. Learn just about everything you need to know for dries, nymphs, wets and streamers. This book has a very good section on tying all the different types of wings you'll ever want to tie. It also has a fairly in depth review of the sometimes bewildering array of materials. An informative book and alot of fun working through the lessons.
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