Fly Patterns
By Randall and Mary Kaufmann
Illustrations by Mike Stidham

“Randall Kaufmann is the most qualified fly fishing author to write a comprehensive modern encyclopedia of fly patterns. This is his masterpiece, the culmination of his four decades fishing, tying, and researching the flies of both freshwater and saltwater fishing. If fly tying and fishing are your passions, this is the one source book that should be within your reach.”
John Randolph, Editor, Fly Fisherman Magazine

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Fly Patterns

Fly Tying Instruction

Tie 3,600 of the World's Best Fly Patterns

from over 300 of the World's Most Innovative Fly Tyers

Dry Flies, Nymphs, Emergers, Streamers, Steelhead, Warmwater, Saltwater Flies

Fly Patterns contains an amazing treasure trove of 3,600 contemporary and classic flies from over 300 of the world's most respected fly innovators and producers. Dressings are authentic, and each fly is pictured in perfect color detail next to the pattern. A materials and hook chapter explains and pictures 90 commonly used materials with a hook chart that compares all major hook manufacturers.

This book is the sequel to Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants, with over twice as many patterns: 3,600 versus 1,500!  

All material references, pattern listings, tying sequences, organizations, format, indexing, and abbreviations have been standardized for ease of understanding, tying, and reference. An exhaustive 40-page index with 10,000 entries makes it easy to find any fly. With 480 pages and 3,600 patterns, this is truly the contemporary encyclopedia of flies.

Patterns are accurate in every detail and have been provided by the distributors licensed to produce them, including Doug' Bugs, Feather Merchants, Ltd., Idylwilde, Pacific Fly Group, Riverborn Fly Company,  Solitude Fly Company, Spirit River, inc., Teeny Fly Company and Umpqua Feather Merchants, or by the originators, including some of the world's best-known tyers:

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Fly Patterns, Hardbound: $125.00

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