perchjerker 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2010 A couple of other good resources for how to take care of skins and hides, including how to prepare, how to care for, and storage are to be found in the both the Taxidermy and Museum Specimen Preparation literature. perchjerker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
utyer 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2010 I have more than a hundred books on fly tying, and fly fishing, and many of them contain hundreds of recipies. Duplicating a classic, or standard pattern, has its value, and its place, but I have found its always more fun the tie outside the "box." About the only time I follow a recipe, is when I am tying a custom order. To me the whole point is to make something up and have it work. The last thing I want is for my flies to look like the files in every fly shops fly bins. Following a recipe is usefull when your learning, but what you should learn is the techique involved, and then what modifications could you make with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
