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#3251801 - 03/19/09 09:21 PM
Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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I PM'd one of the mods and asked if it were possible on this forum to get a sticky topic (I.e. one that always stays at the top of the forum) for us to list the books that we use. Will let you know what the mod says.
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#3252621 - 03/20/09 07:22 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: rrhyne56]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 02/16/01
Posts: 11622
Loc: McKinney TX USA
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#3253113 - 03/20/09 10:04 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: 10percent]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 02/16/01
Posts: 11622
Loc: McKinney TX USA
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That is a beautiful page! I took the liberty of making the URL clickable in your post (that is my main activity as Fly Fishing moderator. You guys don't cause much trouble at all  ) The Casual Dress looks to be Jack Gartside's inspiration for his Sparrow. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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#3253278 - 03/20/09 10:42 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: rrhyne56]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 03/17/09
Posts: 40
Loc: ft.worth tx
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Search Polly Rosborough for his press clippings,he was one of kind. Wrote a book at 80 about trapping, entitled Martens I have known. I can't say enough about this gent, he took me under his wing after watching me fish a section of his home river really poorly. I was very young and thought this was a distance sport. He had a little shotgun shack on the Williamson River where he sold everything a fisherman needed. Coca Cola, cheese crackers and his book. He invited me to have a soda, gave me a handful of flies and sold me a book he autographed for free. I hadn't a clue who he was. Made the trip at least once a year after that to fish and vist. He was a frequent visitor to my mother in laws gallery...she would assist him w/the shadowbox fly displays that became popular.
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#3253298 - 03/20/09 10:48 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: 10percent]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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I really am a devotee of terrestrials. If you haven't read Harrison Steeves book called Tying Flies with Foam, Fur, and Feathers you are missing a lot. You can get it on Amazon for under $10 bucks and it is worth that several times over. Its the bible on Foam Terrestrial Flies.
Another great book is Fly Tying with Poly Yarn by Lee Clark.
Flies for Bass and Panfish by Dick Stewart. 80 pages of patterns, pictures and recipes for the flies.
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#3253300 - 03/20/09 10:49 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: yuccaflats]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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Tying Foam Flies by Skip Morris
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#3253415 - 03/20/09 11:18 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: rrhyne56]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 03/14/08
Posts: 5244
Loc: Athens, TX
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If you plan to pursue primarily bass with your whippy stick, I highly recommend Whitlock's book as a starting point even before you take a lesson or buy a fly rod. Don't worry, it isn't an advertisement disguised as a book. The only mention of L.L. Bean at all is in the pictures of some of the gear. L.L. Bean Fly Fishing for Bass Handbook If you want to learn more about the habits and behaviors of largemouth bass and get a good history lesson on bass fishing, I highly recommend Ellis' book. Bassin' with a Fly Rod Most of the books that will be listed here are probably available used at very reasonable prices. Used books are your friends and usually don't have all the knowledge sucked out of them yet.
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#3254586 - 03/20/09 05:29 PM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: rrhyne56]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 03/17/09
Posts: 40
Loc: ft.worth tx
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Flies by J. Edson Leonard.. if you could only have one. The color plates,illustrated drawings are very impressive. Still copies around I found three w/little trouble. People who don't fish love to page through the book.
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#3256435 - 03/21/09 11:02 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: 10percent]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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FlyFisher's Guide to Texas - Phil H. Shook
The bible on where to fish with a fly rod and really any other rod in Texas. Where to put in and what to expect when you get there.
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#3256441 - 03/21/09 11:05 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: yuccaflats]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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#3260756 - 03/22/09 10:03 PM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 04/27/08
Posts: 5091
Loc: ATX
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Check out Simple FliesFlies you can tie with 3 materials or less, C.Boyd Pfeiffer. Lot of cool quick practical patterns.
Edited by derik d (04/03/09 11:42 PM) Edit Reason: Correcting beer grammer two weeks later
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#3261308 - 03/23/09 04:13 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: rrhyne56]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 07/20/04
Posts: 781
Loc: Plano, Texas
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The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying by Fling and Puterbaugh is an old book now as it was first published in 1977, but the techniques are great and the illustratians are amoung the best. I still pick up another copy whenever I see one for about five bucks at Half Price Books so that I can give them to beginners. If you can learn to tie these trout flies, then you have learned the techniques to tie most anything.
Big Dale
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#3270852 - 03/25/09 09:20 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: Brimbum]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 12/30/03
Posts: 618
Loc: Mckinney, Tx, USA
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Thank you so much for this thread, I have really filled out my wish list with your suggestions
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#3304508 - 04/02/09 09:19 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: Roger (Anyfish)]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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Carp On The Fly - A Flyfishing Guide by Barry Reynolds
Excellent book on how too catch carp n a fly and tying instructions for flies that work for them.
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#3311350 - 04/03/09 09:14 PM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: rrhyne56]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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yup, I got that one too. Pretty good info on fishing for warmwater fish which really is most of our fishing in Texas.
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#3311362 - 04/03/09 09:16 PM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: yuccaflats]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/06/09
Posts: 175
Loc: Kerrville, TX
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'Terrestrials - A Modern Approach to Fishing And Tying with Synthetic and Natural Materials' by Harrison Steeves and Ed Koch.
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#3312054 - 04/04/09 06:04 AM
Re: Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
[Re: yuccaflats]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 07/20/04
Posts: 781
Loc: Plano, Texas
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Terry and Roxanne's other two books are very good also. The one about bass fishing may have mre application for most Texans, but the smallmouth hold a special place in my heart also.
Big Dale
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Classic Atlantic Bream Fly Society Texas Perchfighters Royal Coachman Society
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