Patent Patterns

by Schollmeyer, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781571882806
• ISBN10: 1571882804
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Frank Amato Pubns

Summary

At last, the incredibly popular Flyfishing & Tying Journal column is now available in a book. Over the past several years, Jim has been compiling a variety of flies and their fly patterns from contributors to the "Patent Patterns" column. This highly successful contest has brought out the most creative and talented of tiers from all offer the world. patterns styles include: mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, midges, attractors, soft hackles, and wet flies, damsel- and dragonflies, freshwater shrimp, scuds, snails, sowbugs, water boatman, terrestrials, streamers, bass and bluegill, Atlantic salmon, steelhead and sea trout, inshore saltwater. The creativity and variety in this fly-tying book will astonish you.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(1)
Mayflies	8	(20)
Nymphs	8	(3)
Emergers	11	(10)
Duns	21	(4)
Spinners	25	(3)
Caddisflies	28	(15)
Larvae	28	(4)
Pupae	32	(3)
Emergers	35	(3)
Adults	38	(5)
Stoneflies	43	(19)
Nymphs	43	(11)
Adults	54	(8)
Midge	62	(16)
Larvae	62	(2)
Pupae	64	(6)
Emergers	70	(4)
Adults	74	(4)
Attractor Patterns	78	(14)
Attractor Nymphs	78	(6)
Attractor Dry Flies	84	(8)
Soft Hackles and Wet Flies	92	(14)
Soft Hackles	92	(8)
Wet Flies	100	(6)
Damselflies and Dragonflies	106	(13)
Damselfly Nymphs	106	(5)
Damselfly Adults	111	(2)
Dragonfly Nymphs	113	(4)
Dragonfly Adults	117	(2)
Scuds, Freshwater Shrimp, Snails, Sow Bugs, Water Boatmen	119	(14)
Scuds	119	(5)
Freshwater Shrimp	124	(3)
Snails	127	(2)
Sow Bugs	129	(2)
Water Boatmen	131	(2)
Terrestrials	133	(13)
Ants	133	(3)
Beetles	136	(3)
Grasshoppers	139	(4)
Miscellaneous Terrestrials	143	(3)
Streamers	146	(13)
Bass and Bluegill	159	(13)
Bass Surface Patterns	159	(2)
Bass Sinking Patterns	161	(6)
Bluegill Surface Patterns	167	(3)
Bluegill Sinking Patterns	170	(2)
Atlantic Salmon, Steelhead, Sea Trout	172	(13)
Atlantic Salmon	172	(5)
Steelhead	177	(6)
Sea Trout	183	(2)
Inshore Saltwater Flies	185	(7)
Fly Index	192	(3)
Tier Index	195