Tying Flies with Foam, Fur, and Feathers

by Harrison R. Steeves III

Overview

Using foam with other materials to create flies. 48 effective and innovative fly patterns. Hot Spot Ant, Japanese Beetle, Katydid, Salmonfly, and Steeves' Mouse plus how to design your own patterns.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811743969
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	07/01/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	95 MB
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About the Author

Harrison R. Steeves III lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	v
	Acknowledgments	vi
	Introduction	vii
Chapter 1	Designing a Terrestrial Pattern	1
Chapter 2	Materials	6
	Foam	6
	Other Materials	8
Chapter 3	Fishing Terrestrials	11
	Equipment	11
	Which Pattern to Choose	11
	When to Fish a Terrestrial Pattern	12
	Fishing Terrestrial Patterns During a Hatch	13
	Fishing to Structure	14
	Fishing to the Bank	15
Chapter 4	Ants	17
	AttractANT	18
	EZC Carpenter Ant	19
	Cow Killer Ant	21
	Hot Spot Ant	22
	Flip-Flop Ants	24
	Los Alamos Ant	25
	TransparANT	29
Chapter 5	Beetles	31
	Bark (Longhorn) Beetle	32
	Disc O'Beetle	35
	Disco Japanese Beetle	36
	Double Disc O'Beetle	37
	Firefly	39
	Japanese Beetle (Original)	43
	Locoskin Japanese Beetle	46
	Kiwi Fleetle	48
	Tiger Beetle	50
	Basic Black Beetle	52
	Sinking Japanese Beetle	53
	Epoxy Beetle	57
Chapter 6	Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Their Relatives	59
	Colorado Hopper	59
	Crystal Butt Cricket	63
	Crystal Butt Hopper	65
	Flying Hopper	68
	Katydid	71
Chapter 7	Miscellaneous Insects	74
	Black Widow (Trout)	74
	Disc Head Cicada	76
	Disco Damselfly	81
	Egg-Laying Caddis	83
	Fliedermouse	85
	Motivator	87
	Plumpy	89
	UFO	92
	Bumblebee	96
	Mud Dauber	99
	Paper Wasp	100
	Turbo Wasp	101
	Deer Fly	102
	Bluebottle and Greenbottle Flies	104
	Horse Fly	107
	Salmonfly	110
Chapter 8	Flies for Warm Water	113
	Black Widow (Bass)	115
	Humpbacks	117
	Frawg	120
	Megabug	122
	Steeves' Mouse	125
	Torpedo	128
	Snakey Jake	130
	Ultimate Cicada	131
	Afterword	135