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Title: How to Tie Flies

Author: E. C. Gregg

Release Date: October 20, 2009 [EBook #30292]

Language: English

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HOW TO TIE FLIES

HOW
TO TIE
FLIES

BY
E. C. GREGG

DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
BY THE AUTHOR

A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY

NEW YORK

Copyright, 1940, A. S. Barnes & Company. Inc

THIS BOOK IS FULLY PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND NOTHING THAT APPEARS IN
IT MAY BE REPRINTED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER, EITHER WHOLLY OR IN
PART, FOR ANY USE WHATEVER, WITHOUT SPECIAL WRITTEN PERMISSION BY THE
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION vii
TOOLS, HOOKS AND MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Tools--Fly-Tier's Vise Hackle Pliers, scissors,
Hooks
Materials--Quill Bodies, Herl Bodies, Hackles,
Tails, Cheeks or Shoulders, Ribbing,
Wings, Tying Silk
BUCKTAIL STREAMERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
WET FLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DRY FLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
NYMPHS and Their Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Nymphs: Their Construction
The Helgramite
BASS FLIES AND FEATHER STREAMERS . . . . . . . . . . 42
FAMOUS BUCKTAIL AND FEATHER STREAMERS . . . . . . . . 47
FLOATING BUGS and Their Construction . . . . . . . . 49
Cork Bodied Bass Bugs
ANGLER'S KNOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .