Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: creeper778 on May 08, 2014, 07:46:05 PM
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Anybody have any recommendations on any fly pattern books ??
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Fly Tying Bible is a good one to start with for general trout flies
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Stillwater Selections by Phil Rowley. Gives some instruction as well as being very usable due to the way the pages open.
Fly Patterns of BC by Art Lingren has most of the BC Classics but lacks some of the more modern flies
There are many books but I find most are a little lacking in detailed tying instructions. Some ties are quite complex and looking at them in a picture does not help a lot to put it together. If you are comfortable with all the different techniques they are good. Other wise you may do better on the internet searching patterns.
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One of the best is Fly Fishing British Columbia ... edited by Karl Bruhn, published by Heritage House and produced by Interactive Broadcasting corp (fishbc.com). I did a lot of work on it drawing many fly patterns and instructing the main artist, Debra Bevaart with my sketches and photos. It's one big downfall is the cover which is a hideous green and orange. The cover completely takes away from an otherwise great book of artwork and excellent information.