TYING FLIES WITH FOAM, FUR, AND FEATHERS. By Harrison R. Steeves III.

2003 1st edition. Quarto paperback (216 x 280mm). Ppviii,136. Colour photographs throughout.

Tried and tested terrestrials from foam, fur and feathers. 48 innovative and proven patterns. Terrestrials "are effective in many different situations, and many more types of synthetic tying materials - foam, dubbing, fibers, rubber legs, winging material - are now available. [This book] is full of patterns for ants, bettles, grasshoppers, crickets, damselflies, wasps, and cicadas and tips for fishing them. Harrison's practical approach - he uses synthetic materials fro durability and ease of tying, but natural materials like peacock herl, turkey feathers, and marabou when no substitutes will work as well - will appeal to any angler who wants durable flies that will catch plenty of fish. 48 innovative patterns with step-by-step tying instructions and colour photographs, along with his on-the-stream accounts of how to fish them. Chapters include: Designing a terrestrial pattern; Materials; Fishing terrestrials, choice of pattern, fishing terrestrial patterns during a hatch; ants; Beetles; Grasshoppers, crickets and their relatives; Miscellaneous insects; Flies for warm water. Fly patterns include: AttractANT, EZC Carpenter Ant, Cow Killer Ant, Hot Spot Ant, Flip-Flop Ants, Los Alamos Ant, TransparANT, Bark (Longhorn) Beetle, Disc O'Beetle, Disco Japanese Beetle, Double Disc O'Beetle, Firefly, Japanese Beetle (original), Locoskin Japanese Beetle, Kiwi Fleetle, tiger Beetle, Basic Black Beetle, sinking Japanese Beetle, Epoxy Beetle, Colorado Hopper, Crystal Butt Cricket, Crystal Butt Hopper, Flying Hopper, Katydid, Black Widow (trout), Disc Head Cicada, Disco Damselfly, Egg-Laying Caddis, Fliedermouse, Motivator, Plumpy, UFO, bumblebee, Mud Dauber, Paper Wasp, Turbo Wasp, Deer Fly, Bluebottle and Greenbottle Flies, Horse Fly, Salmonfly, Black Widow (bass), Humpbacks, Frawg, Megabug, Steeves' Mouse, Torpedo, Snakey Jake, Ultimate Cicada.