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Summary: Best fly tying book I've seen, best color pictures I've seen
Review: Extremely well done book. The explanations and pictures of the sample flies are the best I've seen to date. Mr. Hughes selections are extremely good choices for western trout waters. I can't put it down and look forward to tying selected flies from the book all winter.
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Summary: A Must for All Fly Tyers
Review: Hughes (and Stackpole Books) have produced a beautiful and useful reference book. Thoughtful narrative and easy to follow, step by step photographs. Thoroughly recommended.
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Summary: This book is a must for a new tyer, Dave covers everything!!
Review: I am an average tyer and this book is my tying bible. This book covers about every trout fly that you need to become a much better tyer. Great book!!! Buy, Buy,Buy!!
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Summary: Trout Flies:a Tier's Reference
Review: I have many books on fly tying. If I was to choose one book on the subject of trout flies and tying them it is this one. Great commentary, great pictures and a sensible methodology for choosing the right pattern all help Trout Flies to be the only trout fly reference I need in my collection. Thank you David Hughes and Stackpole books.
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Summary: FANTASTIC BOOK!
Review: If you have never tied a fly or have been tying for years, this is a great book. You will not be disappointed by the contents, and the photography is as beautiful as it is helpful. A MUST-HAVE book if you're into fly tying! A true pleasure to sit down and read, let alone tie by.
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Summary: Trout Flies: The Tier's Referance
Review: This book is a must on any serious fly tyers desk. The color photos and detailed pictures captures the essence of learning to tye fly's. The patterns and techniques are very refreshing and give good in-site on details and basics. If any one asked me why buy this book it would take more than a thousand words to describe. If you want to learn good techniques, de-mystify some troubles you encounter in everyday tying, learn about the patterns and see how they are tied, then this book is for you. I think this is Dave Hughes best work ever.
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Summary: trout flies the tiers reference
Review: This book is an absolute must for anyone who has ever tied a fly novice or seasoned veteran .Clear concise instruction fanatastic color photography and proper step by step instruction after having strugled through magazines and books that appeared promising and spending hundreds of dollars in search of the help a self taught tyer desperatly needs this book was all i needed from the start thank-you Mr. Hughs and thank-you Amazon for leading me to this wonderful gift of knowledge!
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Summary: Might be the best book for many tiers
Review: This is an outstanding book on several counts. The quality of the printing itself is high - 480 full color, glossy pages. Frankly, Amazon's price ... for this book is more than reasonable.As for the content; Hughes' style is his usual - no fluff, succinct, simple, elegant, no bull, very down to earth. He has a great way of organizing the material for you that clarifies and simplifies rather than obfuscates. He's good at categorizing flies into pattern styles, rather than offering scores of individual recipes that have no obvious similarities. He includes reasons for designing each fly style in a particular way, highlighting the way in which it will be fished and the type of water in which it will be fished. This is immensely helpful for beginner and intermediate tiers and fishermen such as myself. Hughes does not tie flies to put in a frame. He ties flies to catch fish, and he knows we don't have all the time and money in the world to tie up a set of our own flies that will cover most circumstances anywhere we fish. Highly recommended. By the way, this makes "Essential Trout Flies" obsolete - there's no reason to own both books. On the other hand, if you're on a tight budget, you might consider ETF as a sort of "Cliff's Notes" version of this book. The fundamental content is about the same, although much expanded in this bigger volume.
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Summary: Might be the best book for many tiers
Review: This is an outstanding book on several counts. The quality of the printing itself is high - 480 full color, glossy pages. Frankly, Amazon's price ... for this book is more than reasonable. As for the content; Hughes' style is his usual - no fluff, succinct, simple, elegant, no bull, very down to earth. He has a great way of organizing the material for you that clarifies and simplifies rather than obfuscates. He's good at categorizing flies into pattern styles, rather than offering scores of individual recipes that have no obvious similarities. He includes reasons for designing each fly style in a particular way, highlighting the way in which it will be fished and the type of water in which it will be fished. This is immensely helpful for beginner and intermediate tiers and fishermen such as myself. Hughes does not tie flies to put in a frame. He ties flies to catch fish, and he knows we don't have all the time and money in the world to tie up a set of our own flies that will cover most circumstances anywhere we fish. Highly recommended. By the way, this makes "Essential Trout Flies" obsolete - there's no reason to own both books. On the other hand, if you're on a tight budget, you might consider ETF as a sort of "Cliff's Notes" version of this book. The fundamental content is about the same, although much expanded in this bigger volume.
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Summary: Dave Hughes' best book
Review: This is without question Dave Hughes' best book. It is beautifully produced, with -> exact <- tying instructions and the clearest photographs I have seen in a fly tying book. The title doesn't give a hint about the excellent first chapters of the book. Chapters 1-3 are entitled "Considering Trout Files", "A Unified Theory of Trout Flies", and "Tying Flies for Fishing"; they contain a vast amount of fish-catching wisdom, including why certain flies work and others don't. For example, Hughes describes his change of fly choice method from the standard size-form-color method to choosing by pattern style, which he claims works even if the size and color are somewhat off. Also, he asks the reader to tie flies to fill her/his personal fly boxes by meditation on her/his favorite fishing situation. You get a lot more from this book than the best tying instructions I have ever read. Do yourself a real favor and buy it, or add it to your wish list. You'll be a better fisher and tier after reading this book; I guarantee it.
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