The Fly-Tier's Benchside Reference to Techniques and Dressing Styles

by Leeson, Ted

ISBN13: 9781571881267

ISBN10: 1571881263

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 1998-11-01

Publisher(s): Frank Amato Pubns

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Summary

This extraordinary book focuses specifically on trout flies, many of the methods discussed can be used or adapted to dress patterns for other species. This encyclopedic treatment of fly tying includes: selecting materials, thread handling, hooks, mounting and trimming materials, weighting hooks, tying techniques for underbodies, weed guards, tails, ribbing, gills, bodies, wings, legs, heads, eyes and more. Materials covered include beads, foam, plastic, tinsels, feathers, fur, you name it. With over 3000 full-colour photographs and over 400 tying methods discussed, all you fly-tying questions will be answered. The Fly Tier's Bench Referenceis the perfect companion for anyone who ties flies, keep it at your side and you'll find yourself referring to it continuously.

Introduction

The Anatomy and Selection of Fly-tying Materials

Furs and Hairs

(4)

Feathers

(7)

Hooks

(1)

Adhesives

(3)

Hook Preparation

Parallel De-barbing Pinch

(1)

Perpendicular De-barbing Pinch

(1)

Filing Barbs

(1)

Sharpening Hooks

(1)

Thread Handling

Single-wrap Thread Mount

(1)

Double-wrap Thread Mount

(1)

Two-finger Half-hitch

(1)

Single-finger Half-hitch

(1)

Half-hitch Tool

(1)

Dubbing Needle Half-hitch

(2)

Controlling Thread Twist

(1)

Thread Flattening

(1)

Hand Whip-finish

(1)

One-finger Whip-finish

(1)

Orbiting Whip-finisher

(1)

Rotating Whip-finisher

(1)

Dubbed Whip-finish

(1)

Salvaging Broken Thread

(1)

Mounting and Trimming Materials

Look Wraps

(1)

The Soft Wrap

(1)

The Angle Wrap

(1)

The Bottom Wrap

(1)

The Compensation Wrap

(1)

The Taut Distribution Wrap

(1)

The Cradle Loop

(1)

The Lash Mount and Crisscross Wrap

(1)

The Pinch Wrap

(1)

The Bobbin Loop

(1)

The Langley Loop

(1)

The Noose Loop

(1)

The Side Pinch

(1)

The Double Side Pinch

(1)

The Basic Trim

(1)

The Knife Cut

(1)

The Angle Cut

(1)

The Bend Cut

(1)

Pre-trimming Materials

(1)

The Slide Mount

(1)

Trimming Wire

(2)

Weighting Hooks

The Eye-anchor Wrap

(1)

The Direct Wrap

(1)

The Bound-tag Wrap

(1)

The Double-layer Wrap

(1)

The Thorax Wrap

(1)

Flattened Wire

(1)

Lashed Weight

(1)

Underbodies

Straight Thread Underbody

(1)

Tapered Thread Underbody

(1)

Leather Underbody

(1)

Latex Underbody

(1)

Compressed Underbody

(1)

Spliced Underbody

(1)

Abutted Underbody

(1)

Lashed Underbody

(1)

Frame Underbody

(1)

Molded Underbody

(1)

Metal-tape Underbody

(1)

Wiggle Bodies, Tandem Hooks, and Weed Guards

Wiggle Bodies

(6)

Single-strand Hinge

(1)

Single-loop Hinge

(1)

Double-loop Mono Hinge

(1)

Double-loop Wire Hinge

(1)

Bead-chain Wiggle Body

(1)

Single-loop Front Extension

(1)

Formed-wire Front Extension

(1)

Tandem Hooks

(2)

Wire-loop Trailing Hook

(1)

Single-strand Trailing Hook

(1)

Snelled Trailing Hook

(1)

Nail-knot Trailing Hook

(1)

Fixed-hook Trailer

(1)

Weed Guards

(8)

Beard Hook Guard

(1)

Hackle Hook Guard

(1)

Nylon Brush Guard

(1)

Nelson Point Guard

(1)

Single-loop Guard

(1)

Double-loop Guard

(1)

Single-wire Guard

(1)

Split-wire Weed Guard

(1)

Stirrup Guard

(1)

Snagless Sally Guard

(2)

Tails and Trailing Shucks

Tails

(24)

Preparing Feather Barbs

(1)

Preparing and Cleaning Hair

(1)

Stacking and Aligning Hair

(1)

Solid-fiber Bundled Tail

(1)

Hollow-hair Tail

(2)

Bent Tail

(1)

Base-wrap Tail

(1)

Funneldun Tail

(1)

Preparing Marabou and CDC

(2)

Marabou Tail

(1)

Quill Tail

(1)

Dubbing Ball Split Tail---Side Mount

(1)

Dubbing Ball Split Tail---Top Mount

(1)

Dubbing Ball Split Tail---Bundle Mount

(1)

Loop-split Tail

(1)

Thread-split Tail

(1)

Clipped Split Tail

(1)

Two-fiber Split Tail

(1)

Split Rubber Tail

(1)

Trimmed-feather Split Tail

(1)

Split Feather Tail

(1)

Three-fiber Tail

(1)

Loop-split Triple Tail

(1)

Thread-spread Triple Tail

(1)

Fiber-spread Triple Tail

(1)

Thread-torque Fan Tail

(1)

Reverse-wrap Fan Tail

(1)

Thread-jam Fan Tail

(1)

Hockley Tail

(1)

Fur-strip Tail

(1)

Trailing Shucks

(2)

Straight Shuck

(1)

Combination Shuck

(1)

Bead Shuck

(2)

Ribbing and Gills

Ribbing

(1)

Ribbing

(1)

Counter-ribbing

(1)

Gills

(7)

Tuft Gills

(1)

Ribbed Gills

(1)

Lashed Gills

(2)

Woven Gills

(1)

Twisted Gills

(1)

Wrapped-core Gills

(1)

Bodies

Chenille, Floss, and Yarn Bodies

(9)

Simple Chenille Body

(1)

Striped Chenille Body

100

(1)

Variegated Chenille Body

100

(1)

Lashed Chenille Body

101

(1)

Single-layer Floss Body

102

(1)

Double-layer Floss Body

103

(1)

Bullet-taper Floss Body

104

(1)

Reverse-taper Floss Body

104

(1)

Twisted Yarn Body

105

(1)

Tapered Twisted Yarn Body

106

(1)

Leech Yarn Body

107

(1)

Quill, Quill-style, and Biot Bodies

108

(9)

Hand-stripped Quills

108

(1)

Bleach-stripped Quills

109

(1)

Paraffin-coated Quills

110

(1)

Single-quill Body

110

(1)

Multiple-quill Body

111

(1)

Hackle-quill Body

111

(1)

Feather-stem Quill Strips

112

(1)

Stripping Biots

112

(1)

Biot Body

113

(1)

Single-strand Quill-style Body

114

(1)

Multiple-strand Quill-style Body

115

(1)

Ribbed Quill-style Body

115

(1)

Varnish Body Reinforcement

116

(1)

Wrapped Thread Reinforcement

116

(1)

Herl, Barb, and Feather Bodies

117

(7)

Single-herl Body

117

(1)

Multiple-herl Body

118

(1)

Core-twisted Herl Body

119

(1)

Loop-twisted Herl Body

120

(1)

Flat-wrapped Barb Body

121

(1)

Twisted Barb Body

122

(1)

Flat-wrapped Feather Body

123

(1)

Twisted Feather Body

123

(1)

Dubbed Bodies

124

(18)

Thread-core Direct Dubbing

125

(1)

Wire-core Direct Dubbing

126

(1)

Lead-core Direct Dubbing

127

(1)

Dusting and Touch Dubbing

127

(2)

Trap-loop Dubbing

129

(1)

Direct-dubbed Loop

130

(1)

Double-strand Dubbing Loop

130

(1)

Fur Chenille Dubbing Loop

131

(1)

Hide-strip Fur Chenille

132

(1)

Split-thread Dubbing

132

(1)

Wire-core Dubbing Brush

133

(1)

Lead-core Dubbing Brush

134

(1)

Single-wire Spun Dubbing

135

(1)

Double-wire Spun Dubbing

135

(1)

Flat Dubbing Board

136

(1)

Grooved Dubbing Board

137

(1)

Hidy/Leisenring Pre-dubbed Thread

138

(1)

Pre-dubbed Single Thread

138

(1)

Twisted Dubbing Noodle

139

(1)

Two-color Dubbing Noodle

140

(1)

Dubbing Noodle Loop

141

(1)

Fur-strip and Hide-strip Bodies

142

(3)

Wrapped Fur-strip Body

142

(1)

Lashed Fur-strip Body

143

(1)

Hide-strip Body

144

(1)

Spun, Flared, Stacked, and Clipped Bodies

145

(14)

Spinning Hollow Hair

145

(2)

Flaring Hollow Hair

147

(1)

Stacking Hollow Hair

148

(1)

Messinger Stacking

149

(2)

Preparing Stacking Wool

151

(1)

Wrap-around Wool Stacking

151

(2)

Single-stacking Wool

153

(1)

Multi-stacking Wool

153

(1)

Stacking Marabou

154

(1)

Clipped Bodies

155

(2)

Razor-trimmed Bodies

157

(1)

Flame-shaped Bodies

157

(2)

Tinsel, Wire, and Woven-tubing Bodies

159

(5)

Single-layer Tinsel Body

159

(1)

Double-layer Tinsel Body

160

(1)

Twisted-tinsel Body

160

(1)

Oval and Twisted Tinsel Bodies

161

(1)

Single-layer Wire Body

162

(1)

Double-layer Wire Body

162

(1)

Thorax-wrapped Wire Body

162

(1)

Woven-tubing Body

163

(1)

Latex, Plastic, and Vinyl Bodies

164

(5)

Smooth Latex Body

164

(1)

Segmented Latex Body

165

(1)

Solid Cord Body

165

(1)

Internal-ribbed Tubing Body

166

(1)

Slip-over Tubing Body

167

(1)

Liquid-filled Tubing Body

167

(2)

Pulled, Bubble, and Brushed Bodies

169

(12)

Pulled Fiber Body

169

(1)

Hollow-hair Capsule

170

(1)

Pulled Bullet Body

171

(2)

Pulled Tinsel Body

173

(1)

Double-strand Antron Bubble

173

(2)

Single-strand Antron Bubble

175

(1)

Hackle-bubble Body

176

(1)

Feather Capsule

177

(1)

Krystal Flash Bubble

178

(1)

Brushed Body

179

(2)

Bead Bodies

181

(9)

Straight Bead Body

181

(1)

Tapered Bead Body

182

(1)

Tailed Bead Body

183

(1)

Feather-gill Bead Body

183

(1)

Dubbed-gill Bead Body

184

(1)

Bead-chain Body

185

(1)

Strung-bead Body

185

(2)

Bead Thorax

187

(1)

Bead Bubble Sheath

188

(1)

Rear-mount Bead

189

(1)

Foam Bodies

190

(5)

Lashed Foam Body

191

(1)

Segmented Lashed-foam Body

191

(1)

Folded Foam Body

192

(1)

Segmented Folded-foam Body

192

(1)

Wrapped Foam Body

193

(1)

Threaded Foam Body

193

(1)

Glued Foam Body

194

(1)

Woven Bodies

195

(9)

The Banded Weave

195

(1)

The Parallel Weave

196

(1)

The Mossback Weave

197

(1)

The Overhand Weave

198

(1)

The Pott's Weave

199

(1)

The Half-hitch Weave

199

(1)

The Crisscross Weave

200

(1)

The Spotted Strip Weave

201

(1)

The Mottled Weave

201

(1)

The Crochet Weave

202

(2)

Extended Bodies

204

(25)

Lashed Extension

204

(1)

Slip-over Extension

205

(1)

Quill Extension

205

(1)

Tubing Extension

206

(1)

Feather Extension

207

(2)

Free-standing Core Extension

209

(1)

Hand-held Core Extension

210

(2)

Double-vise Core Extension

212

(1)

Extended-body Tool

212

(2)

Simple Furled Extension

214

(1)

Furled and Tailed Extension

214

(1)

Rolled Tape Extension

215

(1)

Needle-formed Fiber Extension

216

(2)

Betts Poly Extension

218

(1)

Rolled Foam Extension

219

(2)

Folded Foam Extension

221

(1)

Dubbing Shell Extension

222

(2)

Ribbed Tubing Extension

224

(1)

Woven Extended Body

225

(1)

Bundled-fiber Extension

226

(1)

Reverse-tied Bundle Extension

227

(1)

Braided Extension

228

(1)

Wingcases and Overbodies

Wingcases

229

(6)

Folded-strip Wingcase

229

(2)

Multiple-fold Wingcase

231

(1)

Reverse-folded Wingcase

232

(1)

Bundled-fiber Wingcase

232

(1)

Cut and Burned Wingcases

233

(1)

Epoxy and Varnish Wingcases

234

(1)

Overbodies

235

(6)

Strip Overbody

235

(2)

Bundled-fiber Overbody

237

(1)

Side-mount Overbody

238

(3)

Wings

Upright Wings

241

(46)

Mounting and Posting Upright Wings

241

(3)

Upright Quill Wings

244

(1)

Downs Mount Quill Wings

245

(1)

Side-mount Quill Wings

246

(3)

Cut Wings

249

(2)

Burned Wings

251

(1)

Feather-tip Wings

252

(1)

Reverse-mount Feather-tip Wings

253

(2)

Feather-tip Wings with Parachute Base

255

(1)

Ogden Wings

256

(2)

Side-mounted Feather-tip Wings

258

(1)

Fan Wings

259

(1)

Reverse-hackle Wings

260

(1)

Half-hackle Wings

261

(2)

Bundled-fiber Post

263

(2)

Rolled-barb Post

265

(1)

Folded-barb Post

266

(1)

Trimmed-fiber Wing

267

(1)

Wedge Wing

267

(1)

The Figure-eight Wing Split

268

(1)

Loop-split Wings

269

(1)

Forced-split Wings

270

(1)

Thread-split Wings

271

(1)

Split Synthetic-fiber Wings

272

(1)

Side-mount Bundled-fiber Wings

272

(1)

Divided Fur Wings

273

(1)

Hollow-hair Arc Wing

274

(2)

Solid-fiber Arc Wing

276

(1)

Gathered-hackle Arc Wing

277

(1)

Clipped-hackle Arc Wing

278

(1)

Loop Wings

278

(1)

Slip-loop Wings

279

(1)

Multiple-loop Wing

280

(2)

34: Foam Post

282

(1)

Post-mount Film Wings

282

(1)

Crossmount Film Wings

283

(1)

Front-fold Film Wings

283

(2)

Bottom-mount Film Wings

285

(1)

39: Top-mount Film Wing

286

(1)

Downwings

287

(34)

Paired Quill Downwings

287

(1)

Married Quill Wings

288

(1)

Folded Quill Downwing

289

(1)

Quill Flatwing

290

(2)

Cut and Burned Tentwings

292

(2)

Mesh-backed Feather Wings

294

(1)

Tape-backed Feather Wings

295

(1)

Feather-tip Tentwings

295

(2)

Folded Feather-tip Wing

297

(1)

Feather-tip Delta Wing

297

(2)

Feather-tip Flatwing

299

(1)

Reverse-hackle Flatwing

300

(1)

Biot Downwings

301

(1)

Feather Streamer Wings

301

(1)

Streamer Cheeks and Shoulders

302

(1)

Matuka Feather Wing

303

(1)

Feather-tip Downwing

304

(1)

Solid-fiber Downwing

305

(1)

Staggered Wing

306

(1)

Reverse-mount Fiber Downwing

307

(1)

Bullet-head Fiber Wings

308

(1)

Aztec Wing

309

(2)

Hollow-hair Downwing

311

(1)

Tip-mount Hollow-hair Downwing

312

(1)

Flat Barb Downwing

313

(1)

Bundled-fiber Delta Wing

314

(1)

Folded Film Downwing

315

(1)

Film Backwing

315

(2)

Film Delta Wing

317

(1)

Folded Film Flatwing

317

(1)

Fur-strip Downwing

318

(2)

Woven-tubing Downwing

320

(1)

Spentwings

321

(10)

Feather-tip Spentwing

321

(1)

Thread-split Fiber Spentwing

322

(1)

Forced-split Spentwing

323

(1)

Lashed-fiber Spentwing

324

(1)

Gathered Collar-hackle Spentwing

325

(2)

Gathered Parachute-hackle Spentwing

327

(1)

Clipped Hackle Spentwing

328

(1)

Loop Spentwing

329

(1)

Lashed Film Spentwing

330

(1)

Emerger Wings, Wing Buds, and Float Pods

331

(12)

Split Cuticle

331

(1)

Paired Quill Emerger Wings

332

(1)

Folded Quill Emerger Wings

333

(1)

Feather-tip Emerger Wings

333

(2)

Tuft Emerger Wing

335

(1)

Fiber-loop Emerger Wing

336

(1)

Funnel Wing

337

(1)

Dubbed Float Pod

338

(1)

Folded Foam Float Pod

339

(1)

Suspender Pod

340

(1)

LaFontaine Halo

341

(1)

Twisted Film Wing Buds

341

(1)

Folded Film Emerger Wings

342

(1)

Hackle

343

(64)

Preparing Hackle Feathers

344

(2)

Collar Hackle

346

(30)

Single-hackle Mounts

347

(2)

Multiple-hackle Mounts

349

(2)

Single-hackle Dry-fly Collar

351

(1)

Single-hackle Wet-fly Collar

352

(1)

Marabou Collar Hackle

353

(1)

Multiple-hackle Collar

354

(1)

Reverse Collar Hackle

355

(1)

Overwrapped Collar Hackle

356

(2)

Thorax Hackle

358

(2)

Modified Thorax Hackle

360

(1)

Skater Hackle

360

(1)

Deveaux Hackle

361

(1)

Funneldun Hackle

362

(1)

Forward Palmer Hackle---Stem Mounted

363

(1)

Forward Palmer Hackle---Tip Mounted

364

(1)

Reverse Palmer Hackle

365

(1)

Thorax Palmer Hackle

366

(1)

Buried Palmer Hackle

367

(1)

Distributed Collar Hackle

367

(1)

Reverse Distributed Collar Hackle

368

(2)

Spun-hair Collar Hackle

370

(1)

Loop-spun Hackle

371

(2)

Mylar Hackle

373

(1)

Woven Hackle

374

(2)

Throat and Cross Hackle

376

(4)

Bundled-fiber Throat Hackle

376

(1)

DeFeo Throat Hackle

377

(1)

Gathered Throat Hackle

378

(1)

Cross Hackle

378

(2)

Parachute Hackle

380

(27)

Parachute-hackle Mounts

381

(2)

Single Parachute Hackle---Horizontal Wrap

383

(3)

Parachute-hackle Tie-offs

386

(2)

Single Parachute Hackle---Vertical Wrap

388

(1)

Multiple-hackle Parachute

389

(1)

Water Walker Hackle

390

(1)

Stalcup CDC Parachute Hackle

391

(1)

Umbrella Hackle

392

(1)

Postless Parachute Downwing

393

(1)

Folded Downwing Parachute

394

(1)

Folded-post Parachute Hackle

395

(1)

Stem-loop Parachute Hackle

395

(2)

Mono-loop Parachute Hackle

397

(2)

Olsson Parachute Hackle

399

(1)

Inverted Parachute Hackle

400

(2)

Bottom-wrapped Parachute Hackle

402

(1)

Pittendrigh Parachute Hackle

403

(2)

Bottom-mounted Synthetic Parachute Hackle

405

(2)

Legs

407

(18)

Straight-lashed Legs

408

(1)

Loop-lashed Legs

408

(2)

Side-mounted Legs

410

(1)

Knotted-fiber Legs

411

(2)

Crimped-fiber Legs

413

(2)

Sewn Legs

415

(1)

Side-mounted Bundled-fiber Legs

416

(1)

Gathered-fiber Legs

417

(1)

Wingcase Legs

418

(1)

Wingcase-split Legs

419

(1)

Knotted-barb Grasshopper Legs

420

(1)

Lacquered Legs

421

(1)

Dubbing-loop Legs

422

(1)

Drawn Feather Legs

423

(1)

Feather Grasshopper Legs

424

(1)

Heads, Collars, and Eyes

425

(12)

Heads and Collars

425

(6)

Clipped Head

425

(2)

Bullet Head

427

(1)

Foam Head

428

(1)

Slip-on Bead Head

429

(1)

Pinch-on Bead Head

430

(1)

Lashed Bead Head

431

(1)

Eyes

431

(6)

Barbell Eyes

431

(3)

Mesh-wrapped Eyes

434

(1)

Painted Eyes

435

(1)

Glued Eyes

435

(2)

Index

437

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