Fusion Fly Tying: Steelhead, Salmon, and Trout Flies of the Synthetic Era

Description

Over the past 7 years, Greg Senyo developed an overwhelming customer base through his company Steelhead Alley Outfitters; the demand for many of his patterns has surpassed the supply. Because of this, he has generously written a step-by-step how-to guide to tying your own flies. Modern Steelhead and Salmon Flies will highlight 35 of the author's signature and proven steelhead flies used across the Great Lakes, Pacific North West, Canada, Alaska - also Atlantic salmon and Lake Run Browns, tapping into and keeping up with today's current and growing synthetic material market. Each fly design will be a visual and simulating guide through high resolution and complete step-by-step photography. Modern Steelhead and Salmon Flies will teach you how to work with synthetic materials that include the use of shanks, heavy wire, fish skulls and fish Masks, synthetic hackles and hair, new age flash, while also incorporating beads/metal components, forming and using new epoxy techniques, Copic air brushing and dying techniques, and a host of signature synthetic fibers and dubbings. With these new skills, the potential and creative possibilities of each fly-tying project will be greatly increased, while still maintaining traditional fly-tying disciplines. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Greg Senyo is a debut author and the owner of Steelhead Alley Outfitters. He was awarded the prestigious Orvis Fly Tier of the Year Award in 2008. He currently develops new-age signature flytying materials for Hareline Dubbin, Inc., and signature tying components with the Flymen Fishing Company. Senyo lives in Holland, Ohio.

"His creations are deceptively simple masterpieces that fuse tradition with progressive genius. . . . [Senyo] has adapted an amazing approach to presenting the fly for steelhead and salmon from the Great Lakes to any destination in the entire world where you may find such fish." -Matthew Supinski, author of Steelhead Dreams: The Theory, Method, Science and Madness of Steelhead Fly Fishing "In Greg's patterns there's color, flash, and vision. Moreover, there's a completeness, a unity that comes from an attentiveness to detail that . . . transcends their role as fish-catching tools." -Dave Karczynski, MidCurrent