Tying Small Flies [Hardcover]

Ed Engle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2003

Midge larvae and pupae, tiny parachutes, floating nymphs, micro scuds, tiny ants

Choosing the right hook, thread, wire, and amount of weight for small flies plus 75 patterns, including Brassie, RS-2, Renegade, Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear, Griffith's Gnat

Foreword by John Gierach

Taking trout on lightweight rods with flies as small as size 20 and 30 is a challenge. Learn to imitate midges' trailing shucks and drowned adults, tie tiny parachutes and white-winged Tricos, and create patterns that mimic microcaddis and micro scuds. Engle covers small-fly history, tying tools, and materials. Tips on fishing techniques come from Ed Engle's 30 years of experience fishing small flies on the South Platte River.

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About the Author

Ed Engle lives in Colorado, where he guides and instructs fly fishers on the South Platte River. His website is www.edengleflyfishing.com.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1 edition (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811700828
• ISBN-13: 978-0811700825
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tying Flies for Spring Creeks and Tailwaters, January 15, 2004

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This is a very nicely done book on small (size 20 and down) flies of the variety typically used for selective trout on tailwaters and spring creeks. It reviews familar patterns like RS2's for example, but has ample new material surveying hooks, fine threads and tying techniques. I like Ed's style of writing as it seems to convey years of experience fishing tiny dries for selective trout in a low key writing fashion. Fills a gap along the lines of a modern Koch's Fishing the Midge, only wider in scope and greater in detail. Will become a permanent part of my collection. This along with Lawson's Spring Creeks are a couple of recent "must haves"......

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mariano, Martin, Koch & Holbrook and now Engle, March 21, 2004

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There are a few really sound books that address tying small patterns. Vince Mariano's In the Ring of the Rise, Darrel Martin's Micropatterns, Holbrook & Koch's Midge Magic and now Ed Engle's Tying Small Flies.

If you followed Mr. Engle's column in Fly Tyer Magazine then you know how clearly Mr. Engle writes. His writing style (like his flies) is brief, concise and well thought out. This book is much more than a collection of the Fly Tyer articles (though it does contain updated versions of those articles) - it is an exploration of how a "regular guy" ties these little flies for tailwaters.

I recommend adding this book to your collection along with the predecessors. Any fly fisher wanting to explore these flies will benefit from all of these books. I know I have.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good selection of easy to tie flys!, August 3, 2005

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I'm not as cordinated as I was when I was younger and this book has many quick and easy to tie flys. It focuses on simplicity and flys that work.