The Orvis Fly-Tying Guide

Great book for the beginner or novice fly tyer.Clear and concise with great accompanying photos.

A fantastic compendium of everything you need to know with an absolutely great collection of examples included at the end of the instructional portion.

Another well writing and illustrated fly tying guide from Tom.

Happy to have it in my collection!

I am relatively new to fly tying--have about 8 months into it now. This is a great place to start--don't bother with the more abridged version that covers the 8 most popular flies unless you find it for a steal.Tom Rosenbauer is rightfully considered one of the foremost subject matter experts on fly fishing and tying, and his explanations and illustrative stories are so well written. As described, this book has 1/3 devoted to fly tying materials, 1/3 to actual fly tying instructions, and 1/3 catalog of flies Orvis carries with minimal "recipes" for them. While the skills required for tying the flies this book are definitely transferrable to many other patterns, I find the recipes for the catalog flies to be a little too minimalistic. There are occasionally more detailed notes on some of them, but most of them just list the materials and hook size and you still need to YouTube them if you can find them.

Version of this reference. That was easier to use because it stayed open but this is just ad nice a reference.

My dad is obsessed with this book. He says it's fantastic!

It was a good book, with pictures. I recommend this book to everyone. If you want to learn the process and why this is the book for you!