Gretchen & Al Beatty

How to Tie!! Ezy Trout Flies Gretchen & Al Beatty

Many fly tiers consider constructing flies from animal hair to be difficult and very honestly they are not the easiest patterns to produce. However, we offer you an alternative - the EZY Trout Flies in this book. Within these pages, we will show you simple techniques and materials to tie flies that look the same as their more difficult to construct cousins. The techniques are easy to learn and should benefit any tier should they decide to go for more advanced patterns. That said, as far as the fish are concerned they like the flies just fine. Although the technique is an important part of fly tying, it is not the only consideration. Equally important is the material used and in the case of the flies herein you'll find they are a mix of easy-to-tie synthetics and minimal amounts of animal hair. For the flies that incorporate hair in their recipe, the right type of hair and the proper preparation of it are important to your success, even for the limited amount we use here. This book will present information detailing the proper selection and preparation of hair for each type of tying operation. If you skip this section and go straight to tying the flies, you may meet with frustration. We organized the book's information with the hope you would first read the chapters on selection, preparation and fly proportion. You can then advance to tying the first fly and continue through the book tying each successive pattern. We selected and placed the patterns in the order they appear based on many years experience. Each pattern teaches a specific lesson or technique then next pattern reviews the information from the previous fly and teaches a new technique. Thus you, the fly tier, can progress through the book while building your skills making the next fly easier to learn and much less frustrating for you. The teaching methods within these pages are based on the concept of lessons building on lessons. You will never complete a step only once. You can expect to do it again on one of the next patterns. Additionally, we strongly recommend that you master each technique before moving to the next fly. All of the patterns are easy to tie but each is just a little harder than the previous fly. EZY Trout Flies has the patterns YOU need to catch trout and are quick & easy to tie. These patterns are our Guide Flies for good reason. Find out in a few seconds by downloading this great book.