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With a double-page spread devoted to each
pattern, featuring step-by-step
instructions in full colour, and ring
bound so that it will lie flat on the
bench or table top beside the fly-tying
vice, this is a reference book for anglers
who wish to tie their own versions of the
most successful patterns in current use.
The book starts with an introduction to
fly-tying basics, material, equipment and
techniques. The flies themselves are
divided into five categories, Dry Flies,
Nymphs and Bugs, Wet Flies, Streamers and
Hairwings and covers patterns that have a
proven record of success in catching
rainbow and brown trout, sea trout, salmon
and grayling in rivers and lakes
throughout the world. On each spread there
is a key indicating which species the fly
is designed to attract, a brief
description of when and how it should be
used, a full-colour photograph of the
finished fly indicating the materials used
for body, rib, hackle, and so on, the
range of hook sizes for which the pattern
is suitable and, on the facing page,
step-by-step instructions for tying.
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