American Fly Tying Manual: Dressings and Methods for Tying Nearly 300 of America's Most Popular PatternsClear illustrations and photos (83) show you how to tie all 290 patterns in the book which are shown in full color and large size with tying instructions adjacent to each. Best-producing North American flies, including most popular dry, nymph, wet, streamer and bucktail, steelhead, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, cut-throat, Alaskan, saltwater, bass, and panfish patterns. Color plates of tying materials, including fur, hackle, thread, etc. Fly pattern index. Fishing tips for most patterns. Printed on heavy, gloss paper stock. Bound for easy opening. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 8 |
Streamers and Bucktails | 15 |
Hairwing Dry Flies | 22 |
Copyright | |
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ABDOMEN Black chenille Black hackle Blue dun hackle Brown hackle bucktail BUTT Caddis CADDIS HOOK caddisflies Coachman brown color Dark blue dun Deer body hair deer hair dressing dry fly dubbing dun hackle fibers dyed elk hair feather fish flashabou Flat silver tinsel fly tying fur or synthetic Golden pheasant Golden pheasant crest goose quill fibers Gray partridge Grizzly hackle guard hairs hackle tips half hitches hook eye hook shank imitate Jungle cock Light ginger Mallard quill mayfly Muskrat Muskrat fur Mustad mylar NOTE nymphs Olive fur Oval silver tinsel OVERWING palmered Peacock herl pheasant center tail Red fox Ringneck pheasant saddle hackle salmon flies salmon fly Scarlet hackle fibers seal fur SHELLBACK Silver mylar spun and clipped steelhead streamers THORAX THREAD tied trout turns lead wire UNDERWING upright and divided wet fly whip finish White bucktail White calf tail WING WINGCASE Wood duck flank WOOLLY BUGGER wraps