Designing Trout Flies Red Leather Edition
I was rooting around in some boxes and found twenty copies of Designing Trout Flies bound in dark red leather with a reading ribbon. They are in pristine condition. Published in 1991, this book defined and refined the concept of designing flies, setting the processes aside from the procedures used simply as tying methodologies.
Designing Trout Flies is an idea book, overflowing with practical information to help you recognize that “just right fly”—for both opportunistically and selectively feeding trout. In addition to a thorough discussion of the primary and secondary triggering characteristics of each of the fish’s food organisms, there are highly informative discussions on materials selection, tying procedures, and design concepts. The detailed descriptions, region by region, of the most used sizes and colors of flies to match the fish’s food organisms are an invaluable aid to tying or buying the most effective imitations. The many illustrative anecdotes—drawn from actual fishing experiences—not only make the book fun to read but highly instructional as well. All of this in clear, precise language. Complementing and thoroughly illustrating the comprehensive text are 230 beautifully detailed drawings by Jason Borger. Sixteen pages of full-color photos show the flies larger than life size. A unique guide to feather colors offers a “first-time-ever” listing of hundreds of feathers indexed by color. The carefully designed layout by Nancy Borger, and the extensive index make access to the contents swift and simple.
If you buy flies, you will find the information in this book an invaluable air to selecting and fishing effective patterns. If you tie flies, you’ll additionally delight in the wealth of “why-to” “how-to” information on dressing highly successful imitations. You may purchase a copy at DESIGNING TROUT FLIES.
Designing Trout Flies, Red Leather Edition with reading ribbon