Born in England, Barry Ord Clarke is an internationally-acclaimed fly tyer, photographer and author. He has won medals in the world’s most prestigious fly tying competitions, and his own flies can be seen in the iconic Flyfishers’ Club collection in London and in the Catskill Master Fly Collection in the Catskill Museum in the United States. In 2016, he was awarded the coveted Claudio D’Angelo award for Best International Fly Tyer. In 2018, he completed seven years’ work with Marc Petitjean for the book Petitjean CDC. Barry was voted Fly Tyer Magazine's Fly Tyer of the Year 2021. The prestigious award honours the exceptional international contribution he has made to the world of fly tying through his books and videos. His innovative approach, dedication to his followers and his passion for the sport was recognised. For the past 25 years he has lived in Norway where he works as a professional photographer and fly tying consultant for Mustad, and Veniard Ltd. You can find Barry’s fly tying demonstrations on his successful blog and YouTube channel, The Feather Bender.
Each pattern helps the reader to learn or perfect several advanced skills. Barry also clearly explains the best tools and materials to use to make secure, effective, and durable flies… He is the only expert in his field to have matched each of his step-by-step flytying chapters with an online video linked by QR code. -- Rasmus Ovesen ‘A new book from Barry Ord Clarke is a pretty safe bet on a good book, and this one is indeed good.’ ‘I regard this book much as I did the first volume, and it’s a perfect continuation, and does exactly what it promises: adds “advanced” to the techniques and the flies, also making it a perfect follow-up to the first title. So if you gave “The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques” to someone for Christmas last year, you have the perfect gift for this year: the sequel! The book is the same format, large, 250+ pages, extremely well illustrated, laid out and printed.’ -- Martin Joergensen * A new book from Barry Ord Clarke is a pretty safe bet on a good book, and this one is indeed good * Through 28 fishing fly patterns, Barry explains new and more difficult techniques in the same logical way as in those two previous books: using high quality photographic step by step sequences and clear and concise instructions, backed by QR codes to the relevant videos available online. The book also includes explanations of the tools and materials involved. Whatever your learning style, this book and the video sequences allow you to follow along at your own pace or dip in and out to check and confirm your steps. Highly recommended for all improving and intermediate fly tyers. -- The Guild of Flydressers A feature on The Welshman’s Button from Bary Ord Clarke’s excellent new book, The Feather Bender’s Advanced Flytying Techniques. One of 28 extensive photographic sequences that explore different flytying skills. -- Magnus Angus * Master Flytyer Barry Ord Clarke demonstrates deft techniques needed to tie his admired Welshman's Button Sedge * Barry Ord Clarke shares his latest flytying innovations with you in his second book…His books are the best of the online and print world: the only flytying books with matching QR codes. This gives fly tying experts the tools they need to learn how to tie flies.