Best Book of Patterns?

[DougBaz]

I'd like to buy a great book(or 2)for a friend who has been tying freshwater for years but recently got into saltwater tying. What are the classics? thanks for your help

[jmccall]

I will name 2
Saltwater Flies by Lefty Kreh
Pop Flyes by Bob Popovics

[Jim Miller]

another option:
a interactive CD..... "Fishing Flies of North America" by
Dick Stewart & Farrow Allen. Salt, Trout, Bass, Salmon, Tropics...... ;)

[DbleHaul]

Innovative Saltwater Flies by Bob Veverka....a great pattern book with backstories of many tiers.

[Pauper Piscator]

If your buddy has tying skills already, all he really needs is a model - not really instructions or materials lists.

Order some free catalogues.

Dan Baily (Website is good too).
LL Bean FF catalogue.
Orvis
Cableas FF.

etc etc.

[sloppyloops]

I have been tying freshwater flies for 30 years,but saltwater for only the last couple.
If you are planning on tying any bonefish flies then my favourite so far is Dick Browns Bonefish Fly Patterns.
The layout of the book is excellent,it has a colour photo of every fly as well as the full recipe and tying notes and lots of other information relevant to the pattern.
There is even a chapter showing you tying sequences for most of the techniques used.

Have fun!

[Fin Addiction]

Hi Doug--127-3-

[moxie]

I picked up a new book at Barnes+Noble.
Saltwater Flys
by Deke Meyer
$24.95
120 pages, over 700 flys, excelent pics, recipes, ect.
This book has it all.

MOXIE :-%

[Onshore]

For an experienced tier, I'd go with Lefty Krey's Saltwater Flies is perfect.

[Eddy Merckx]

If he's got some tying experience, I'd second the recommendation for Innovative Saltwater Flies .

[Captcastafly]

Like Onshore says, Saltwater Fly Patterns by Lefty Kreh is a good reference book for experience tiers. Very Comprehensive. My only wish would be they include the recipes and correct photos on the same page. Sometimes the material list is a few pages off from the photo sections. What a pain going back and forth.

Another good ref. book is Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants. A list of the world's best 1100 flies. Contains list of materials, photo, and originator of each fly.

There's a new book on East Coast Flies coming out this summer. This should contain most of the newer flies we fish in the region.