Product Description

From trout to salmon and from panfish to bass, catching fish on a fly that you have tied is exciting and rewarding. A classic for every fly-fisherman's library, the easy-to-understand text and hundreds of full-colour, step-by-step photographs in "The Art of Fly Tying" will teach you how to tie flies like an expert. This book will help you choose the right tools, select the right materials, identify aquatic insects and understand the eating habits of your intended catch, and to tie all the basic elements of any fly pattern. The book contains over 200 classic patterns from the original edition as well as 16 new saltwater fly patterns and a new section on saltwater fly tying technique. Offered in a new, easy to use wire-o binding, the new edition also comes with a companion CD-ROM on which the author demonstrates his tying techniques and instructions live.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32673 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 144 pages

From the Publisher
This is the best selling fly-tying book of all time.
First released in 1994, this title comes in two versions: An 8 1/2 x 11" hardcover for $19.95, and the fly-shop favorite, 8 1/2 x 11" hardcover concealed wire-o binding for $23.95 (this allows the book to lay flat so that the tier's hands are free). Cowles Creative Publishing is the only publisher in the world that produces hardcover books, filled with hundreds of beautifully-detailed four color photographs, for such reasonable prices. We are truly creating cadilacs and selling them for chevy prices.

About the Author
John van Vliet grew up fishing in the Adirondack Mountains in the United States, and honed his skills on the creeks of Southeastern Minnesota, An accomplished fly-tier and fly-fishing instructor, he has written extensively on fishing for trout. He lives in Minnesota, USA.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding for the beginner and the novice
I have reviewed a number of books on this subject and this one by far is the most easily understood. The illustrations are clearly printed and the subject matter is thorough from beginning to end. I highly recommend this book for those truly interested in learning to tie flies.

Betty Crocker would have written this had she fished.
No longer limited to stuffy old Englishmen and elitist trout snobs, fly fishing has come to the masses.

"The Art of Fly Tying" provides an easy entry into the mysterious world of imitation insects, minnows and other critters that fish eat. The book's sharp and colorful closeups are typical of the macro lens and high-intensity light photography that Cy De Cosse and company have become known for in their many other "how to" guides...from microwave cook books to sewing primers.

This book actually combines the two latter themes by giving "recipes" of thread and other ingredients used to make the most common flies. It introduces each major type of fly pattern with a precisely photographed, step-by-step example using the basic tying techniques. If the fictional Betty Crocker had fished instead of cooked, this is the book she would have written.

"The Art of Fly Tying" also includes some science: A simple introduction to insects and other aquatic dwellers' life cycles. And to the welcome relief of readers feeling overwhelmed by the presumptuous jargon of more advanced fly tying guides, Van Vliet illustrates and explains fly tying equipment. A simple photograph of five types of bobbins, for example, saves the rookie from embarassing himself at the fly shop...since none resemble what you'd find in a sewing machine.

With its handy spiral binding, the book stays open and the pages lay flat for easy reference while you work, typical of the common sense approach the author takes throughout.

It's one book you can't WAIT to put down, so you can pick up your tying tools and start cooking.

The best way to understand what fishes think before lunch..
This is the second book on fly-tying I've read; all the things shown inside are really clear and also a child could tye a catching fly following the illustrations and the photos. Congratulations!