Includes index.

"Modern techniques for flies that catch fish"--Cover.

Contents
Acknowledgments
INtroduction
Chapter One: How to use this book
Chapter Two: Tools
Chapter Three: Hooks and thread
Chapter Four: Attachments techniques
Chapter Five: Dubbing
Chapter Six: Brassie
Chapter Seven: Black Beauty
Chapter Eight: RS2
Chapter Nine: Gold-ribbed hare's ear nymph
Chapter Ten: Pheasant tail nymph
Chapter Eleven: Hackle
Chapter Twelve: Beadhead Prince Nymph
Chapter Thirteen: Copper John
Chapter Fourteen: Woolly Bugger
Chapter Fifteen: Hair Selection
Chapter Sixteen: Elk hair caddis
Chapter Seventeen: Stimulator
Chapter Eighteen: Adams
Chapter Nineteen: Rusty spinner
Chapter Twenty: Parachute blue-winged olive
Chapter Twenty One: X Comparadun
Chapter Twenty Two: Royal Wulff
Chapter Twenty Three: Humpy
Chapter Twenty Four: Goddard Caddis
Index

Learn to tie 17 popular nymphs, dry flies, and streamers Master fundamental tying techniques in a series of practical lessons "Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying" is a modern course in fly-tying fundamentals covering the essential tools, materials, and techniques needed to tie a wide range of popular flies. With 1,000 photos, Craven covers cutting-edge techniques for the more tried-and-true classics, such as the Royal Wulff, Adams, and Hare's Ear, and shares innovative approaches to current patterns such as the Brassie, RS2, and Copper John. With clear, concise text, Craven provides tips and techniques from his over thirty years of tying flies for fly shops on Colorado's Front Range. This book is built on Craven's successful fly-tying classes, which start out with simple flies and work toward more complex patterns, all the while teaching techniques and introducing materials by tying popular patterns that catch fish in Eastern and Western streams. This series of lessons show how flies build on one another, enabling readers to tie a wide range of patterns simply by breaking them down into parts. Craven illustrates the progression with his meticulous directions to fingerbusters like Copper Johns, Stimulators, and Humpies. This book, which is sure to become a standard text for basic fly tying, covers 17 flies (including recipes for popular variations), including the Brassie, Black Beauty, RS2, Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail, Prince Nymph, Copper John, Woolly Bugger, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator, Adams, Rusty Spinner, Parachute Blue-Winged Olive, X Comparadun, Royal Wulff, Humpy, and Goddard Caddis.

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