Hi
Has anyone got any saltwater fly tying books and or dvds they want to sell or part with?

I've bought some from here, free shipping to NZ.

i've just been reading Making Better Flies by Lou Tabory, which I got out of the library in Auckland.

You do make a good point about the newer books being up to date with newer materials etc. but the older books are still worth their weight in gold.

I've got one of the original ring bound booklets put out by Lefty Kreh that is a compilation of all the successful patterns of the day....and that's going back a few years.

Fundamentally not much has really changed in the way flies are tied over the years. Some of the materials have improved to last longer on those toothy speedsters, but not much else in my opinion.

The Flashy Profile was a revelation in terms of synthetic genius especially for billfish and big pelagics.

Essentially a Clouser is still a Clouser whether it be bucktail or the newer synthetics that are often used.
Same as a Deceiver which really is the skeleton for most salt water patterns used today.

This goes across the full spectrum of patterns whether it's on the flats or offshore.