FLY-TYING Materials, Tools, Techniques

by Helen Shaw

Book Overview

Fly Tying: Materials, Tools, Technique is a comprehensive guide to the art of fly tying written by Helen Elizabeth Shaw. The book covers everything a beginner or experienced fly tyer needs to know... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826081053
• ISBN13: 9780826081056
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Ronald Press
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Definitive Fly tying bible

This is a great beginners or even experienced fly-tyers text with lots of pictures and easy methods. Black and white photos.

My first book on fly tying

I got this book way back in 1967. It is fantastic, I still use it today from time to time. Now my grand kids are learning to tie from this book now.

fly tying

This is the bood that really tought me to ty flies. I have read and tried to follow others, unlike all the other authors Helen teaches by method rather than by pattern. The pictures I personally think are excellent, she uses oversized materials for illustration. After reading and practicing the methods one will be able to ty a fly just by a list of materials without a picture or sample fly. If I were asked to reccommend only one book for one just starting this book would be it.

The Best

Shaw takes a unique approach to teaching how to tie. Rather than describing how to tie a Royal Coachman, for example, she organizes her chapters into fly parts and materials. So, there's a chapter on duck wings, a chapter on bucktail wings, etc. As a result, you can look at any pattern and figure out how to tie each part, regardless of whether you've tied the pattern before.She also has hints on how to manipulate the thread or other materials to get a stronger and more lasting fly. No fly tyer shoud be without this book.

The Basic Primer Of Fly Tying

If you are looking for a good solid book to teach you the fundamentals of fly tying then this book belongs in your library. Photography could be much better but the instruction techniques are concise and easy to master.