Senyo’s Fusion Fly Tying: A Review

by | Jan 30, 2016 | Fly Tying Materials, New Products |

 

Fusion Fly Tying

Steelhead, Salmon, and trout flies of the Synthetic Era

hardcoverbookGreg Senyo’s new hard cover book, insightful and creative.

If you’re a busy tier, and visit your local fly shop enough you might see the name Senyo whenever browsing or reading about some new hyped up tying product that just hit the shelves. Senyo Fusion Dub, Senyo Laser Dub, Senyo Predator Wrap, Senyo Senyo Senyo… What the heck is a Senyo?

Greg Senyo runs Steelhead Alley Outfitters and well known throughout the lower 48, Alaska and Canada for his proven flies as well as many unique synthetic material used to create such flies as the Predator Scandi, Flow Rider, Artificial intelligence, Slim Shady and many, many more.

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Flies for Steelhead: Let’s be honest, throw on a 3 inch piece of black zonker strip, Gamakatsu size 2 octopus (maybe a little blue flashabou) and your fishing Olympic Peninsula steelhead. You don’t need to be a master tier or use the latest and greatest UV! HD! SENYO “new and improved” tying material to catch steelhead. To objectively contradict everything just said, swinging a fly that no other fish has seen can turn a zero to hero with one fly change. Be it size, color, weight, and even flash proportions all must be considered when fishing water everybody and their mother hit twice that day. Developing intelligent creative flies becomes necessary when attempting to meet a particular water condition while simultaneously providing a visual stimulation to ignite aggressive territorial instincts of such fish as Steelhead, Atlantic Salmon and other fish species such as trout or bass. Greg Senyo brilliantly highlights this in his book.

The Book: Other step by step fly tying books typically leave the reader confused on “how to” as said reader interprets few pictures to vaguely piece together what’s being depicted. In Fusion Fly Tying we found a few diagrams become a little vague or incomplete in their description, but thankfully, this book does an excellent overall delivering of careful attention to detail and commentary throughout the majority of the book. The high resolution pictures provide visual clues as to exact proportions and dimensions per material added. Located at the bottom of every picture step by step descriptions allow you to piece together the replica or perhaps tweak your own variation. All the while learning new materials and how one may implement such materials such as Senyos Predator Wrap, Dubbing, Senyos Waddington Shanks and a variety of flash and chenille.

bookExcellent step by step photos.

Trout and Bass Flies: Though Greg Senyo is best known for steelhead and salmon flies he does not forget to include some saltwater, bass and trout flies. In sore lip waters, passed over by hundreds of boats a week, chucking flies no other fish has seen becomes your saving grace! Even as one may simply browse through this book, glancing at a few of these patterns, inspiration quickly flows.

hamsterortroutflyHamster or trout fly? Guess it works for Browns!

 

 

Summary:

  • Fly dimensions and proportions easy to understand.
  • Latest tying techniques and materials.
  • Thought provoking and inspires creativity.
  • Steelhead, salmon, trout, even bass flies.
  • $40.00 at Waterswest.com or stop by the shop.