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Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Bass and Panfish Flies: (Fly Tyer)

Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Bass and Panfish Flies: (Fly Tyer)


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About the Book

Bass and panfish flies tend to be relatively easy to tie, and Fly Tyer’s Guide to Essential Trout Flies will take advantage of this near-universal appeal. At 128 pages and with the popular, hidden-spiral binding, the title is both accessible and utilitarian.

Table of Contents:
Introduction

Chapter One:

The Big Picture

The Fish

The Waters and Equipment Used

Flies

Chapter Two:

Getting Started

Necessary Tools

Vise

Scissors

Bobbin

Hackle Pliers

Bodkin/Half-Hitch Tool

Other Useful Tools

Bobbin Threader

Whip Finisher

Hair Stacker

Hair Packer

Tweezers

The Tying Area

Materials

Thread

Body Materials

Feathers

Tails, Hairs, and Furs

Synthetic Hair and Flash

Eyes, heads, Weight, and Legs

Foam

Hooks

Chapter Three:

Basic Techniques

Starting the Thread

Wrapping the Thread

Finishing Off the Thread

Weighting a Body

Tying in Barbell Eyes

Making a Hook Weedless

Making the Whip Finish

Chapter 4:

Below the Surface

The Sinking Spider

The Basic Woolly Bugger

The Better Bugger Variation

The Damsel/Dragon Variation

The Baitfish Bugger Variation

Beadhead or Conehead Variation

The Hellgramite Variation

Simple Crayfish

Sculpin Bugger

The Basic Deep Minnow

Spottail Shiner Variation

Perch Minnow Variation

Jig Deep Minnow

Simple Minnow

Crafty Minnow

Fish Head Minnow

Chapter Five:

On the Surface

Floating Spider/Ant

Simple Popper

Simple Slider

Instant Popper

Blockhead Popper

Rabbit Strip Diver

Hairy Diver

Froggy Diver

Froggy Popper

About the Author :
Jerry Darkes is a fly tackle sales rep, instructor/guide and writer based in northern Ohio with over 4 decades of fresh and saltwater fly fishing experience. Jerry was the first fly fishing only guide on Ohio's Lake Erie tributaries, helped pioneer many of the fly patterns and techniques used today and is recognized as an expert on Great Lakes steelhead and warm water fly fishing. He is a member of the PEAK Fishing staff. Jerry has authored numerous articles in various publications including Ohio Outdoors, Warmwater Fly Fishing, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Wild Steelhead and Salmon, Fly Fish America, Midwest Fly Fishing, American Angler, Fly Tyer, Southwest Fly Fishing and Eastern Fly Fishing. He contributed a short story published in the book Friends on the Water by Val Atkinson. Darkes has been featured in several books and video/DVD productions about Great Lakes fly fishing. He is a well known fly tyer and has created a series of guide pattern instructional fly tying DVDs focused on Great Lakes steelhead and gamefish. Jerry gives many programs and demonstrations throughout the region and has appeared in several television shows including Trout Unlimited TV and Outdoors Ohio. Jerry has been married for 30 years and has two daughters.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781493008698
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The Lyons Press
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Fly Tyer
  • ISBN-10: 1493008692
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 112
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N


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