Inside Fly Tying: 100 Tips for Solving the Trickiest Fly-Tying Problems [Paperback]

Dick Talleur (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 2004

Inside Fly Tying is filled with a master fly tier's tips for solving common problems and simplifying tying methods. Includes new patterns and materials and innovative ways of tying classic flies.

Tips include: Finding quality hackle and tying hackle-quill bodies--Dyeing and stripping peacock quills for bodies--Dubbing and winging a Wulff-style dry fly--Tying wood duck wings, single-feather parachutes, and foam-post parachutes--Using hen and rooster capes and mallard flank feathers for streamers--New alternative materials for Spey flies, Muddlers, Bombers, and stonefly nymphs--Tying a spinner with an egg sac--A hackling method for the Hewitt Skater--The advantages of tying with Coq de Leon and Brahma feathers

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

For those who don't know it, tying flies is not only a practical hobby for the avid fisherman but also an art form--to say nothing of the emotionally soothing properties of spending time practicing it. Well-tied flies are a thing of beauty to behold. Talleur, a veteran writer on the subject, invites newbies and experienced tiers alike to benefit from his up-to-date information and thinking. His latest guide stems from the availability of newer materials and new graphics technology (the latter making the illustrations clearer in detail), as well as some new designs he recently came up with. He begins with 13 basic fly-tying tips, and then each subsequent chapter covers a different project, each of these chapters beginning with a list of what tasks, techniques, or strategies will be learned in that chapter's pages. If you have no fly-tying handbook in your collection, here is one to include. Brad Hooper
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About the Author

Dick Talleur is a well-known fly tier and author of several books, including Guide to Fly Tying (0-8117-0987-6), Basic Fly Tying (1-58574-213-9), and Modern Fly-Tying Materials (1-55821-344-9).

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books (June 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811731383
• ISBN-13: 978-0811731386
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must read for beginner to advanced to pro tyers, January 9, 2007

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Joel Stansbury (Lexington, Ky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside Fly Tying: 100 Tips for Solving the Trickiest Fly-Tying Problems (Paperback)

I have been tying flies for 35 years plus and consider myself to be an advanced tyer. Dick Talleur has done an outstanding job of showing us some of his little known tricks. He is probably the best overall tyer I know.I have taken lessons from Veverka, Talleur, and Shewey. Dick is the best 'teacher' of them all.Kudos on another fabulous tying book. Definitely a "Must have".
joel stansbury

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inside Fly Tying, July 26, 2009

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Glenn P. Miller "GM" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside Fly Tying: 100 Tips for Solving the Trickiest Fly-Tying Problems (Paperback)

An extremely well written book by the author Dick Talleur. Each chapter starts with a brief bullet list of "what you will learn". The author goes far beyond the typical basic materials list with tying instructions. User questions are anticipated prior to the starting of each fly with clear explanations given to as to the how and why of certain procedures. For example "Why Apply the dubbing with the thread advanced a few turns ahead of the starting point", "What's the proper length of a wrapped hackle", "Why leave a tiny bit of bare quill exposed at the hackle tie-in point".
Step by step instructions are clearly written with several close up color photos of each step. Most photos have yellow arrows that highlight key/important points the student should pay particular attention to.
Included are chapters on "Fly Tying Tips", "Hackle Selection", "Spinning Deere Hair" and instructions and for tying several fly popular flies.

This book should advance one's fly tying knowledge by several years in a very brief period of time.