Soft-Hackled Fly

By Sylvester Nemes

Book Overview

- 61 fly patterns: Partridge and Orange, Iron Blue Dun, and many more historically proven flies - Ten new chapters on tiny soft hackles and how to tie them - New color photos of 38 tiny soft hackles Sylvester Nemes is singlehandedly responsible for the popularity of the soft-hackled fly in American fly fishing today. The Soft-Hackled Fly, Nemes's first book, written in 1975, was the catalyst for the resurgence. Now revised with ten new chapters on tiny flies and full-color photos, Nemes shares colorful experiences at home and abroad, the history of the soft-hackled fly, and illustrated step-by-step instructions for tying the flies. He also describes his technique of fishing the flies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811701514
• ISBN13: 9780811701518
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"