Fly Tying: 30 Years of Tips, Tricks, and Patterns

Readers will discover the most effective, most original, and most historic flies published in the 30-year history of Fly Rod & Reel magazine. The book is filled with fly-tying tips and fly-pattern designs straight from Fly Rod & Reel, contributors such as Darrel Martin, A.K. Best, Ted Leeson and many others; all make this a must-have or perfect gift for a fly tier of any skill level.

Fly Tying .Fly Tying: 30 Years of Tips, Tricks, Patterns: edited by Jim Butler, Fly Rod & Reel Books, $29.95 - For anglers who enjoy tying their own flies, this mixed bag of recipes and stories, highlighted by detailed illustrations and color photographs, provides a wealth of opportunity to explore. The book covers everything from saltwater to smallmouth patterns, with a concentration on trout. Contributing tiers include Darrel Martin and A.K. Best - two top tiers with very different approaches. For those in a hurry, Best offers a selection of 10-minute ties. The breadth of material in these pages is unusual for a fly-tying book, writes Ted Leeson in the introduction. You'll find not only traditional patterns that have been catching fish for centuries, but reinterpretations of those traditions that are more closely aligned with the way we fish and tie today. -Brett French, The Billings Gazette, 12/19/2012

For more than 30 years, Fly Rod & Reel Magazine has presented readers with a cornucopia of the finest writing in fly-fishing: about equipment; about technique; about the personalities and pioneers who make this great sport what it is; and, of course, about fly-tying. The best fly-tying pieces from the three decades of Fly Rod & Reel's history (so far). There's something here for everyone. Authors such as Darrel Martin, A. K. Best, Fishy Fullum, Mike Martinek, D. L. Doddard and many, many more are resprented in this first-of-its-kind collection. You'll find personality profiles, solid fishing advice and revealing topics, plus clear and colorful graphics and illustrations-as well as the step-by-step tying instructions we all look for. The book even has a special binding so it stays open on your tying table! -Fly Rod & Reel Magazine, December 2010