I am looking at buying some entry level books to get started tying. Something that contains details on simple fly patters (if thats possible) Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I am looking at buying some entry level books to get started tying. Something that contains details on simple fly patters (if thats possible) Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank the best book to start is Basic Fly Tying. Jon Rounds, editor. Wayne Luallen, fly tier and consultant. Step by step tying and thread handling. Price ? under $20
Skip Morris also has several books that are quite good and not overly expensive.
Dave
Hi NJ,
I'm sure that you're going to get many different suggestions because there are so many good books out there on the market. I personally like the big Orvis Fly Tying Guide. It has great, step-by-step pictures for each fly. It moves from easy flies to more difficult flies in a logical fashion and it covers all the major fly patterns. This will really be the only book you require for the next few months.
Also, don't overlook the great stuff here on FOAL. Al Campbells tying section is a web classic, as are the step-by-step instructions for the Fly of the Week. Hope this helps. 8T ;)
The book that got me going was "The Fly-Tying Bible" by Peter Gathercole. 100 patterns with great pictures scaled by difficulty so that you will still use it once you get better.
And most important of all? It is a hard cover but bound with wire rings so it lays flat on your desk. This tells ya he's smarter than most ;)
Mastering the Art of Fly Tying ... Dick Talleur
The very first book I bought was fly tying at wally world for $9.95. It got me started and has kept me going forever. I also buy books from amazon. com and get the used ones a lot of times under $10.00.
NJ DOC,
Please take the time to go to the main page of FAOL, on the left in the menu "click" on "Fly Tying" and on the page that comes up, "click" on "Beginning Tying" and following each step from the beginning to the end. Then "click" on "Intermediate Tying" and follow each step and then "click" on "Advanced Tying" and follow each step. Once you have mastered these 3 classes, you can purchase any books you want if you still feel a need to. In my opinion, you cannot get better tying instructions than the ones I just pointed out to you and it is available to you at no charge on FAOL. Al Campbell was a great writer, teacher and human being and I miss him like others on this site. Give his lessons a try first and see if they are not what you are looking for at this stage of your fly tying.
I don't think you can go wrong with The Benchside Introduction To Fly Tying by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/review/050106.php
Thanks for all the input everyone. Warren, I am definately going to go and check out everything on the pages you suggested.