Skip Morris is among the most prolific fly-fishing and fly-tying authors alive-- his name is known to anglers around the world. Skip has written 21 books, including the established standard beginning fly tier's volume Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple , and The Art of Tying the Bass Fly , Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes (with lake-fishing guru Brian Chan), Concise Handbook of Fly Tying , and Fly Fisher's Guide to Western River Hatches. His videos and DVD's range from instruction for tying nymphs, to tying bass flies, to tying and fishing flies for sea-run cutthroat trout. Skip has published over 300 articles in magazines from Fly Fisherman to American Angler . For three years he was among the hosts of the "Fly-Fish Television Magazine" show. He lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.