How to Tie Flies :: CONTENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION	vii
TOOLS, HOOKS, AND MATERIALS	1
Tools--Fly-Tiers Vise Hackle Pliers, scissors
Hooks
Materials--Quill Bodies, Herl Bodies, Hackles
Tails, Cheeks or Shoulders, Ribbing,
Wings, Tying Silk
BUCKTAIL STREAMERS	15
WET FLIES	22
DRY FLIES	27
NYMPHS and Their Construction	32
Nymphs: Their Construction
The Helgramite
BASS FLIES AND FEATHER STREAMERS	42
FAMOUS BUCKTAIL AND FEATHER STREAMERS	47

FLOATING BUGS and Their Construction	49
Cork Bodied Bass Bugs

ANGLER'S KNOTS	61
MY FAVORITE FLIES	62
STANDARD DRESSINGS OF 334 FLIES	69

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Diagram 1. Page sized drawing of parts of a fly.

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