Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies

by David Klausmeyer

Overview

The inaugural title in an upcoming series of species-specific tying manuals produced in coordination with Fly Tyer magazine, Fly Tyer’s Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies provides the beginning and intermediate fly fisher with everything he or she needs to know in order to successfully tie the most successful, tried and true trout patterns. From “Getting Started: The Tools You Will Need to Tie Flies” to “Fying Streamers that Catch Large Trout,” and everything in between, the fly-fishing shelf has yt to see such a concise, authoritative tying manual. Nobody writes about fly tying quite like Dave Klausmeyer, and nobody has published a book quite like this one.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762787517
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2013
Series:	Fly Tyer
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dave Klausmeyer is editor and photographer of Fly TyerMagazine.His many books include Rocky Mountain Trout Flies: A Postcard Book (Lyons Press) and Guide Flies, Striped Bass Flies. His articles and photography have appeared in American Angler, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod & Reel, and Gray’s Sporting Journal. 

Table of Contents

The Master's Fly Box will contain 21 chapters. Each chapter will be based on an interview with one premiere angler. Each chapter describes that angler's theories about fly design, as well as his favorite fishing techniques. Each chapter will contain tips about where and when to fish, and tackle selection. This approach will give readers information about both fly tying as well as fishing, and will increase the books appeal to the broadest group of readers.

The Master's Fly Box will feature more than 200 photographs of flies with complete pattern recipes. Participants will also submit print-quality photographs of themselves and their clients fishing.

List of Subjects:

Initial invitations to participate in The Master's Fly Box will be sent to the following anglers. These subjects are among the most active anglers in the field, and regularly appear at fly-fishing shows and clubs across North America. They are also among the sport's most published authors. In addition to having high profiles within the angling community, participants were selected to represent a broad geographic area:

Mike Mercer

A. K. Best

Charlie Cravens

Brian Chan

Jay Buchner

Al Beatty

Craig Mathews

Skip Morris

Dave Hughes

John Barr

Denny Rickards

Tom Rosenbauer

Davy Wooten

Randall Kaufmann

Jack Dennis