A. K. Best's Advanced Fly Tying : The Proven Methods and Techniques of a Master Professional Fly Tyer,9781592289561

A. K. Best's Advanced Fly Tying : The Proven Methods and Techniques of a Master Professional Fly Tyer

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781592289561
ISBN10: 1592289568
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2006-10-01
Publisher(s): Lyons Press
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Summary

In his fourth book on the subject, author A. K. Best offers a thoughtful interpretation of advanced techniques for tying trout flies. In A. K. Best's Advanced Fly Tying, A. K. discusses tools, materials, and methods in elaborate detail, and the resulting fly patterns "may, in the right hands, fool a few more trout," according to John Gierach's introduction.

Author Biography

A. K. Best has tied flies and fly fished for more than thirty-five years. His patterns have been featured in many national fly-fishing magazines including Fly Tyer.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Introduction ix
Vise and Tool Care
1(8)
Using Rotary Vises
9(4)
Saving Time
13(10)
Hand Position
23(14)
Necks or Saddles?
37(10)
Hackle Sizing
47(6)
Avoiding Cone-Shaped Hackle Collars
53(4)
Heads
57(6)
Tying Yourself Out of Trouble
63(14)
Delicate Flies for Skinny Water
77(66)
Spinning Deer Hair on Small Hooks
143(10)
Quill-Bodied Sulphurs
153(6)
Olive Quill Dun II and Red Quill Dun II
159(6)
Indestructible Biots
165(8)
Flavilineas
173(14)
Lime Trude
187(6)
Sparkle Wing Caddis
193(6)
Clumsy Caddis
199(6)
Large Caddis
205(6)
Butt Faced Lemmings
211(8)
Field Dressing Flies and the Fly-Tying Travel Kit
219(8)
Index 227

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