The Elements of Fly Tying

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The Elements of Fly Tying (Platanna Press, 2008) by Tom Sutcliffe is a book for both beginner and expert tyer. This book is considered by most the bible on fly tying for South African flyfishers, expertly crafted by the late, great master flyfisher and fly tyer Tom Sutcliffe.

Beside fully illustrated and written instructions on how to tie a host of proven flies for South African conditions, it is packed with suggestions of how to fish each fly and anecdotes and wisdom about this great sport. Clear and easy to follow, Tom Sutcliffe, author, artist, flyfisher and fly tyer supreme shows you all the techniques and tips you need to tie a wide selection of proven, fish catching flies.

The book contains 206 pages and illustrates 20 different fly patterns with foreword is by Murray Pedder.

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The Elements of Fly Tying (Platanna Press, 2008) by Tom Sutcliffe is a book for both beginner and expert tyer. This book is considered by most the bible on fly tying for South African flyfishers, expertly crafted by the late, great master flyfisher and fly tyer Tom Sutcliffe.

Beside fully illustrated and written instructions on how to tie a host of proven flies for South African conditions, it is packed with suggestions of how to fish each fly and anecdotes and wisdom about this great sport. Clear and easy to follow, Tom Sutcliffe, author, artist, flyfisher and fly tyer supreme shows you all the techniques and tips you need to tie a wde selection of proven, fish catching flies.

The book contains 206 pages and illustrates 20 different fly patterns with foreword is by Murray Pedder.

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Says Ed Herbst: It is said that just as few Parisians have climbed to the top of the Eiffel Tower so have the majority of Capetonians not taken the cable car to the summit of Table Mountain. Those who live in the beautiful pastoral landscape of the Eastern Cape Drakensberg are probably just as guilty of taking their surroundings for granted but, for dedicated fly fishers around the country, the dream of an annual pilgrimage to fish these rivers and streams is what sustains us through the heat and haze, the hustle and bustle of city life.

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The Elements of Fly Tying (Platanna Press, 2008) by Tom Sutcliffe is a book for both beginner and expert tyer. This book is considered by most the bible on fly tying for South African flyfishers, expertly crafted by the late great master flyfisher and fly tyer Tom Sutcliffe.

Beside fully illustrated and written instructions on how to tie a host of proven flies for South African conditions, it is packed with suggestions of how to fish each fly and anecdotes and wisdom about this great sport. Clear and easy to follow, Tom Sutcliffe, author, artist, flyfisher and fly tyer supreme shows you all the techniques and tips you need to tie a wde selection of proven, fish catching flies.

Said Tom: “I wrote this book and drew the illustrations for it with one purpose in mind โ€“ to help beginners learn fly tying from scratch. The intention is to teach the principles of fly tying to an absolute novice in steps that are easily understood and precisely illustrated โ€“ steps such as learning thread tension, the proportion of flies, how to handle various materials, how to wing a dry fly and so on. My objective is that by the end of the book the fly tier concerned should be able to tie virtually any pattern he or she wants.

“To help in the understanding of basics I have long believed that pen drawing achieves more than photographs. Examples of actual illustrations from the book follow.

The Elements of Fly Tying book has a magnificent glossy embossed cover, has 206 pages and illustrates 20 different fly patterns. It was published by Platanna Press (2008). The foreword is by Murray Pedder. It has illustrations for every step and for every pattern described.”

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