MAKING BETTER FLIES: HOW TO DESIGN, DEVELOP AND IMPROVE FLY PATTERNS FOR SALT AND FRESH WATER. By Lou Tabory.

# 2016 1st edition. 4to paperback (215 x 278mm). Pp190. Illustrated with 376 colour photographs.

# An excellent, superbly illustrated manual for designing and tying flies, particularly for striped bass in saltwater, with many patterns applicable to UK saltwater flyfishing. Chapters include: Imitation and design characteristics; Important bais and food types; Fly-building supplies; Snake Fly; Sand Eel Snake Fly; Worm Hatch Snake Fly; Long Saddle Snake Fly; Mullet and whitefish Snake Fly; slab Fly; Badger Sand Eel; Mole Nose Bunker; Glow Squid; Barracuda Fly; Pop-Hair Bug; Bonefish Fry; Wide-Eyed Shrimp; Blue Lady; Glow Sand Eel; Sea Rat; Trout Rat; Windged Weedless Rat; Rat Chovy; Rat Needlefish; How to set up a fly box.