Anyboday have a good recommendation for a fly tying pattern book? I'm looking for something with color and fairly detailed instructions for each class of fly.

I looked on amazon and half.com. Got 5k matches! Yikes! Need a good recommendation.

Like alot of things in this sport, it depends. I assume you're talking about trout flies if you got that many matches on amazon. If you a wanting mainly recipes there used to be one called something like "Trout Flies, The 1000 Best", don't know if it's still in print. There's a new one called Fly Pattern Encyclopedia put out by FFF that has 1600 patterns! That ought to be enough. Orvis has a good pattern book that I always liked because it has good clear pictures and a spiral back so it stays open on your bench.

Whitlock's "Guide to Aquatic Trout Food" is a great book but not a pattern book. The standards from the old days that include the entomology and patterns to match the naturals are Hatches by Swisher and Richards, and Nymphs by Schwibert.

I only have a couple of these but I'd like to have them all. At some point way back I decided to spend money on actual fishing instead of books. Of course with sites like Virtual Flybox you can usually find patterns on the internet nowadays.

One more I just put on my dream list, The Complete Clouser Minnow Vol.2, by Clouser. Bet thats a good read but he wants $30 for it.

hi

If you are looking for something basic, on the different broad classes of flies, head on up to 75% Off Books in Plano. Its in the Garden Ridge mall on Spring Creek, right off 75, and Highway 5.

They have a book on fly tying that has loads of great color images as well as detailed instructions on tying. The book is a big old fat $5.00! Its a big, brown paperback bound book. Forgot the exact name of book but you can't miss it. Its on the Outdoors and Sports table.

Say hi to Steve and Denise

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Stopped by 75% off and got the brown book. Perfect! Also got another fly fishing book for $5. Not bad considering the FFF book retails for $100. Maybe some day. Thanks for the tip rrhyne56.

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Boatless till the last kid graduates,
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