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Book Synopsis
If you fly fish, you need flies. Here are the 50 proven patterns that every fly fisher should carry to catch trout anywhere in the world. This new edition, with 20 additional patterns and 300 variations, addresses the changes in fly preference over the years with some old patterns dropped for new styles tied with new materials and tying techniques.

Table of Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition
Part 1. Learning to Tie Trout Flies
  • Chapter 1: Fly Pattern Simplicity
  • Chapter 2: The World in Two Fly Boxes
  • Chapter 3: Fly-Tying Tools
  • Chapter 4: Fly-Tying Materials
  • Chapter 5: Basic Maneuvers in Tying
Part 2. Dry Flies
  • Chapter 6: Searching Dry Flies
  • Traditional Dry Flies
  • Wulffs
  • Parachutes
  • Madam Xs
  • Chernobyl Ants
  • Chapter 7: Imitative Dry Flies
  • Mayflies
  • Sparkle Duns
  • Thorax Duns
  • CDC Duns
  • Quigley Cripples
  • Spent-Wing Spinners
  • Caddisflies
  • Elk Hair Caddis
  • X-Caddis
  • CDC Caddis
  • Stoneflies
  • Hair-Wing Stonefly Drys
  • Foam Stoneflies and Others
  • Midges
  • Traditional Midge Drys
  • Klinkhamer Specials
  • CDC Midges
  • Terrestrials
  • Hoppers and Crickets
  • Foam Beetles and Ants
  • Fur Beetles and Ants
Part 3. Nymphs
  • Chapter 8: Searching Nymphs
  • Fur Nymphs
  • Herl Nymphs
  • Czech Nymphs
  • Wire-Bodied Nymphs
  • Chapter 9: Imitative Nymphs
  • Mayflies
  • Mayfly Nymphs
  • RS-2 and WD-40
  • Stoneflies
  • Stonefly Nymphs
  • Rubber-Leg Stones
  • Caddisflies
  • Caddis Larva Nymphs
  • Caddis Pupa Nymphs
  • Midges
  • Thread and Flash Midge Nymphs
  • Lace and Biot Midge Nymphs
  • Serendipities
  • Other Food Forms
  • Scuds and Sowbug Nymphs
  • Damselfly Nymphs
  • Dragonfly Nymphs
  • San Juan Worms and Egg Patterns
Part 4. Wet Flies and Streamers
  • Chapter 10: Wet Flies
  • Soft-Hackled Wets
  • Flymphs (Wingless Wets)
  • Traditional Winged Wets
  • All-Fur Wet Flies
  • Chapter 11: Streamers
  • Muddler Minnows
  • Hair-Wing and Featherwing Streamers
  • Woolly Buggers
  • Mohair Leeches
  • Clouser Minnows
  • Bunny/Rabbit Leeches
  • Matukas and Zonkers
  • Articulated Streamers
Conclusion: A Fly-Box Strategy
About the Author

Essential Trout Flies

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      Publisher: Stackpole Books
      Publication Date: 01/10/2017
      ISBN13: 9780811719698, 978-0811719698
      ISBN10: 0811719693

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      If you fly fish, you need flies. Here are the 50 proven patterns that every fly fisher should carry to catch trout anywhere in the world. This new edition, with 20 additional patterns and 300 variations, addresses the changes in fly preference over the years with some old patterns dropped for new styles tied with new materials and tying techniques.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction to the Second Edition
      Part 1. Learning to Tie Trout Flies
      • Chapter 1: Fly Pattern Simplicity
      • Chapter 2: The World in Two Fly Boxes
      • Chapter 3: Fly-Tying Tools
      • Chapter 4: Fly-Tying Materials
      • Chapter 5: Basic Maneuvers in Tying
      Part 2. Dry Flies
      • Chapter 6: Searching Dry Flies
      • Traditional Dry Flies
      • Wulffs
      • Parachutes
      • Madam Xs
      • Chernobyl Ants
      • Chapter 7: Imitative Dry Flies
      • Mayflies
      • Sparkle Duns
      • Thorax Duns
      • CDC Duns
      • Quigley Cripples
      • Spent-Wing Spinners
      • Caddisflies
      • Elk Hair Caddis
      • X-Caddis
      • CDC Caddis
      • Stoneflies
      • Hair-Wing Stonefly Drys
      • Foam Stoneflies and Others
      • Midges
      • Traditional Midge Drys
      • Klinkhamer Specials
      • CDC Midges
      • Terrestrials
      • Hoppers and Crickets
      • Foam Beetles and Ants
      • Fur Beetles and Ants
      Part 3. Nymphs
      • Chapter 8: Searching Nymphs
      • Fur Nymphs
      • Herl Nymphs
      • Czech Nymphs
      • Wire-Bodied Nymphs
      • Chapter 9: Imitative Nymphs
      • Mayflies
      • Mayfly Nymphs
      • RS-2 and WD-40
      • Stoneflies
      • Stonefly Nymphs
      • Rubber-Leg Stones
      • Caddisflies
      • Caddis Larva Nymphs
      • Caddis Pupa Nymphs
      • Midges
      • Thread and Flash Midge Nymphs
      • Lace and Biot Midge Nymphs
      • Serendipities
      • Other Food Forms
      • Scuds and Sowbug Nymphs
      • Damselfly Nymphs
      • Dragonfly Nymphs
      • San Juan Worms and Egg Patterns
      Part 4. Wet Flies and Streamers
      • Chapter 10: Wet Flies
      • Soft-Hackled Wets
      • Flymphs (Wingless Wets)
      • Traditional Winged Wets
      • All-Fur Wet Flies
      • Chapter 11: Streamers
      • Muddler Minnows
      • Hair-Wing and Featherwing Streamers
      • Woolly Buggers
      • Mohair Leeches
      • Clouser Minnows
      • Bunny/Rabbit Leeches
      • Matukas and Zonkers
      • Articulated Streamers
      Conclusion: A Fly-Box Strategy
      About the Author

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