Years ago, I bought Terry Hellekson’s fantastic book on flies. I ended up buying both of his books. They give bits of history on some of the flies and a lot of tips on tying methods. His books are the best I have read on tying flies.
Now, I find that his revised book is now available on the ibook for those who have the ipad.
It is also available on Kindle, but you won’t see the color in the color plates in the book.
If you have an ipad, I would strongly recommend getting it.
The name of the book, I believe is “Fish Flies” by Terry Hellekson.
Of course, you can buy the hardcopy version from Amazon as well.
I think i’ve seen this book at borders, but i didn’t have the money to grab it. One books that i did find helpful starting out was the “orvis fly tying book”
The books you mentioned I own and highly reccomend. Here is my issue, I still prefer to have the real books in my posession. I feel if the kindle breaks or some glitch that might occur there goes your library. Not to mention I can take my books anywhere and not fear it being robbed, broken or damaged. This is just my issues and am in no way implying that a Kindle is not good or good. This topic is a more to each his own type of thing.
I said the iBook for the iPad - not an ebook. The kindle does not have color which is a drawback for this book
If you somehow lose your books on an ebook or iBook, you can re-download them at no cost. Yes, it is personal preference. Just that I like the iPad for traveling. Have my whole library with me
Have the hard copy version of Fish Flies Vol. II. I’ve had this book for at least 3 yrs. Up until now I’ve only given it a cursory look. Your post got me to thinking that I should finally drag it out and check it more closely. I think I"m liking it more and more. Some interesting stuff on Spey & Dee flies! I’m always interested in the historical background of the patterns. If you are interested in streamer pattern histories, I would recommend Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, by Joseph D. Bates Jr. There is an updated version out. Thanks for lighting a fire under me, I really did need to get busy and read this book!
