This Randall Kaufmann classic is out of print.  The second edition featured 1,500 patterns.

Fly Patterns by Randall Kaufmann and Mary Kaufmann is the sequel to the original Umpqua Feather Merchants volumes and features 3,600 patterns from the world's leading suppliers.

Full size 8.5 by 11 inches, 478 pages, 3,600 color photos, 3,600 bibliography item index.

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The first edition of Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants was published in 1995 and its 1,100 patterns quickly became the standard reference for fly tyers. The first printing quickly sold out and in 1998 the second edition was published with 1,500 patterns. It too was soon out of print.

At the time, it was a truly unique, one-of-a-kind book. 1,500 individual macro color photos depicted the world’s most popular and effective flies. Bass to bluefish, steelhead to stripers, micro nymphs to huge sailfish flies, and everything in between. There was nothing else like it.

All 1,500 fly patterns were in production by Umpqua Feather Merchants. Many were patterns developed by Umpqua’s signature tyers, and autobiographies of fifteen of their “best selling” innovators were featured. These included Theo Bakelaar, Tim Borski, Andy Burk, Bob Clouser, Larry Dahlberg, Randall Kaufmann, Lefty Kreh, Gary LaFontaine, Mike Lawson, Craig Mathews, Mike Mercer, Bob Popovics, Ed Schroeder, Shane Stalcup and Dave Whitlock.

Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants has been out of print for several years but it remains one of the most sought after titles in fly fishing, often commanding triple its original cost of $49.95.

Randall was constantly asked if he would publish another fly pattern book. Randall’s latest collection of flies, titled Fly Patterns, encompasses the plethora of new tyers, patterns, materials and suppliers that have emerged during the last 10 years. The new Fly Patterns book contains 3,600 flies, some classics (about 600 from Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants), but mostly modern innovations from over 300 renown tyers that read like a who’s who of the fly-tying world, including Bill Black, Dan Blanton, Brian Chan, Bob Clouser, Ralph Cutter, Dan Delekta, Jack Dennis, Rene’ Harrop, Bob Jacklin, Lefty Kreh, Mike Lawson, Craig Matthews, Sylvester Nemes, Bob Quigley, Scott Sanchez, Shane Stalcup, Jim Teeny, Lani Waller, Dave Whitlock, and dozens of other equally talented tyers.

Fly Patterns includes about 900 nymph, 135 emerger, 950 dry, 400 streamer, 500 steelhead, 225 warmwater, and 500 saltwater flies from such noted suppliers as Doug’s Bugs, Idylwilde, Pacific Fly Group, Riverborn Fly Company, Solitude Fly Company, Spirit River and of course Umpqua Feather Merchants.

Ross Purnell, editor of Fly Fisherman Magazine, in reviewing Fly Patterns noted that at the time of publication in 1998, Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants seemed immense, but it now seems like a mere pamphlet compared to this new, 478-page tome assembled by Randall and his wife, Mary. Ross continues to state that “it is not hyperbole to say this is the largest, most comprehensive fly pattern book ever produced.”

If you liked or have been trying to find a copy of Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants, you are certain to be delighted with Fly Patterns.

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