Reprinting of The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference to Techniques and Dressing Styles

[SilverCreek 0]

Here's your chance to get a new copy:

https://amatobooks.com/products/preorder-special-the-fly-tiers-benchside-reference

 

The used ones are going at a premium:

https://smile.amazon.com/Fly-Tiers-Benchside-Reference/dp/1571881263/ref=sr_1_1?

[TSMcDougald 0]

I bought a copy back in November, 2019, for $57.95. I had thought about waiting to see if the price would come down - glad I didn't!

[steve sparkie 0]

Hi a bit to pricey for me as I have a reasonable library of reference books

[Sandan 0]

It's a great book. A "go to" for when I need some help with a particular technique.

[fshng2 0]

Buy it as a CD on Amazon for $39.95 + $3.99 shipping.

[SilverCreek 0]

My copy is 436 pages of instructions and photographs of fly tying methods. It is encyclopedic and worth every cent.

 

[Sandan 0]

21 minutes ago, SilverCreek said:

My copy is 436 pages of instructions and photographs of fly tying methods. It is encyclopedic and worth every cent.

 

I'll have to check and see how many pages mine is. Other than that you are 100% correct, sir

[Kimo 0]

7 minutes ago, Sandan said:

I'll have to check and see how many pages mine is. Other than that you are 100% correct, sir

Ditto
Just goes to show nothing new under the Sun.
I've run into younger tyers who didn't even know that this book existed.
I've also found that people don't buy as many books because they figure
they can find it on the web.
Data suggest that learning online drops by as much as 30%. Depending on the learning style.
(Mager's Criterion-Referenced Instruction) Sorry, from my Instructional Design days at the Phone Ditrectory company.

Kimo

[TSMcDougald 0]

Mine is 444 pages and was published in 1998.

[Bill_729 0]

2 hours ago, SilverCreek said:

My copy is 436 pages of instructions and photographs of fly tying methods. It is encyclopedic and worth every cent.

 

Anyone know if the (new) book has anything at all to say about non-natural fibers,  possibly including foam? Being an older book,  I wouldn't expect it to unless someone updated it;  I am just curious.  I may ask for the book from Santa.... : )

[SilverCreek 0]

1 hour ago, TSMcDougald said:

Mine is 444 pages and was published in 1998.

Those extra pages beyond 436 include the index at the back of the book.

[TSMcDougald 0]

1 minute ago, SilverCreek said:

Those extra pages beyond 436 include the index at the back of the book.

Yup

[chugbug27 0]

3 hours ago, Bill_729 said:

Anyone know if the (new) book has anything at all to say about non-natural fibers,  possibly including foam?

FOAM @ index...

bodies 190-194

-extended needle formed extensions 219-222

Closed-cell 190

Coloring 190

Head 428

Open-cell 190

Shaping 190

Tying 190-191

Underbody 41

Wings 

- emerger wings 339-341

- float pods 339, 440

- upright wings 282-283

 

You get the idea... ENCYCLOPEDIA of tying methods with clear & complete & well organized explanations and SBS pics.

 

[Bill_729 0]

1 hour ago, chugbug27 said:

You get the idea... ENCYCLOPEDIA of tying methods with clear & complete & well organized explanations and SBS pics.

 

Thank you!  That is helpful.  -Bill

[mikechell 0]

11 hours ago, Kimo said:

I've also found that people don't buy as many books because they figure
they can find it on the web.

Or, like me, they don't buy it because I'll never tie that many different flies or use most of those techniques.  LOTS of tiers out there who, like me, only tie what they need for fishing. 

People like me will never use 90% of the information in a book like that, so it is definitely not worth the money for us.