Winter means different things to different people. Some bundle up like the Michelin man before heading out to fish, while others fire up the vise and re-stock depleted fly boxes.
In the interest of speeding your winter tieing, the Underground's asking for something never in short supply around here: an opinion. What is your favorite fly tieing book?
This isn't a "one book on a desert island" kind of question. Instead, we want to hear about the book that altered the way you tied or fished - a book with a point of view or philosophy that worked its way into your fly fishing consciousness.
My pick?
Trout Flies: The Tier's Reference by Dave Hughes. His philosophy emphasizes "buggy" flies over exact imitation, and his approach to fly tieing is to strip away the window dressing, focusing on what actually catches fish.
This book introduced me to the Beetle Bug (
Official Attractor Fly of the Trout Underground); unpretentious and clearly written, it's not a pattern book (though there are plenty of those) but more a philosophy of fly fishing.
Tag. You're it. Let's hear it from the Undergrounders.