Fly Tying with Poly Yarn
- ISBN-10
- 1571882014
- ISBN-13
- 9781571882011
- Category
- Fishing lures
- Pages
- 56
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Frank Amato Publications
- Authors
- Joe Warren, Lee Clark
Description
Over his many years of fly tying, Lee Clark has blended his knowledge of art with his skills as a fly tier to develop unique tying concepts using polypropylene (poly yarn). Poly yarn is buggy, buoyant, and blendable, the perfect material for tying effective fishing flies. Fly Tying With Poly Yarn shares all the information you need to tie effective flies, it includes: full-color step-by-step instructions for combing and mixing yarn; blending it for dubbing; yarn foundations; body wraps; yarn shrouds; wings; spinning and bundling yarn. Also step-by-step instructions for tying 12 fish-catching flies, including the Clark's Stonefly, and more than 85 patterns for imitating stoneflies, caddisflies, and mayflies, with individual fly plates by Jim Schollmeyer. Buggy, buoyant, blendable! Fly Tying With Poly Yarn will show you the best ways to utilize this perfect material for your tying needs.
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