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    • Fly of the Month Patterns >
      • DRY FLY PATTERNS >
        • Adams Variant
        • Asher
        • Atherton No 5
        • Baigent's Variant
        • Blue Quill
        • BWO
        • BWO Catskill
        • BWO CDC Emerger
        • BWO Sparkle Dun
        • BWO Spinner
        • Carolina Wulff
        • CDC Biot Comparadun
        • CDL Comparadun
        • Coachman Variant
        • Conner's October Caddis
        • Crackleback
        • Dragonfly Dry
        • Dry Pheasant Tail Variant
        • Dun Fly, August Fly,Wasp Fly
        • Early Nelson
        • Egg Laying Caddis
        • Troth Elk Hair Caddis FFI
        • Elk Hair Caddis
        • EZ Caddis
        • Female Adams
        • Fluttering Caddis
        • Ginger Quill
        • Gray Fox Variant
        • Grey Hackle Yellow Dry
        • Griffith's Gnat
        • Hazel Creek
        • Hendrickson
        • H & L Variant
        • Hopper Juan
        • Infallible
        • Japanese Beetle
        • Jassid
        • Jim Charley
        • Klinkhamer
        • Lacewing
        • Light Cahill Catskill
        • Little Green and Little Yellow Stonefly
        • Mr. Rapidan
        • North Carolina Yellow Sally
        • FFI Parachute Adams
        • Parachute Adams
        • Pheasant Tail Dry Fly.Skues
        • Puff Diddy
        • October Caddis
        • Orange Forked Tail
        • Rattler
        • Red Headed Caddis
        • Smoky Mountian Candy
        • Sunkist
        • Trude
        • Rusty Spinner
        • Sulphurs Part 1
        • Sulphur Part 2
        • Yellow Palmer
      • Dry Attractor
      • Midges >
        • Grey Goose Midge Emerger
        • Morgan's Midge
      • Nymphs >
        • Brassie
        • Chironimid
        • Copper John
        • Crossover Nymph
        • Crow Fly
        • Damsel Fly Nymph
        • Deep Sparkle Caddis Pupa
        • Devil's Doorstop
        • Girdle Bug
        • Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
        • Guinea
        • Hare's Ear Nymph FFI
        • Hot Creek Special
        • Mr. Rapidan
        • Peridgon Nymph
        • BH Prince Nymph FFI
        • BH Prince Nymph
        • Realistic Stonefly
        • Royal Prince
        • Secret Weapon
        • Scud
        • Egan's Tasmanian Devil
        • Tups Indespensible
      • Pupae/Larva
      • Scud >
        • UV Scud
      • Soft Hackles >
        • Center Bead Soft Hackle
        • Grey Hackle Soft hackle
        • Orange Partridge Soft Hackle
      • Terrestrials >
        • Amy's Ant
        • Alen's Cow Killer
        • Cricket
        • Inchworm
        • Jack Cabe Hopper
        • Little River Ant
        • Moth
        • Murray's Flying Beetle
        • Parachute Ant
        • Texas Piss Ant
      • Wet Fly Patterns >
        • Black Gnat
        • Blue Charm FFI
        • Breadcrust
        • Coachman
        • Cock-y-Bundhu
        • Cooper Bug
        • Grizzly King
        • Ibis
        • Parmacheene Belle
        • Orange and Partridge Soft Hackle FFIFFI
        • Red Ass Soft Hackle
        • Tups Indespensible
    • Fly Patterns
    • RRTU Class Recipes
    • NC General Hatch Charts
    • Fly Shops, Outfitters and Guides
    • Fly Fishing >
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        • Entomology Basics
        • More Entomology Basics
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    • Calendar Copy
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  • Rocky River TU
    • RRTU Events >
      • Monthly Meetings
      • Streamside Day Trips
      • Alarka Trips
      • Fly Tying Classes >
        • Instructional Tyers
    • Davidson River HEP
    • Conservation >
      • Conservation Partners >
        • NC Camo Coalition
    • Diversity >
      • WOMEN ON THE FLY
      • BSA Merit Badge
    • We welcome your feedback!
    • Become a TU Member
    • Mission and Brief History
  • FORR
  • Programs
    • Trout In The Classroom
    • RiverCourse Fly Fishing Youth Camp
    • Casting Carolinas
    • Wilson Creek Adopt-A-Stream and Stream Watch
    • South Mountain Adopt-A-Park
    • Stone Mountain State Park
  • Resources
    • Fly of the Month Patterns >
      • DRY FLY PATTERNS >
        • Adams Variant
        • Asher
        • Atherton No 5
        • Baigent's Variant
        • Blue Quill
        • BWO
        • BWO Catskill
        • BWO CDC Emerger
        • BWO Sparkle Dun
        • BWO Spinner
        • Carolina Wulff
        • CDC Biot Comparadun
        • CDL Comparadun
        • Coachman Variant
        • Conner's October Caddis
        • Crackleback
        • Dragonfly Dry
        • Dry Pheasant Tail Variant
        • Dun Fly, August Fly,Wasp Fly
        • Early Nelson
        • Egg Laying Caddis
        • Troth Elk Hair Caddis FFI
        • Elk Hair Caddis
        • EZ Caddis
        • Female Adams
        • Fluttering Caddis
        • Ginger Quill
        • Gray Fox Variant
        • Grey Hackle Yellow Dry
        • Griffith's Gnat
        • Hazel Creek
        • Hendrickson
        • H & L Variant
        • Hopper Juan
        • Infallible
        • Japanese Beetle
        • Jassid
        • Jim Charley
        • Klinkhamer
        • Lacewing
        • Light Cahill Catskill
        • Little Green and Little Yellow Stonefly
        • Mr. Rapidan
        • North Carolina Yellow Sally
        • FFI Parachute Adams
        • Parachute Adams
        • Pheasant Tail Dry Fly.Skues
        • Puff Diddy
        • October Caddis
        • Orange Forked Tail
        • Rattler
        • Red Headed Caddis
        • Smoky Mountian Candy
        • Sunkist
        • Trude
        • Rusty Spinner
        • Sulphurs Part 1
        • Sulphur Part 2
        • Yellow Palmer
      • Dry Attractor
      • Midges >
        • Grey Goose Midge Emerger
        • Morgan's Midge
      • Nymphs >
        • Brassie
        • Chironimid
        • Copper John
        • Crossover Nymph
        • Crow Fly
        • Damsel Fly Nymph
        • Deep Sparkle Caddis Pupa
        • Devil's Doorstop
        • Girdle Bug
        • Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
        • Guinea
        • Hare's Ear Nymph FFI
        • Hot Creek Special
        • Mr. Rapidan
        • Peridgon Nymph
        • BH Prince Nymph FFI
        • BH Prince Nymph
        • Realistic Stonefly
        • Royal Prince
        • Secret Weapon
        • Scud
        • Egan's Tasmanian Devil
        • Tups Indespensible
      • Pupae/Larva
      • Scud >
        • UV Scud
      • Soft Hackles >
        • Center Bead Soft Hackle
        • Grey Hackle Soft hackle
        • Orange Partridge Soft Hackle
      • Terrestrials >
        • Amy's Ant
        • Alen's Cow Killer
        • Cricket
        • Inchworm
        • Jack Cabe Hopper
        • Little River Ant
        • Moth
        • Murray's Flying Beetle
        • Parachute Ant
        • Texas Piss Ant
      • Wet Fly Patterns >
        • Black Gnat
        • Blue Charm FFI
        • Breadcrust
        • Coachman
        • Cock-y-Bundhu
        • Cooper Bug
        • Grizzly King
        • Ibis
        • Parmacheene Belle
        • Orange and Partridge Soft Hackle FFIFFI
        • Red Ass Soft Hackle
        • Tups Indespensible
    • Fly Patterns
    • RRTU Class Recipes
    • NC General Hatch Charts
    • Fly Shops, Outfitters and Guides
    • Fly Fishing >
      • RRTU Reference Fly Tying >
        • Entomology Basics
        • More Entomology Basics
      • More Fly Fishing Basics
      • Fly Fishing Tips
      • Trout Fishing & Trout Fishing Stories
    • Fly Casting
    • History, Reading, References >
      • S. Appalachian & Smoky Mtn History >
        • Archive History >
          • Archive History
          • FORR Campaign >
            • FORR 2020
    • Calendar Copy
  • RRTU Store
  • Tips - Tying
Rocky River Trout Unlimited Reference Library - Recommended Reading
Fly Tying (books and media)

Adams, Tom, Baker, Alen D. and Wilhelm, Tim. Go To Flies - Volume I. Charlotte, NC:  Rocky River TU, 2013.
Bachmann, Troy. Frontier Flies: Patterns on the Cutting Edge. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publicaitons, 1998.
Bartholomew, Marty. Tying Flies LIke a Pro. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 2006.
Beatty, Gretchen & Al. An Introduction to Fly Tying. Boseman, MT: The Federation of Fly Fishers, 1993. (FFF booklet series)
Boyle, Robert H. & Whitlock, Dave. The Second Fly-Tyer's Almanac. New York, NY: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1978.
Craven, Charlie. Charlie's Fly Box. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2010.
DeCuir, L. J. Southern Flies. Birmingham,  AL: Menasha Ridge Press, 2000.
Dorsey, Pat. Tying & Fishing Tailwater Flies. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books-Headwaters Books, 2010.
Engle, Ed. Tying Small Flies. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004.
Federation of Fly Fishers - Fly Pattern Encyclopedia, Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 2000. (over 1600 fly patterns)
Kaufmann, Randall. Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants. Glide, OR: Umpqua Feather Merchants, 1998.
Flick, Art. Master Fly-Tying Guide. New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1972.
Fullum, Jay "Fishy". Fishy's Flies. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002.
Fullum, Jay "Fishy". Fly Tying with Common Household Materials. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2012.
Galloup, Kelly. Cripples & Spinners. Traverse City, MI: Dean Publishing, 2001.
Gathercole, Peter. The Fly-Tying Bible. Hauppauge, NY: Quarto Publishing, 2003. (100 fly patterns)
Harder, John. Index of Orvis Fly Patterns. Manchester, VT: The Orvis Company, 1978. (supplements added in 1980, 1983)
Harrop, Rene. Learning from the Water: Fishing Tactics & Fly Designs for the Toughest Trout. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2010.
Harvey, George W. Techniques of Fly Tying and Trout Fishing. Belleville, PA:Metz Hatchery, 1976. (basics, simple using illustrations)
Holbrook, Don & Koch, Ed. Midge Magic. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001.
Howell, Don. Tying & Fishing Southern Appalachian Trout Flies. Pisgah Forest, NC: Davidson River Outfitters, 1999.
Hughes, Dave. American Fly Tying Manual. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 1986. (almost 300 fly patterns)
Hughes, Dave. Essential Trout Flies. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000. (31 fly patterns)
Jorgensen, Poul. Dry Fly Patterns for the New Millennium. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 2002.
Jorgensen, Poul. Modern Fly Dressings for the Practical Angler. New York, NY: Winchester Press, 1976.
Lolli, Tony. Go-To Flies: 101 Patterns the Pros Use When All Else Fails. Belgrade, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, 2004.
Lowe, Roger. Smoky Mountain Fly Patterns:101 Traditional Patterns. [email protected], 2005.
Lowe, Roger. "Smoky Mountain Fly Patterns." A 135-minute video which  offers step-by-step instruction on how to tie 12 traditional Appalachian  patterns. 2005.
Mackenzie, Gordon. Hair-Hackle Tying: Techniques & Fly Patterns. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 2001.
Mahoney, Ivan L. Trout Flies & Flowers. New York: The Lyons Press, 1998. (if you use this book, some field guides follows)
    Campbell, Carlos, et. al.  Great  Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.  Kingsport, TN:  University of Tennessee Press, 1962. (companion book)
Morris, Skip. Tying Foam Flies. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publicatons, 1994.
Pfeiffer, C. Boyd. Tying Trout Flies. Iola, WI:Krause Publications, 2002.
Price, Taff. Trout Fly Patterns: An international guide to 300 flies. N Vancouver, BC, Can: Whitcap Books, 2005.
Proper, Datus C. What the Trout Said: About the Design of Trout Flies and Other Mysteries. New York, NY: Alfed A. Knopf, 1982.
Stalcup, Shane. Maflies "Top to Bottom". Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 2002.
Stetzer, Randle Scott. Flies: The Best One Thousand. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 1992.
The Umpqua Enflyclopedia. Glide, OR: Umpqua Feather Merchants, 2001-20xx. (over 2,000 fly patterns for ordering, no recipes)
Vliet, John van. The Art of Fly Tying. Minnetonka, MN: Cowles Creative Publishing, 1994. (part of The Hunting & Fishing Library series)
Wulff, Lee. Lee Wulff on Flies. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1980.

Nymphs
Kaufmann, Randall. Tying Nymphs. Portland, OR: Western Fisherman's Press, 1994.
Krivanec, Karel & Friends. Czech Nymph and Other Related Fly Fishing Methods. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic: Grayling & Trout Publications, 2008.
McGee, Allen. Tying & Fishing Soft-Hackled Nymphs. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 2007.
Migel, J. Michael & Wright, Leonard M. Jr. The Masters the Nymph.  Carden City, NY: Nick Lyons Books, 1979.
Rosborough, E. H. "Polly". Tying and Fishing The Fuzzy Nymphs. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1978.

Streamers
Bates, Joseph D. Jr. Streamers & Bucktails: The Big Fish Flies. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
Linsenman, Bob & Galloup, Kelly. Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout. New York, NY, W W Norton & Company, 1999.
Mandell, Mark & Johnson, Les. Tube Flies: A Tying, Fishing & Historical Guide. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publicaitons, 2007.
Mandell, Mark & Kenly, Bob. Tube Flies Two Evolution. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publicaitons, 2007.

Terrestrials
Almy, Gerald. Tying & Fishing Terrestrials. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1978.
Morgan, Jeff. Productive Trout Flies for Unorthodox Prey. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications, 2012.
Steeves, Harrison R. & Koch, Ed. Terrestrials: A Modern Approach to Fishing and Tying with Synthetic ad Natural Materials. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1994.
Wilson, Loring D. Tying and Fishing the Terrestrials. Cranbury, NJ: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1978.

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