Skip Morris is among the most prolific fly-fishing and fly-tying authors alive--his name is known to anglers around the world.
Skip has written twelve books, including the established standard beginning fly tier's volume Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple, and The Art of Tying the Bass Fly, Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes (with lake-fishing guru Brian Chan), Concise Handbook of Fly Tying, and Fly Fisher's Guide to Western River Hatches.
His videos and DVD's range from instruction for tying nymphs, to tying bass flies, to tying and fishing flies for sea-run cutthroat trout.
Skip has published over 200 articles in magazines from Fly Fisherman to American Angler. For three years he was among the hosts of the "Fly-Fish Television Magazine" show.
Skip's newest book releases are "Trout Flies for Rivers: Patterns from the West that Work Everywhere"(Stackpole Books), and "Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple 2: Advanced Techniques" (Amato Publications).
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good basic introduction to foam,
By Former Rater (Nowhere) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tying Foam Flies (Paperback)
Skip has given us a very nice little guide to types of foam and their uses as tying material. The book is limited to pure-foam or foam and rubber flies. The intention of the author is to provide a starting point for tyers. I wish that the book included a few tips for adding foam to standard patterns. I use foam under all of my hopper patterns -- they always stay afloat.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A Grand Introduction to Foam,
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I hadn't really taken foam flies seriously until I saw what could be done with a Chernobyl Ant on the Green River. After that experience, I grabbed a copy of Skip's book and headed for my local craft store for a load of foam. Skip can explain tying as well as anyone out there and his patterns are effective. He makes it very clear and easy to tie the patterns in this book, and his descriptions of the various types of foams cleared a clouded subject for me. Buy the companion video for even more clarity.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I expected more,
By flyfishermanluis (Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tying Foam Flies (Paperback)
Dear Skip,
I know that the book dates back to 1990, there were no knowledge as today on foam, but I expected more from a book that deals only with the foam dressings.
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I see fly-tying foams from the simplest of perspectives-a foam is soft or hard or rigid (or Ethafoam, which stands alone), and it is either open-cell or closed-cell. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
advance the thread, whip finish the thread, foam flies, trim the foam, foam body, poly yarn, short shank, angle the thread, fur strip, foam strip, dry fly, spiral the thread, head cement, fly tier, foam types, elk hair, deer hair, wing case, fly tying Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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I see fly-tying foams from the simplest of perspectives-a foam is soft or hard or rigid (or Ethafoam, which stands alone), and it is either open-cell or closed-cell. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
advance the thread, whip finish the thread, foam flies, trim the foam, foam body, poly yarn, short shank, angle the thread, fur strip, foam strip, dry fly, spiral the thread, head cement, fly tier, foam types, elk hair, deer hair, wing case, fly tying Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bunse Dun, Morrisfoam Dun, Morrisfoam Diver, Morrisfoam Predator, John Betts, Morrisfoam Beetle New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- How Fish Work by Thomas Sholseth in Back Matter
- Hatch Guide for New England Streams by Thomas Ames Jr. in Back Matter
- Hatch Guide for Western Streams by Jim Schollmeyer in Back Matter
- Mayflies: Top to Bottom by Shane Stalcup in Back Matter
- Trout Flies: The Tier's Reference by Dave Hughes on page 430, page 452, and Back Matter
- Western Mayfly Hatches by Rick Hafele on page 137, page 242, and page 252
- Western Streamside Guide: Recognizing the Natural, Selecting Its Imitation by Dave Hughes on page 66, and Back Matter
- Western Streamside Guide by Dave Hughes on page 66, and Back Matter
- Complete Photo Guide to Fly Tying: 300 Tips, Techniques and Methods (The Freshwater Angler) by C. Boyd Pfeiffer in Back Matter
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