BEYOND BASIC FLY TYING: TECHNIQUES AND PATTERNS TO EXPAND YOUR SKILLS. Jon Rounds, editor. Marvin Nolte, fly tier and consultant. Photographs by Michael Radencich.

# 2008 1st edition. 4to spiral-bound paperback (228 x 286mm). Pp121 + 1 pp ads. Colour photographs of flies throughout. DVD laid in.

# "This book is for tiers who know the basics and are ready to move on [and who] want to tie flies to catch fish ...We chose patterns that have been proven producers and that experienced fly fishers carry. We avoided patterns with narrow or local applications ...We also wanted patterns that as a group would fill a trout fisherman's needs in every situation. Thus, the book includes flies from each category - nymphs, wet flies/emergers, dry flies, terrestrials, and streamers. The first three categories are presented in an order that reflects the life cycle of aquatic insects in their journey from stream bottom to top. Finally, each group represents the array of tying skills most essential to its category. For example, the patterns in our dry fly section will teach you how to make ...upright wings ...how to wind parachute hackle atound a wingpost, how to make the wings of a caddis pattern, and so on, so that when you finish the patterns in this section, you'll be well equipped to tie just about any dry fly." Well worth trying out.