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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the award-winning, bestselling author of COD--the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish. Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish--and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. The targets--salmon, trout, and char--are highly intelligent, wily, strong, and athletic animals. The allure, Kurlansky finds, is that fly fishing makes...
Author
Publisher
Stackpole Books, Headwater Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes the best fly is a simple one. Whether you're a beginner looking to get started with tying or an expert looking to get back to the basics, these simple wet flies, nymphs, dry flies, and streamers will often catch fish as well as-if not better than-more complex patterns. This guide shows you all the techniques, tools, and materials you need to get started.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Tying legend Jay 'Fishy' Fullum shows you how to make flies that catch fish. Armed with a vice, a hook, a few dabs of glue, and a handful of twisty-ties, Fishy offers invaluable advice, directions, and patterns for making handmade flies with off-the-shelf materials--all in a friendly, funny, non-technical way. Along with 300 full-color photographs, he explains where to find the materials, make them workable, and turn them into flies that are practically...
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Each entry is shown in life-size and enlarged photos, supplemented with a materials inventory and a description of the tying sequence. The fly's originator, guided by many years of fly-fishing experience, also describes how, when, and where to fish each fly. The fly patterns are designed to catch the most popular fly-fishing quarry in fresh- and saltwater, including trout, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, steelhead, striped bass, redfish, sailfish,...
16) Fly tying basics
Series
Publisher
Bennett-Watt Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Dick Talleur ... Fly tying authority, columnist, author, photographer, and fly fishing guide teaches viewers the intricate and delicate techniques of tying very effective flies in an easy to understand, hands-on approach. Viewers will gain techniques and tricks to tying a variety of patterns demonstrated in the program and for many other flies."--Brochure.
