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Where do you guys get your fly fishing books and tying books? I've seen a few online and in some fly shops.

Live count (10/19/17) : Streamers lost to Taneycomo's Giant Squid = 12

 

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9 minutes ago, Ozarks Chillbilly said:

Where do you guys get your fly fishing books and tying books? I've seen a few online and in some fly shops.

         Generally Amazon. You can get some pretty lightly used for a bargain. I have a small library built up now but will not be getting any more. There is an almost infinite amount of stuff now on the web. 

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17 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

I have zero fly tying books. 

I guess they're not really necessary anymore with the access of youtube and the internet in general. 

 

@Nick Williams That second fly is really sweet! What do you call it?

Live count (10/19/17) : Streamers lost to Taneycomo's Giant Squid = 12

 

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I had a decent library of them but in '06 an F2 twister borrowed them and the punk never brought them back.

I probably learned the most from one by Eric Leisher (sp?), it basically just teaches tying techniques for every imaginable step.  Everything from wrapping dryfly hackle to marrying wings for fancy salmon flys.  Every tyer should have it if they already don't.  

Had another good one from the pen of AK Best. 

Now the only actual tying "books" I have are Gierach's "Good flies", and Dave Hughes "Fishing the four seasons".  

I was a big Randall Kaufman fan in my earlier years.  Thankfully I got over it. Then it was Jim Teeny (none more basic than that). Eventually I settled into something in between.  Charlie Craven is a great tyer but he can't fish for crap.

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