101 Innovative Fly-Tying Techniques : How to Tie Flies Quickly, Easily, and Professionally

by Meck, Charles R.

• ISBN13: 9781585747511
• ISBN10: 1585747513
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Priceless hints from one of the best fly tyers in the country.

Author Biography

Charles R. Meck has fly-fished for more than fifty years. He has written nine books on the subject. He has taught fly tying and fishing in Canada, New Zealand, and more than twenty states, and has written more than five hundred magazine and newspaper articles on fly fishing. Previously the regional director for continuing education at Penn State University, he divides his time between homes in State College, Pennsylvania and Mesa, Arizona

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The Basics	p. 1
Some Different Tying Techniques
Is Perfect Always Best?
Patterns Tied to Show the 101 Techniques
A Common Fly-Tying Language
Emergers and Nymphs	p. 23
Fishing Emergers and Nymphs
Tying Emergers and Nymphs
The Hendrickson Emerger
The Pheasant-Tail Nymph
The Quigley Wiggler
The March Brown Nymph
The Swimming Ephemera Nymph
Wet Flies	p. 44
Fishing the Wet Fly
Tying the Wet Fly
I'm Not Sure
The Green Weenie
The Glo Bug
The Zebra Midge
The March Brown
The Bugskin Crayfish
Tungsten Flies for Great Lakes Steelhead
Terrestrials	p. 67
Fishing Terrestrials
Tying Terrestrials
The Plastic Beetle
The Elk Hop
The Chernobyl Cricket
The Sunken Ant
The Winged Ant
The Deerhair or Poly Ant
Conventional Dry Flies	p. 83
Fishing the Conventional Patterns
Tying the Conventional Patterns
The Patriot
The Strike Indicator
The Hybrid
The Upright Spinner
The Chocolate Dun
Spentwings	p. 101
Fishing the Spentwings
Tying the Spentwings
Some Important May and June Spinners
The Sunken Trico
The Twisted Green Drake Spinner
The Twisted Coffin Fly Spinner
The Red Quill Spinner
Down-Wings	p. 120
Fishing the Down-Wings
Tying the Down-Wings
The Black Caddis
The Deer-Head Caddis
The Fluttering Deer-Head Caddis
The Twisted Caddis
The Simple Salmon
Kurt's Caddis
Parachutes	p. 139
Fishing the Parachutes
Tying the Parachutes
The Slate Drake
The Little Blue-Winged Olive Dun
The Summer Blue Quills
The Twisted Brown Drake
Streamers and Bucktails	p. 158
Fishing Streamers and Bucktails
Tying Streamers and Bucktails
The Bead-Head Woolly Bugger
The Lady Ghost
The Sparkle-Head Streamer
The Golden Shiner
Stimulator Type Patterns	p. 172
Fishing the Stimulator
Tying Stimulator Type Patterns
The Laid Back Hex
The Convertible
Now It's Your Turn	p. 179
Index	p. 181
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