“Listen to the River” Volume 2. “ A new book of 16 new innovative patterns from Steve Thornton”. This new volume is packed with new un-published tying techniques not yet seen by the flytyer, including new detached abdomen tying techniques, new legging techniques and "Hair Rig" abdomens. "Hair Rig" abdomens make small insects like hatching olives, duns and spinners, realistic. These new "hair Rig" abdomens are easy to tie, yet very realistic and create a natural movement, just like the real insect.
Steve shows you in high quality step by step photography how to make these exciting new tying techniques and patterns and more.
After 2 years of intensive research and testing of realistic flyfishing patterns on rivers throughout America, Europe and the UK, Listen to the River Volume 2 is now available to order for a Christmas delivery. Steve Thornton is know around the world as one of the foremost innovators of new realistic style flyfishing patterns and tying techniques. This new exciting volume contains 16 new patterns which employ some unique tying techniques developed by Steve Thornton.
Learn how to tie new legging techniques on patterns. “Legs where they should be, underneath the hook shank, not on top”. This new tying technique provides a footprint much closer to the natural insect as it hatches or floats on the surface film.
Steve has constantly made notes on his travels about new techniques he has learnt. One technique he learnt in British Columbia and on the storied rivers of the Catskills, New York is the art of fishing streamers. This highly effective technique really does search out the larger fish in the rivers. Another technique Steve has learnt is "speed fishing". This is an absolutely fantastic dry fly style of fishing. This and other techniques are all revealed all in this book.
Listen to the River Volume 2 is available in 4 editions. A working edition which is ring bound, a collector’s leather bound edition, a cloth bound edition and a special collectors Deluxe Leather edition.
The Collectors Deluxe Leather Edition is perfect bound with marbled end papers and high quality all leather finish with red ribbon page marker. Each copy is mounted into a clothbound case and all the 16 flies from the book are shadow mounted into a bespoke frame inside the case. Each of the 16 editions are named after the fly that sits in the center of the mount. All 16 flies are specially tied by Steve Thornton and each book is dedicated to the purchaser, signed and numbered.
The Collectors Leather Edition is perfect bound with marbled end papers and high quality all leather finish with red ribbon page marker and hand made slip case. Each copy book is dedicated to the purchaser, signed and numbered. Limited to 50 copies.
The Cloth Bound Edition is perfect bound with marbled end papers with a red ribbon page marker. Each copy book signed and numbered. Limited to 100 copies.
The Working Edition is ring bound enabling the book to be laid flat on the flytyers work surface making a user friendly edition for all flytyers. Beautifully printed and protected by hard wearing covers.
New patterns for Listen to the River Volume 2 include;
Heptagenid Nymph - The (hair rig) Stonefly - Darting Nymph -The Ammonite Nymph - Hatching Heptagenid Nymph Hatching Caddis - Hatching Olive - Hatching Mayfly - CAM Emerger - Detached Bodied CAM Emerger - Needle Fly - Adult Stonefly - Cranefly - Spent Ephemera - The Baptizer.
