101 Favorite Dry Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies

by David Klausmeyer

Overview

101 Favorite Dry Flies is the latest from acclaimed writer David Klausmeyer. Whether you are a beginner seeking a comprehensible fishing guide or an experienced tyer yearning for the newest and most effective techniques, this book has it all. Each fly is wonderfully captured with its own clear photos and complete set of instructions. Not only does Klausmeyer highlight insightful tips and fishing strategies on specific flies, but he also offers historical key notes pertaining to that pattern.

Divided into four essential parts—Matching the Hatch, The Overlooked Flies, Important Terrestrials, and Attractive Patterns—this book covers each with thorough analysis. Included within are numerous images of materials and tying tools. Learn to master the classic patterns, but also discover the latest flies with suggested commercial fly-tying gear from Umpqua Feather Merchants or Rainy’s Flies. Detailed text is provided for imitative flies, containing explicit hatching information depending on the season and location.

In 101 Favorite Dry Flies, Klausmeyer teaches the fundamentals as well as innovative methods on how to properly excel in fishing. Fly-tying is a highly esteemed fisherman’s craft, but also an art form. Avid sport fisherman will treasure this book and gain an even more sense of in-depth knowledge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626365018
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	08/01/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	21 MB
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About the Author

David Klausmeyer has been the editor in chief of Fly Tyer magazine for the past twenty years. He has written numerous books and articles about fly tying, including The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Tying. He now does blogs and webcasts about them as well. His tying techniques are well known among tiers. He resides in Steuben, Maine.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Acknowledgments xi

Chapter 1 Matching the Hatch: Mayflies, Caddis-dies, and Stone-flies 1

Slow-water, Blue-winged Olive 2

Hovering Green Drake Emerger 4

Carol's Caddis 7

Dark Visible Dun 9

Yarn Wing Dun-Dark Hendrickson 11

Opal & Elk Caddisfly 13

Crowd Surfer Stone 15

March Brown Emerger 17

Blue Dun Snowshoe 18

Mahogany Quill Spinner 19

Heckel's Tape Wing Caddis 20

Egg-laying Rusty Spinner 22

Life & Death Callibaetis 24

ParaNymph 25

Flight's Fancy 27

Scuddle Muddle 29

Loop-wing Dun-Pale Morning Dun 30

Mahogany Emerger 32

Opal X-Caddis 34

X-Fly Modular Green Drake 35

Isonychia Comparadum 36

Quill Gordon 38

Olive Snowshoe Baetis Spinner 40

Green Drake Fan Wing 42

Crystal Wing Parachute Pheasant-tail and Adams 43

Struggling Green Drake 45

Harey Dun-Blue-winged Olive and Pale Morning Dun 47

CDCX-Caddis 49

Quick 'n EZY Parachute 51

Parachute Floating Nymph-Dark Hendrickson 52

Egg-laying CDC and Elk Caddisfly 54

Quill-bodied Hendrickson 56

X-Fly Parachute Adams 58

Delaware Hendrickson Emerger 59

Batten Kill Badger 61

Adams Snowshoe 62

UV2 Parachutes 63

Yarn Wing Caddis 65

Not Spent Spinner 66

Hi-Tie Sally 67

Cream Comparadun 68

Hock-wing Sulphur 70

Blacks Lipstick Spinner 72

Yellow Adams (Sort Of) 74

EZY Occasion-Double Magic 75

Olive CDC Caddisfly 77

Transducer-Pale Morning Dun 78

Sulphur Cripple 80

Cahill Quill 81

October Irresistible Caddis 84

Bradley Special 86

A.J.'s Hi-Vis Sulphur Emerger 88

Woodruff 89

Emerger Callibaecis 91

Cross Special 92

X2 Caddis 94

J:son Mayflies 96

Chapter 2 The Overlooked Flies: Midges, Damsel-flies, and More 99

Hornberg 100

Crane Fly 102

I.C.S.I. (I Can See It) Midge 104

Foam Damselfly 106

Black Gnat Snowshoe 107

Griffith's Gnat 108

Chapter 3 Important Terrestrials: Beetles, Grasshoppers, and Ants 111

Hot Legs Hopper 112

Letort Hopper 114

I.C.S.I. (I Can See It) Ant 115

Parachute Ant 117

Potters Fat Head Moth 118

Grand Hopper 120

Harvey Deer-hair Inchworm 122

CDC Foam Ant 123

Hyper Hopper 125

Letort Cricket 127

Mr. Bill's Fly Ant 128

Jassid 130

Chapter 4 Attractor Patterns: The Anti-imitators 131

Royal Wulff 132

Ausable Wulff 134

Quick 'n EZY Double Magic 136

The Usual 138

The Coyote 140

Spirit of Harford Milk 142

Grizzly Wulff 143

Egg-sucking Gnat 145

Bomber 146

Bi-visible 147

Opal Wulff 150

Wemoc Adams 151

Searcher 152

Crystal Wing Royal Wulff and Gray Wulff 153

B.G. Dun 155

Opal Trude 157

Grumpy Frumpy 158

Royal Humpy 160

Poly Humpy 161

Governor 162

EZY Kolzer 164

Queen of Waters 165

Royal Double Wing 167