Jerry Darkes

Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Bass and Panfish Flies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bass and panfish flies tend to be relatively easy to tie, and Fly Tyer's Guide to Essential Trout Flies will take advantage of this near-universal appeal. At 128 pages and with the popular, hidden-spiral binding, the title is both accessible and utilitarian.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493008698
• Artikelnr.: 41951436

Autorenporträt

Jerry Darkes is a fly tackle sales rep, instructor/guide and writer based in northern Ohio with over 4 decades of fresh and saltwater fly fishing experience. Jerry was the first fly fishing only guide on Ohio's Lake Erie tributaries, helped pioneer many of the fly patterns and techniques used today and is recognized as an expert on Great Lakes steelhead and warm water fly fishing. He is a member of the PEAK Fishing staff. Jerry has authored numerous articles in various publications including Ohio Outdoors, Warmwater Fly Fishing, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Wild Steelhead and Salmon, Fly Fish America, Midwest Fly Fishing, American Angler, Fly Tyer, Southwest Fly Fishing and Eastern Fly Fishing. He contributed a short story published in the book Friends on the Water by Val Atkinson. Darkes has been featured in several books and video/DVD productions about Great Lakes fly fishing. He is a well known fly tyer and has created a series of guide pattern instructional fly tying DVDs focused on Great Lakes steelhead and gamefish. Jerry gives many programs and demonstrations throughout the region and has appeared in several television shows including Trout Unlimited TV and Outdoors Ohio. Jerry has been married for 30 years and has two daughters.

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Introduction
Chapter One:
The Big Picture
The Fish
The Waters and Equipment Used
Flies
Chapter Two:
Getting Started
Necessary Tools
Vise
Scissors
Bobbin
Hackle Pliers
Bodkin/Half-Hitch Tool
Other Useful Tools
Bobbin Threader
Whip Finisher
Hair Stacker
Hair Packer
Tweezers
The Tying Area
Materials
Thread
Body Materials
Feathers
Tails, Hairs, and Furs
Synthetic Hair and Flash
Eyes, heads, Weight, and Legs
Foam
Hooks
Chapter Three:
Basic Techniques
Starting the Thread
Wrapping the Thread
Finishing Off the Thread
Weighting a Body
Tying in Barbell Eyes
Making a Hook Weedless
Making the Whip Finish
Chapter 4:
Below the Surface
The Sinking Spider
The Basic Woolly Bugger
The Better Bugger Variation
The Damsel/Dragon Variation
The Baitfish Bugger Variation
Beadhead or Conehead Variation
The Hellgramite Variation
Simple Crayfish
Sculpin Bugger
The Basic Deep Minnow
Spottail Shiner Variation
Perch Minnow Variation
Jig Deep Minnow
Simple Minnow
Crafty Minnow
Fish Head Minnow
Chapter Five:
On the Surface
Floating Spider/Ant
Simple Popper
Simple Slider
Instant Popper
Blockhead Popper
Rabbit Strip Diver
Hairy Diver
Froggy Diver
Froggy Popper