THE LATEST NEWS and advice on fly fishing, fly fishing gear, fly fishing trips, and fly fishing books and media.Book Review: Whillock's Flies As Art
Brian Clarke has seen fly tying realist Paul Whillock's new self-published book and remarks on the particular philosophies that guide Whillock's techniques. "'I try to include only details that regularly act as genuine "trigger factors" — those small additions to a fly that just seem to "turn on" a trout,' he says. He lists these essentials, in order, as silhouette — by which he presumably means overall shape — antennae and tails, eyes and legs." In the London Times. You can read more about Flies As Art -- and see some extraordinary examples of ultra-realists flies -- on Whillock's attractive Web site.
