Learn to tie Steve Thornton’s realistic fishing patterns with the help of his detailed ‘Step by Step’ books.
LTR volume 1. Learn to tie Steve Thornton’s realistic fishing patterns with the help of his detailed ‘Step by Step’ illustrations.
LTR / VOLUME 1 – CONTENTS
TYING THE STONEFLY NYMPH (Plecoptera)
The Stonefly Nymph
TYING CADDIS (Trichoptera)
Soft-Bodied hatching Caddis pupa
Hatching Grannum pupa
Rhycophila larva
Hydropsyche larva
Adult Sedge
Spent Sedge
Cased Caddis
TYING MAYFLIES (Ephemera)
Burrowing Mayfly Nymph
Stoneclinging Mayfly Nymph
Adult Caenis
Spent Ephemera
Hatching Mayfly
Hatching Mayfly~winged stage
TYING THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP
The Freshwater Shrimp
TYING SMUTS & MIDGES
Hatching Smut
Midge pupa
TYING GENERIC SEARCHING PATTERNS
The Ammonite Nymph (v1)
The Inveigle Nymph
The CAM Emerger (v1)
TYING TECHNIQUES & FLYTYING TOOLS
Hackle preparation
Shrimp legs
Porcupine guard hair legs
Stonefly wing buds
Caddis & Stonefly legs
Tails & antennae
Selecting CDC
Lighting & magnifiers
The vice & working tools
Scissors & bobbins
MATCH THE HATCH SWATCHES
Nymph Skin swatch
Flexibody swatch
LTR volume 2. Learn to tie Steve Thornton’s realistic fishing patterns with the help of his detailed ‘Step by Step’ illustrations.
LTR / VOLUME 2 CONTENTS
Forward by Bob Mead
ContentsI
Introduction by Steve Thornton
The Creative Flytyer
TYING NYMPHS
Heptagenid Nymph
The (hair rig) Stonefly Nymph
Darting Nymph
The Ammonite Nymph (revised) v2
TYING HATCHING NYMPHS & PUPA
Hatching Heptagenid Nymph
Hatching Caddis
Hatching Olive
Hatching Mayfly
TYING THE DRY FLY
CAM Emerger (revised) v2
Detached Bodied CAM Emerger
Needle Fly
Adult Stonefly v2
Cranefly
Spent Ephemera (revised)
THE ART OF STREAMER FISHING
The Baptizer
LTR volume 3 information.
This new book is in production and scheduled for release in November 2026.
There are 2 updated patterns from the previous 2 volumes and a series of new ‘match the hatch’- Nymph, pupa, and emerger patterns.
This new edition is produced in its entirety with new high-resolution still-life and step-by-step photography.
Only 1000 copies. The first 10 are Collector’s Editions with the actual patterns and index cards from the book. See below;
Numbers 11 to 250 copies are embossed, numbered and signed. Edition numbers are on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis.
Some images from LTR Vol. 3 are displayed below. A fully detailed PDF leaflet to follow.
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Collectors Editions are signed, embossed and numbered 1 to 10.
Collectors’ editions include the actual patterns published in the book and the original index cards as an accompanying signed and embossed box set.
1- The Rising Caddis Pupa. Collectors edition
2- The Provo Nymph. Collectors edition
3- The Ammonite Nymph v2. Collectors edition
4- The CAM Emerger v3. Collectors edition
5- The Gravel Nymph. Collectors edition
6- The Rising Mayfly Nymph. Collectors edition
7- The Bijou Stonefly. Collectors edition
8- The ST Scud. Collectors edition
9- The ST Spinner. Collectors edition
10- The Quicksilver. Collectors edition
Download Steve Thornton’s colour palette swatches for ‘matching the hatch’ using Nymph Skin and FlexiBody. (AKA FlexiSkin).
Download your 3-page swatch booklet (1.24mg)
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