This book shows you how to tie the world's most popular dry flies with speed, ease and efficiency. Tie like the pros-learn the commercial techniques and triple your enjoyment. Tying instruction is presented in a fun and easy to understand manner. over 800 concise macro color photos take you, step by step, through 26 demonstration patterns that are presented in a logical learning sequence. These patterns encompass all major adult foods of trout, including: mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, damselflies, midges, and terrestrials. Tying Dry Flies also offers fishing tips, interesting angling experiences of the author, a wealth of entomological and historical information, and beautiful angling art and illustrated tying instructions by Mike Stidham.
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Randall Kaufmann is one of the leading experts on flies, fly fishing, and fly tying. His innovative and unique tying techniques have helped set the standard for commercial tying operations. Randall has authored several books and is co-owner of Kaufmann's Streamborn, Inc. a fly fishing mail order house with stores in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, and Tigard, Oregon.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Tying Dry Flies: The Complete Dry Fly Instruction and Pattern Manual (Flyfishing Reference) (Paperback)
This book taught me how to tie flies. The photos are 100% in color, which is abosolutely needed in a fly tying book. Do not buy a fly tying book in black and white! It is nearly impossible to differentiate or even see the thread from the hackle from the rib....Each fly is tied in approx. 12-20 different steps. Randall does not leave any steps out. The book progresses from easy to difficult. Randall claims that if you can ties the patterns explained in detail, then you can tie any dry fly. I think he's right. I went from never tying a fly in my life a year ago to tying 90%+ of my own flies. Those darn humpies still drive me nuts, although Randall describes how to ties them in great detail. Just a warning. I saw his first edition of the book at a sporting goods store. It is in black and white. Making sure you buy the "Revised" edition.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A Must!!,
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This review is from: Tying Dry Flies: The Complete Dry Fly Instruction and Pattern Manual (Hardcover)
I have dozens of fly tying books. and this is the one I always have close. THE BEST. If you are an beginner to intermediate tyer you will love this book. See also Randal's nymph book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One stop fly box filling,
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This review is from: Tying Dry Flies: The Complete Dry Fly Instruction and Pattern Manual (Paperback)
If you are a new to tying flies, are frustrated trying to see through the thumbs of another author, or you just want to be a more effective tyer, this is a must have book for you. The next best thing to learning with a pro by your side.This book uses a series of useful patterns with detailed instructions to master all of the techniques needed to tie hundreds of patterns to meet any trout fishing need you can imagine. With this book you'll gain the skills and confidence to fill your fly boxes with durable, useful flies.
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