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Books?
I have just 2 books on tying so far, Skip Morris' fly tying made clear and simple, and Jack Dennis Western fly tying manual. I think I'm at a point where I need some additional books, but don't have the slightest idea on what to get. I'm considering the benchside reference in book or CD, and the encyclopedia of patterns by the FFF.
Can anyone give some personal recommendations from their experience? I primarily fish for bluegills, trout by nymph, bass and the occasional carp and consider myself as a novice to intermediate tyer.
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Are you looking for books that will help you with skills/techniques, or are you just wanting pattern recipes?
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Either. I am looking for good resource books that will help with tying skills, patterns, or other info that is helpful to have on your tying desk. Books are hard to judge without seeing them, and we don't have many around here to look at.
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ol' blue,
Where in Kansas are you? If you're close to KC, there's K&K, Rainbow Fly Shop, Cabelas, Borders, Barnes and Noble ... all have excellent supplies of fishing, tying books.
One really fun book for the step up from novice tyer would be The Benchside Introduction to Fly Tying by Leeson and Schollmeyer. It's split across the pages midway, so you can have a pattern infront of you on the top page, and on the bottom of the page the reference to how to perform each step. Pretty cool! Another Tying book would be The Fly-tying bible by Peter Gathercole.
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Might I suggest two books, both by Randall Kaufmann ---- Tying Dry Flies and Tying Nymphs. Both contain color photos of the completed flies and black & white tying instruction photos of various flies to illustrate tying techniques.
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Betty,
I'm south of Wichita, so KC is 3 hours or so. We have a couple of shops that carry flyfishing stuff, but not much for books. I'm limited to B&N and other chain type stores.
I am going to get a good list, and hit the local bookstores, and if I can't find anything there, I'll go online. Thanks for the recommendations, everyone. I'm getting a good list already.
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My suggestion would be Amazon.com books section, they have lots of fly tying books from some of the best tyers around. Take your pick and you can buy them discounted.
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You might have great luck finding what you want right here on FAOL.
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Hi,
You could check your local library. They often have a good supply of books there :wink: Seriously though, I've found the local library to be a great source for fly tying books; especially ones that are no longer in print. That way, you can check them out, use it for a few weeks (or however long the lending period is), and then decide if it's one you would want to buy for yourself.
- Jeff
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If you are looking for pattern books try and find a copy of "FLies, The best One Thousand" Frank Amato. or " Fly Pattern's of Umpqua Feather Merchant's Both great pattern books.
A few older one's you might like are "Flies" By Leonard. " The Compleat Book of Fly Tying" By Eric Leiser. And both the "Nymph and Dry Fly Books" By Randall Kaufmann. All good pattern books. That should do you for a bit :) LOL. The Benchside Guide is about the best on the market for new tier's. Ron