Dave Hughes has long believed that wet flies have an essential place in everyone's fly box and repertoire of trout tactics. That's why he has updated this 1995

Provides step-by-step instructions on tying five hundred trout flies and offers information on tying techniques, tools, and materials.

A detailed survey of the history and use of wet flies, with information on the insects they reassemble, fishing techniques and tying instructions.

61 fly patterns: Partridge and Orange, Iron Blue Dun, and many more historically proven flies Ten new chapters on tiny soft hackles and how to tie them New colo