Many fly tiers consider tying flies using animal hair to be difficult. However, with knowledge and continuous application, you will learn it is not as difficult as you first thought. Within this book's pages, the authors show you simple techniques to tie flies successfully with hair. The techniques are easy to learn and should benefit the beginning as well as the experienced tier. Technique is an important part of hair-wing fly tying but it is not the only consideration. Equally important is the material used. The authors believe the right type of hair and the proper preparation of that hair are the first two most-important steps in successfully tying hair-wing flies. This book will present information detailing the proper selection and preparation of hair for each type of tying operation. If you skip this section and go straight to tying the flies, you may meet with frustration. The book is arranged so the novice hair wing tier can learn what hair to select, how to prepare it for use, and how to put in on a hook. Each chapter is in its position in the book so the learning tier can learn a lesson then reuse that lesson on the next pattern while also gaining knowledge on the next lesson. IF YOU follow this book and its instruction from page one to the end, you WILL become a better hair wing tier. The concept is easy; lessons building on lessons. If tying a great looking Humpy, Royal Wulff or any other hair wing fly is your goa, then THIS is the BOOK for YOU!
We organized the material with the hope you would first read the chapters on selection, preparation and fly proportion. You can then advance to tying the first fly and continue through the book tying each successive pattern. We selected and placed the patterns in the order they appear based on many years experience teaching hair-wing techniques. Each pattern teaches a specific lesson or technique. The next pattern reviews the lesson from the previous fly and teaches a new technique. Thus you, the fly tier, can progress through the book while building your skills making the next fly easier to learn and much less frustrating for you.
We organized the material with the hope you would first read the chapters on selection, preparation and fly proportion. You can then advance to tying the first fly and continue through the book tying each successive pattern. We selected and placed the patterns in the order they appear based on many years experience teaching hair-wing techniques. Each pattern teaches a specific lesson or technique. The next pattern reviews the lesson from the previous fly and teaches a new technique. Thus you, the fly tier, can progress through the book while building your skills making the next fly easier to learn and much less frustrating for you.
