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

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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

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.