TYING FLIES WITH FOAM, FUR, AND FEATHERS. By Harrison R. Steeves III.

Steeves (Harrison R.,III.).

ISBN 10: 0811729095 / ISBN 13: 9780811729093

Published by Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2003, 2003

About this Item

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2003). 2003 1st edition. Quarto paperback (216 x 280mm). Ppviii,136. Colour photographs throughout. Fine unread new copy. Tried and tested terrestrials from foam, fur and feathers. 48 innovative and proven patterns. Terrestrials "are effective in many different situations, and many more types of synthetic tying materials - foam, dubbing, fibers, rubber legs, winging material - are now available. [This book] is full of patterns for ants, bettles, grasshoppers, crickets, damselflies, wasps, and cicadas and tips for fishing them. Harrison's practical approach - he uses synthetic materials fro durability and ease of tying, but natural materials like peacock herl, turkey feathers, and marabou when no substitutes will work as well - will appeal to any angler who wants durable flies that will catch plenty of fish. 48 innovative patterns with step-by-step tying instructions and colour photographs, along with his on-the-stream accounts of how to fish them. Chapters include: Designing a terrestrial pattern; Materials; Fishing terrestrials, choice of pattern, fishing terrestrial patterns during a hatch; ants; Beetles; Grasshoppers, crickets and their relatives; Miscellaneous insects; Flies for warm water. Fly patterns include: AttractANT, EZC Carpenter Ant, Cow Killer Ant, Hot Spot Ant, Flip-Flop Ants, Los Alamos Ant, TransparANT, Bark (Longhorn) Beetle, Disc O'Beetle, Disco Japanese Beetle, Double Disc O'Beetle, Firefly, Japanese Beetle (original), Locoskin Japanese Beetle, Kiwi Fleetle, tiger Beetle, Basic Black Beetle, sinking Japanese Beetle, Epoxy Beetle, Colorado Hopper, Crystal Butt Cricket, Crystal Butt Hopper, Flying Hopper, Katydid, Black Widow (trout), Disc Head Cicada, Disco Damselfly, Egg-Laying Caddis, Fliedermouse, Motivator, Plumpy, UFO, bumblebee, Mud Dauber, Paper Wasp, Turbo Wasp, Deer Fly, Bluebottle and Greenbottle Flies, Horse Fly, Salmonfly, Black Widow (bass), Humpbacks, Frawg, Megabug, Steeves' Mouse, Torpedo, Snakey Jake, Ultimate Cicada. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TYING FLIES WITH FOAM, FUR, AND FEATHERS. By Harrison R. Steeves III.
• Publisher: Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811729095
• ISBN 13: 9780811729093
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Using foam with other materials to create flies

48 effective and innovative fly patterns

Hot Spot Ant, Japanese Beetle, Katydid, Salmonfly, and Steeves' Mouse plus how to design your own patterns
Terrestrial expert Harrison Steeves brings years of experience fishing terrestrials that catch fish even in the midst of a mayfly hatch. Steeves has created patterns with foam, shows in step-by-step color photographs how to tie them, and recounts his on-the-stream experiences fishing them.

About the Author

Harrison R. Steeves III lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.