Spey Flies and How to Tie Them

Mr. Veverka has a direct writing style that is immediately accessible. This is a very, very nice treatment of a niche within a niche.Spey flies are Salmon flies - (and Steelhead flies) of the "Spey" persuasion. Spey flies are a traditional type of Scottish Salmon fly where most of the originals call for Herron feathers. This fine book proves that the modern Spey fly can be tied well with substitutes for the original feathers.The history of the Spey fly, the materials and examples of many classic dressings are stunning and well presented through Mr. Veverka's prose and Mr. Radencich's excellent photography. This book explores modern variations on these flies including an excellent, in-depth selection of modern Steelhead Spey flies.The dressing guides are well written and clearly illustrated (again, featuring Mr. Radencich's excellent photographs) making the task of tying the historical patterns within the reach of most mere mortal fly tiers. The modern Steelhead Spey flies are well within the skills of any intermediate fly tier.

The book is wonderful in telling the story of spey flies and Mr. Veverka is a great writer who has devoted his life to tying and learning about the history of fly tying. The book is filled with great pictures of patterns and great stories about their tyers the history surrounding the flies. For this I give 5 stars but for the "How to tie them" part I was left feeling a bit disappointed. This is a wonderful book but I feel it is not the best "how to book" out there.

Excellent resource if you are interested in tying Spey Flies. A great addition to your fly tying library

plenty of patterns, good details

Wished it had more current pattern and recipesfor tying the fly

Book reflects that the author is truly an expert on the subject

As the vendor noted, the book was brand new, hardly used.

Fun spey fly book.

Excellent

Cercavo da tempo un libro che raccogliesse mosche classiche SpeyQuesto libro è perfettoFoto, descrizioni, storia. Tutto perfettoNon troverete un ricettario di dressing, ma sicuramente una completissima raccolta di mosche classiche da prendere come riferimentoConsiglio a chiunque sia incuriosito dalle mosche Spey

Great book the only thing is you can not track the package , was late coming

Un très beau livre et très bien expliqué avec de superbes photos.

A great book , beautiful photographs, A+++++