Tying and Fishing Deer Hair Flies

Tim Jacobs is a popular demonstration tier at various fishing shows including The Fly Fishing Show. He is a retired teacher and works as an instructor at the Michigan Youth Trout Camp each summer. He is an FFF certified casting instructor, guide, and member of the Whiting Farms Pro Team. His articles have appeared in Midwest Fly Fishing and other publications, and he was a contributor to Modern Terrestrials. He lives in Colorado.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Tools and Materials2. Hair-Wing Duns3. Bullet Heads and Humpies4. Bucktails5. Techniques for Spinning and Flaring Deer Hair6. Spun Deer Hair Flies for Trout7. Topwater Deer Hair Flies8. Waking Deer Hair Flies9. Diving Deer Hair Flies10. Deer Hair Flies for Pike and MuskieBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Tim is a natural born educator who has taken his expertise from the classroom to the tying arena; he has been a celebrated demonstration fly tier featured at many of the top fly fishing and fly tying venues. His joy of showing others how to handle deer hair, how to stack various colors on top of each other and deftly contouring the hair into a beautiful piece of art work, has given him the opportunity to share his gift with others through words and photographs. His fly tying world does not evolve around tying Bass Bugs exclusively, but tying all manners and styles of tying, ranging from midges to Pike flies. You will enjoy as I have watching and learning how he approaches his fly tying. I'm please to count Tim as a friend and always look forward to sitting down and tying flies with him; mostly watching this craftsman create magic.--Rick Takahashi