A revealing look into the fly box of one of North America's most respected and experienced fly tyers, with complete, step-by-step tying instructions.
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"I learned most of what I know now and use about fly tying from my old friend A.K. Best." --John Gierach
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Fly fishers meeting streamside often go through a garrulous ritual, the aim of which is not friendship but espionage: “Catching anything? On what?” “Rising fish? Mmm . . .what’re they looking at?” And sometimes during this dialogue, an angler might happen to get a glimpse into the fly box of a lifelong student of fly fishing—a moment’s opportunity that will both impress and pique the wishful fly tyer. A. K. Best’s Fly Box, provides a much longer, much more detailed and explanatory look into the creations and methods of a great fly tyer. More than two hundred full-color illustrations depict naturals and their well-developed imitations—Cahills, Green and Brown Drakes, BWOs, PMDs, Red Quills, Tricos, Caddis, Midges, Stoneflies, Terrestrials, and more.
A. K.’s step-by-step tying instructions not only teach the reader how to make excellent imitations, but also demonstrate an approach to tying that he has refined over years of practice. In fact, the author insists that he ties a “hundred dozen” copies of a single pattern before he can feel confident that he truly knows that pattern. A. K. has fished with all of the flies in this book for at least sixteen years, many as long as thirty-five years, continuously refining the patterns to make them easier to tie, more durable, and more effective at fooling trout. Anglers of any experience will benefit from this wise and thorough book that offers a revealing, highly instructional look into the fly box of one of North America’s most respected and experienced tyers.
A. K.’s step-by-step tying instructions not only teach the reader how to make excellent imitations, but also demonstrate an approach to tying that he has refined over years of practice. In fact, the author insists that he ties a “hundred dozen” copies of a single pattern before he can feel confident that he truly knows that pattern. A. K. has fished with all of the flies in this book for at least sixteen years, many as long as thirty-five years, continuously refining the patterns to make them easier to tie, more durable, and more effective at fooling trout. Anglers of any experience will benefit from this wise and thorough book that offers a revealing, highly instructional look into the fly box of one of North America’s most respected and experienced tyers.
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straightforward,
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This review is from: A. K. Best's Fly Box: How to Tie the Master Fly-Tyer's Patterns (Paperback)
I had read so many recommendations on A.K's flies I decided to get the book, and it's been a great help. In particular I enjoy his tying method for bodies, eschewing dubbing in place of quill bodies for realistic segmentation. You need basic tying skills before using this book, it's not a book on how to tie flies, rather how to tie A.K.'s specific patterns. And, he also offers a few tips on finding materials that aren't in your local fly shop.
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Learn From the Grand Master,
This review is from: A. K. Best's Fly Box: How to Tie the Master Fly-Tyer's Patterns (Paperback)
It's rare to have the privilege and opportunity to learn from one of the all-time grand masters of an art form and sport. A. K. Best is the Hemmingway, Van Gogh, and Michael Jordan of the art of fly tying and sport of fly fishing. In A. K. Best's Fly Box, I have been blessed with a detailed and well-written view and description from inside the specialist's fly box. Not only have I learned which flies are used by one of the true icons of the sport, but also how an expert has perfected the art form. I am tying better flies, and catching more fish as a result. I have greatly enjoyed and learned from this classic, and will continue referring to and re-reading it for years to come.
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A great book for Colorado and Rockies,
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We will be camping in Colorado a good bit over the next few years, sometimes a month at a time. I have found this book to be rich with fly patterns to use there. There are plenty of comparison pictures between the naturals and his flys to fish when they are in a hatch. I have a plentiful library of fly tying and fishing books, I have spent most of my time, by far, with this book open. I re-read sections and tie flys from pages in it often. When I get to Colorado and fish the high country next time I will be ready to mimic the natural hatches because after reading this book the light bulb has come on. I will be able to tie my own fly patterns creating size, color, shape, and action patterns. All I will need to do is cast properly and present the fly with the right motion and depth. I have confidence the flys in my box or can tie at camp will be dead on. I am a top water fan, and this book satisfied that need as well. It is no wonder it was highly recommended on the forums at flytyers.com
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