In the history of fly tying very few books have changed the course of the art. Tube Flies will make a very large impact. This all-color, large format book will amaze you with the beauty of tube flies, their ease of tying and very effective fishing traits. Tube flies can be used for everything from stream trout and surface steelhead to bill-fish. The rich vein of tube-fly history, innovation, and tying/angling personalities will amaze you and open up a new dimension to our sport!

Tube Flies Two showcases more than 200 flies from 35 world-class tiers, commercial fly designers, and fly-fishers-and more than a thousand years of combined tying and fishing experience. The text and 35 fullpage color plates detail the latest in materials, applications, tying techniques, and proven patterns for an amazingly broad list of fresh, and saltwater game fish. Top tiers from 14 countries explain their passion for tying on tubes, the inspirations for their patterns, the process of fly development, as well as step by step tying instructions and fishing tips. Tube Flies Two-the much-expanded sequel to Tube Flies (1995) by Mark Mandell and Les Johnson-documents the ongoing evolution of this exciting and practical extension of the fly-tier's art. Book jacket.

Tube Flies Two showcases more than 200 flies from 35 world-class tiers, commercial fly designers, and fly-fishers-and more than a thousand years of combined tying and fishing experience. The text and 35 fullpage color plates detail the latest in materials, applications, tying techniques, and proven patterns for an amazingly broad list of fresh, and saltwater game fish. Top tiers from 14 countries explain their passion for tying on tubes, the inspirations for their patterns, the process of fly development, as well as step by step tying instructions and fishing tips. Tube Flies Two-the much-expanded sequel to Tube Flies (1995) by Mark Mandell and Les Johnson-documents the ongoing evolution of this exciting and practical extension of the fly-tier's art. Book jacket.

Provides step-by-step instructions on tying five hundred trout flies and offers information on tying techniques, tools, and materials.

* Learn to tie 17 best-selling patterns for trout, bass, and saltwater flats species such as bonefish and permit * Over 750 step-by-step photos * 60 pattern recipes, with author's favorite variations Charlie Craven has been a commercial fly tier for more than thirty years, tying flies for almost every species of gamefish, freshwater and saltwater, though he specializes in trout flies for the Rockies. He is a signature tier for Umpqua Feather Merchants, which produces fifteen of his patterns. His first book is Basic Fly Tying (978-0-9793460-2-6). He was the photographer and fly tier for Barr Flies (978-0-8117-0236-2), and photographer, author, and tier for the Fly Fisherman Foundation Forty found on flyfisherman.com, as well as the tier for the FlyBench iPhone app. Craven is co-owner of Charlie's Fly Box in Olde Town Arvada, Colorado, which was the winner of the 2009 Fly Fishing Retailer of the Year Award.

A tactical guide to fly-fishing for trout with streamers, including tying instructions for 38 original patterns invented by the author.

Presents the world's best-known flies from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tied from the original directions using the original materials, including the Balmoral, Black Doctor, Thunder and Lightning, and others