Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Bass and Panfish Flies will, within a brief 128 pages, provide the beginning and intermediate fly tier with everything he or she needs to know in order to successfully tie the most successful, tried and true bass and panfish patterns.
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By Jerry Darkes
Inhalt
Introduction
Chapter One:
The Big Picture
The Fish
The Waters and Equipment Used
Flies
Chapter Two:
Getting Started
Necessary Tools
Vise
Scissors
Bobbin
Hackle Pliers
Bodkin/Half-Hitch Tool
Other Useful Tools
Bobbin Threader
Whip Finisher
Hair Stacker
Hair Packer
Tweezers
The Tying Area
Materials
Thread
Body Materials
Feathers
Tails, Hairs, and Furs
Synthetic Hair and Flash
Eyes, heads, Weight, and Legs
Foam
Hooks
Chapter Three:
Basic Techniques
Starting the Thread
Wrapping the Thread
Finishing Off the Thread
Weighting a Body
Tying in Barbell Eyes
Making a Hook Weedless
Making the Whip Finish
Chapter 4:
Below the Surface
The Sinking Spider
The Basic Woolly Bugger
The Better Bugger Variation
The Damsel/Dragon Variation
The Baitfish Bugger Variation
Beadhead or Conehead Variation
The Hellgramite Variation
Simple Crayfish
Sculpin Bugger
The Basic Deep Minnow
Spottail Shiner Variation
Perch Minnow Variation
Jig Deep Minnow
Simple Minnow
Crafty Minnow
Fish Head Minnow
Chapter Five:
On the Surface
Floating Spider/Ant
Simple Popper
Simple Slider
Instant Popper
Blockhead Popper
Rabbit Strip Diver
Hairy Diver
Froggy Diver
Froggy Popper