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.