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    Default Recommend a fly tying book?

    Hi there

    Been tying salt water flies for about 6 months, but am now keen to get into some smaller flies for rivers, still waters. Still confused about what is meant by things like dubbing, dubbing brushes and the lingo used for nymphs, emergers etc.

    Can anyone recommend a book I could buy to introduce me to meaning of these and other methods, which might include some decent flies for fresh water fishing?

    I have heard of Tom Sutcliffe's books, but are there any others?

    Thanks a lot

    Matt

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    Peter Gathercole's Fly-tying Bible is a good starting point. IMO.
    Anything by Oliver Edwards.
    So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefybovril View Post
    I have heard of Tom Sutcliffe's books, but are there any others?
    Heya Matt,

    For a local intro book, you can't do much better than Tom's "Elements of Fly Tying". That will give you a real good basic grounding, with very useful flies as a result!

    Next step up, also local, would be Dean Riphagen's "South African Fly Fishing Handbook" - if you can find a copy. Excellent guides and SBS's in there.


    Also plenty of available "Fly Tying 101" intro sites on the web. Al Campbell's Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced sections on FAOL is where I started:

    http://www.flyanglersonline.com
    (click on "fly tying" in the menu and you will get the entire tying menu on the LHS, and look for "Beginning", "Intermediate", and "Advanced" - be sure to check out the "Tying Tips" section)

    And if you want a free book look for Peter Gathercole's "Fly Tying Bible" as a downloadable eBook on the mininova.org torrent site (it's still there, just checked). 16MB download.

    And most of all, Have Fun!
    Jan L. Korrûbel
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    Brilliant, thanks so much!!!!.....yes, and I am having fun already

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    I have Tom Sutcliff's "The Elements of fly tying" and the "Fly tying Bible" both are very good for a beginner.
    Peter

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    Get yourself a copy of The Fly Tyers Benchside Reference. It demostrates a lot of techniques,covers a lot of lingo but shows very few patterns unfortuntely.

    Any fly consists of a certain technique/s and obviously materials and a hook.Master the technique and create your own fly.A simple yet highly succesfull route to follow.

    For example: a Brassie fly

    1.How to debarb a hook.How to add a bead?Which side of the holes?Why?
    2.How to wrap wire; which way around?
    3.Tying in wire or not or when to?
    4.Breaking,cutting or wiggling wire.Why?
    5.What size diameter?Why?
    6.Adding thread? How?
    7.How to break thread? How to cut thread? What's the diffs?
    8.What thread?
    9.Dubbing loop vs split thread.
    10.Dubbing vs cdc vs deer hair vs guard hairs?
    11.Glue vs varnish vs UV knot

    From there it's hit and miss wrt materials and their uses.This is the fun part of tying.Playing around with different stuff to immitate whatever it is you wanna immitate.

    Maybe another add on is to get a book on Entomology and or get a seine net to collect various types of nymphs/larvas at different stages of their life cycles.

    And then it's practise practise and lots of $...
    Last edited by Gerrit Viljoen; 07-09-09 at 05:31 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JanK View Post
    And if you want a free book look for Peter Gathercole's "Fly Tying Bible" as a downloadable eBook on the mininova.org torrent site (it's still there, just checked). 16MB download.
    69mb and no one is seeding... pity

    correction: i found the one you mentioned and it is being seeded. Nice.
    Last edited by Byron; 07-09-09 at 08:34 PM.
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    Downloaded it myself this afternoon, thanks Jan.

    Rob

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    I did try to download it but just get the server error. I tried on both firefox and Internet explorer.

    Is there settings that I can change?
    Dry lines don't catch fish!

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    What BitTorrent downloader are you using? Try using Vuse (The old Azureus), I find it to be the most user friendly and generally works without any flaws. You can get it here http://www.vuze.com/app

    Rob

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