Micropatterns: Tying and Fishing the Small Fly [Hardcover]

Darrel Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1994

Indispensable when trout are rising to the smallest insects.

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Editorial Reviews

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This innovative book is surely the most thorough and detailed investigation of the use of the small fly yet written. Selective trout, in part created by the advanced sophistication of anglers and the increased popularity of tailwaters and stillwater fisheries, have made the use of small patterns - size 18 and under - a growing necessity for successful fly fishing. Darrel Martin explores every facet of this demanding "sport within a sport."Chapters detail aquatic insects significant to the angler; the best tying materials, tying methods, and patterns; hook choice; tackle; and the casting tactics, presentations, and methods of playing hooked fish that the use of tiny flies demands. Martin's extensive use of laboratory testing has yielded surprising and important information about the strength, reliability, and performance of various small hooks. And he offers directions for making "dubbing brush" patterns and for designing "furled leaders" - leaders that represent a quantum leap in the soft presentation of small fly patterns.Few fly-fishing texts can match Micropatterns for depth, originality, and usefulness. Although this important book will benefit all fly fishers, it is also indispensable for tyers and anglers who wish to improve their success when large and difficult trout are taking the smallest flies.As Dick Talleur says, "This is truly an excellent work - well-researched, comprehensive, authoritative. The typical angler will learn much from it, and we who work in the fly-fishing field will use it for constant reference." (81/2 X 11, 352 pages, color photos, b&w photos, illustrations, diagrams, charts, graphs)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 16 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Pr; First Edition edition (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558212604
• ISBN-13: 978-1558212602
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,292,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More on the midge than most know...., April 24, 1999

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This review is from: Micropatterns: Tying and Fishing the Small Fly (Paperback)

The Lyons Press is on a roll. Micropatterns is thorough and detailed in every way. This book compares well with the Fly Tyers Benchside Reference (Frank Amato press) for the clarity of prose and depth of detail. I believe a new genre has arrived.

Mr. Martin has everything from scanning electron micrographs of antron, broken hooks and hackle to the delicate methodology of keeping 10-ought thread flat while tying. The illustrations are superb and well placed. If 18-26 size flies are your game, this is your book.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Started good ended poor!, September 7, 2004

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This review is from: Micropatterns: Tying and Fishing the Small Fly (Hardcover)

The last quarter of the book comprises very badly faded (print quality, not the authors fault), hard to read & hard to understand & totally boring hook test graphs, fly line mass graphs and hook dimension & test tables. Although some readers & fly tiers may find this interesting I don't. The first three quarters of the book is OK (about 3 stars) but the last quarter lets the book down. It would have been good if those pages had been devoted to more fly patterns.