CONTENTS
| [INTRODUCTION] | vii |
| [TOOLS, HOOKS, ANDMATERIALS] | 1 |
| Tools--Fly-Tiers Vise Hackle Pliers, scissors | |
| Hooks | |
| Materials--Quill Bodies, Herl Bodies, Hackles | |
| Tails, Cheeks or Shoulders, Ribbing, | |
| Wings, Tying Silk | |
| [BUCKTAIL STREAMERS] | 15 |
| [WET FLIES] | 22 |
| [DRY FLIES] | 27 |
| [NYMPHS and TheirConstruction] | 32 |
| Nymphs: Their Construction | |
| The Helgramite | |
| [BASS FLIES AND FEATHERSTREAMERS] | 42 |
| [FAMOUS BUCKTAIL AND FEATHERSTREAMERS] | 47 |
| [FLOATING BUGS and TheirConstruction] | 49 |
| Cork Bodied Bass Bugs | |
| [ANGLER'S KNOTS] | 61 |
| [MY FAVORITE FLIES] | 62 |
| [STANDARD DRESSINGS OF 334FLIES] | 69 |
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Diagram 1
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INTRODUCTION
The object of this book will be throughout its entirety to teach in a practical manner the art of Fly Tying in all its branches. The principles used herein, and the methods of construction employed, are those used by the professional fly-tier who practices fly-making for the sake of art, and tries to achieve with each finished fly, a masterpiece.
None of the short-cuts employed by those whose business is quantity production will be attempted. Only the making of flies of the very highest quality and most durable construction will be attempted. In describing the principals of construction with the following illustrations, it will be impossible to describe in detail each standard pattern; however, it must be remembered that the fundamentals applying to each style of fly will be the principal bases of construction of all flies of that style, and that the use of different body materials, hackles, wings or size will simply change the pattern and not the fundamental points of construction.