•⊂ Author Bio: Tom Rosenbauer has been a fly fisher for four decades, and was tying flies commercially at age fourteen. He is the author of numerous books, as well as countless articles for American Angler, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, and other periodicals. He is a marketing manager with the Orvis Company in Manchester, Vermont, and lives in nearby Pawlet.
"""In this book, Tom Rosenbauer has chosen 20 patterns that have produced over the years. Buy these, learn how and when to use them, and you almost certainly will catch more fish.""--Lefty Kreh ""Tom Rosenbauer is a lifelong fly fisherman and tier, and he shares his hard-earned expertise in The Orvis Guide to the Essential American Flies. In this new book, Tom tells the histories of many of our favorite flies and also shows us how to tie them. Experienced anglers will learn the origins of the patterns in their fly boxes, and new tiers will discover great fly-tying principles and tips. The Orvis Guide to the Essential American Flies will be an indispensable resource for all fly fishermen.""--David Klausmeyer, Editor, Fly Tyer magazine ""The Orvis Guide is the most impressive tying manual I've ever opened up. I reckon it'll do for this"" generation of fly tiers what Jack Dennis's old Western Trout Flies books did for folks back in the '80s."" --Spencer Durant"