With this straight-forward manual any beginner can get started fly tying. The book covers the 21 basic skills every tier needs to learn, practice, and perfect: tying on, the whip finish, pinch tying, abrading, dubbing, working with wings and hackle, and the high tie method. After the basic techniques, the book moves on to the step-by-step instructions for tying 18 popular flies. Beliveau simplifies the often intimidating world of fly tying and gives just the right amount of detail to enable tiers to fill their flyboxes with the dry flies, wet flies, streamers, and nymphs they need for all kinds of trout fishing.