Anglers Book Supply Co 1592287220 The Fly Fishers Craft The Art History Of Fly Tying

Veteran fly tyer designer Darrel Martin examines fly design tying techniques both historic modern. Returns to our angling origins with chapters on constructing antique lines hooks loop rodsall simply made with basic tools knowledge. Here are Barker Cotton Venables Stewart Halford Skues along with many other esteemed tyers of the past. Essential reading for the curious creative fly tyer. Full color t/out; 7x10 inches 288 pgs. An artificial fly may be little more than a bit of fur or feather bead tinsel and thread wrapped around the shank of a fishing hook but for many fly fishers there is no better way to pass the time between fishing excursions than crafting one of these miniature gems. In The Fly Fisher s Craft veteran fly tyer and designer Darrel Martin examines fly design and tying techniques both historic and modern.The Fly Fisher s Craft returns to our angling origins with chapters on constructing antique lines hooks and loop rodsall simply made with basic tools and knowledge. It also follows the silk wraps of the early tyers to reveal their craft and cunning. Here are Barker and Cotton Venables and Stewart Halford and Skues along with many other esteemed tyers of the past. And it presents the author s modern patterns inspired by that past. Abundant photographs and illustrations by the author guide you on this enthralling journey told with some surprises along the way. Sure to appeal to both the novice and the expert The Fly Fisher s Craft is a book for the curious and creative fly fisher.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:DARRELL MARTIN a retired teacher is the author of The Fly Fisher s Illustrated Dictionary Micropatterns and FlyTying Methods. He is a contributing editor to Fly Rod Reel. He has flyfished in over twenty countries from Cape Town to Croatia from the Amazon to Patagonia from Mozambique to Zambia. He has also presented flytying and flycasting programs in v