Featherwing and Hackle Flies for Salmon and Steelhead
Featherwing and Hackle Flies for Salmon and Steelhead

Author: Chris Mann

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780811702195

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Directory of old and modern salmon flies Companion to Shrimp & Spey Flies for Salmon and Steelhead (0-8117-1428-4) and Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon and Steelhead (0-8117-3176-6) The tradition of tying salmon flies with feathers is a very old one, recorded in Ancient Greece, but the Victorians instilled artistry into salmon fly tying with their elaborate built-wing flies using feathers from a variety of exotic birds. After a period in which featherwing flies were eclipsed by those made from animal hairs and man-made materials, the popularity of these versatile feathers is resurging. This international guide features dressings from North America and Europe. The origins of patterns, precise dressings, and superb color illustrations will inspire fly tiers to attain new heights of achievement.

Hairwing and Tube Flies for Salmon and Steelhead
Hairwing and Tube Flies for Salmon and Steelhead

Author: Chris Mann

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2004-05-04

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780811731768

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The most popular type of flies used by salmon and steelhead anglers today Over 500 different patterns with origins, distinguishing features, and tying details Catalog of flies with color photos and full dressings for each fly The world's leading fly tiers have contributed their own unique flies and fly-tying advice to this guide to the most widely-used flies for salmon and steelhead. Chris Mann's remarkable computer graphics convey the flies with clinical precision and color accuracy. He has selected over 500 of the best hairwing flies, based on those submitted by leading fly tiers from around the world. This book will inspire fly tiers to try a whole range of exciting new patterns, tying techniques, colors, and materials.

Featherwing and Hackle Flies for Salmon and Steelhead
Featherwing and Hackle Flies for Salmon and Steelhead

Author: Chris Mann

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780811739894

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This international directory of old and modern featherwing salmon flies features dressings from North America and Europe. The origins of patterns, precise dressings, and superb color illustrations will inspire fly tiers to attain new heights of achievement

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon & Steelhead Flies
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon & Steelhead Flies

Author: Chris Mann

Publisher: Frank Amato Publications

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9781571884381

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This is the most comprehensive directory of salmon flies ever published. Respected international fly-tying author Chris Mann has been studying salmon flies and their inventors for 30 years. He has corresponded with countless expert tiers in the United States, Canada, the Nordic and Western European countries, seeking out all their popular and enduring salmon flies. Over 1800 salmon and steelhead flies ̄each one illustrated in color and with its full dressing provided ̄make this the definitive reference, the all-in-one volume for salmon anglers and fly-tiers throughout the world. Chris Mann¿s vibrant illustrations of the flies show them with great clarity, accuracy, and consistency. The flies are ordered alphabetically, making it easy for the reader to find the exact fly and to check the precise dressing. Mann gives a brief introduction to each fly, noting its originator when known, and the reputation it has achieved. Included are the most important and relevant examples of each type of pattern ̄dry, hairwing, featherwing, hackle fly, Spey, Dee, shrimp, skater, marabou, etc. Also included is a bibliography and three separate indexes make finding what you want quite easy. This beautifully designed and illustrated book is destined to be a classic, found on the bookshelves of salmon anglers and fly-tiers worldwide.

Steelhead Flies
Steelhead Flies

Author: John Shewey

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781571884008

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Steelhead flies represent the highest echelon of artistic fly-dressing. They enjoy a rich tradition as both a functionally designed lure for tempting the much-revered steelhead, but also as a creative expression of the aesthetic appeal of fly angling. John Shewey, author of the acclaimed Spey Flies & Dee Flies, has produced another well-written and researched book, rich in technique, method and innovation. Through concise text and hundreds of sharp, color photographs--including step-by-step and artistic individual fly plates--Shewey covers: materials for steelhead flies; basic tying techniques; hairwing and featherwing flies; Spey and Dee styles; Practitioners, shrimp and prawn patterns; dry flies and much more. This book is a must-have for all steelhead fly-fishermen.

Tying and Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings
Tying and Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings

Author: Mike Valla

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-09-05

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0811765326

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The classic bucktails--Mickey Finn, Black Nose Dace--are some of the very first flies that anglers learn to tie, and they are the most well-traveled of all streamer types, from Maine to Washington, trout to salmon. With over 500 patterns, this is the only book to date written on bucktails as well as other hairwing streamers.

Ira Gruber's Atlantic Salmon Flies
Ira Gruber's Atlantic Salmon Flies

Author: Ira D. Gruber

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-04-01

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0811770443

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Ira W. Gruber is celebrated for the Atlantic salmon fishing techniques he developed over a lifetime of fishing on the Miramichi in New Brunswick, Canada. Ira is known for the 38 salmon fly patterns he originated and the thousands of salmon flies he tied over his lifetime, influencing such well-known contemporaries as Joe Bates, Morris Greene, Ted Niemeyer, and Leonard Wright. Ira D. Gruber, grandson of Ira W., has authored this fishing biography. A professor of history at Rice before he retired, Ira D. Gruber did the research for the book using his grandfather’s papers, annotated angling books, photographs, and notes and interviewing locals in New Brunswick and Ira W.’s native Pennsylvania. The book features stunning photographs of and the patterns for 91 flies from Ira W.’s personal collection, including most of his 38 original fly creations.

Shrimp and Spey Flies for Salmon and Steelhead
Shrimp and Spey Flies for Salmon and Steelhead

Author: Chris Mann

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780811714280

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360 patterns from Ireland, Scotland, the U.K., Iceland, Scandinavia, Canada, and the U.S. Shrimp and spey patterns have always been important to the history of Atlantic salmon fishing, and today they continue to be the most popular type of flies for salmon and steelhead. This landmark reference is the first book to bring together the traditions of Atlantic salmon flies on both sides of the Atlantic with the steelhead fisheries of North America.