Tying Foam Flies
(*NOTE: Tying Foam Flies has gone out of print.
Second-hand copies may be available on Amazon
or at second-hand book stores.)
Want to tie flies that float like crazy? Try using foam...
Tying Foam Flies is the original treatise on tying all sorts of fly designs tied with buoyant, rubbery foam sheeting, foam dowells, even sections of foam
coffee cups and more for all sorts of flies for all sorts of fishes.
For some kinds of emergers, dry flies, bass flies, and even buoyant nymphs (that rise above lake-bed snags when retrieved
behind a sinking fly line) foam is ideal.
What foam is best, and where can you find it?
Also explored in depth are the various kinds of tying foam and considerations on selecting foam.
Twelve deadly foam flies are tied in detail; at the end of the book is a collection of thirty-six foam fly designs, with a
photo and dressing for each fly.
Here are some sample pages from the book...
Top Left: there are several kinds of tying foam—a chapter explores the nature and uses of each.
Top Right: you'll learn the tying of each fly through plenty of photos, captions, and illustrations.
Right: the patterns for a variety of additional deadly and fascinating foam flies are presented at the end of the book.
This book is:
tied step-by-step
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Skip has an essay in Big Sky Journal's annual Fly Fishing issue, called "Montana Hoppers: the Princess and the Brute" released February 1, 2023. Skip rewrote it a bit; I painted and illustrated it here, on our website. Here's the link on our web page to check it out:
©Carol Ann Morris
Click here to read Skip's essay Montana Hoppers: The Princess and the Brute...
Skip's latest books:
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, is now available on Amazon as an ebook...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Dry Flies (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them
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Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page)...
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page)...
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, 2nd Edition, originally published as an e-book only, is now available on Amazon as a paperback...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Nymphs (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition)
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Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition). . .
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition). . .
Click here to get more information about Skip's e-book,
500 Trout Streams...
500 Trout Streams...
Skip's latest paperback book:
365 Fly Fishing Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish
Click here to get more information about Skip's latest book,
365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
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Skip Morris's Trout-Fly Proportion Chart
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Skip's Predator is available to buy...
Skip's ultra-popular Predator—a hit fly for bluegills and other panfishes and largemouth bass (also catches smallmouth bass and trout)—is being tied commercially by the Solitude Fly Company.
The Predator
CLICK HERE to learn more about or to purchase the Predator...
Learn to Tie Skip's Predator
Do you want to tie the Predator?
Tying the Predator
Skip shows you how to tie it on his YouTube Channel link, listed below:
CLICK HERE to see Skip's detailed video on how to tie the Predator...