Fly-TyingFly Tying, by Helen Shaw. No book has taught or retaught more serious fly tyers the basic skills of tying than Helen Shaw's. Its lucid prose and more than 250 life size tying sequences make the various processes absolutely clear. There are chapters on Tools, Thread, Tinsel, Floss, Wool, Dubbing, Hairs, Quill, and feathers; and there is an especially helpful chapter on The Finished Fly. The result of this method of treating the separate techniques

Author James R

Charles Ritz

ISBN: 0-7136-1331-9

An immediate success when if was first published in 1653

arctic char

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Few small tears on the upper and lower edges

Considering all the choices that anglers have to make - where to go

Fly Fishing for Dummies by Peter Kaminsky

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Salt Water Flies

filled with incredible descriptions of exotic locales and the exhilarating challenges of angling in a bygone era