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"On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian...
2) Flytying for beginners: learn all the basic tying skills via 12 popular international fly patterns
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"This is a guide book for those totally new to the art of tying flies. Until now, learning flytying from a book has not only been challenging, but often the cause of great frustration, with photographs or diagrams making even the elementary techniques difficult to grasp. Step-by-step images help a reasonably proficient flytyer understand the stages in making a fly, but for the new beginner, there will always be a gap between each step-by-step image,...
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"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,...
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"Easy-to-understand text and hundreds of full-color, step-by-step photographs to help you choose the right tools, select the right materials, and tie all the basic elements of any freshwater or saltwater fly pattern. Lay-flat, wire-o binding, plus companion CD-ROM and index"--Provided by publisher.
8) The feather bender's flytying techniques: a comprehensive guide to classic and modern trout flies
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A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to tying popular trout flies.
This book is aimed at all fly tyers, from those with modest experience to those with more advanced skills. The author's intention is to focus on certain important elementary techniques, and then share some of his favorite contemporary twists on old, tried-and-true techniques. Many of the flies in this book are based in his own techniques and patterns, ones that he has developed...
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"This two-disc DVD set offers detailed, crystal-clear instruction on seven essential and popular patterns, including dry flies, streamers, and nymphs. From bare hook to finished fly, nothing is left out. Features separate segments on basic tools, materials, and techniques, including dubbing and the whip finish. Look over the shoulder of award-winning tier Marvin Nolte as he demonstrates his expert technique. More than two hours of user-friendly instruction"--Container....
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"Carp are the fly rodder's ultimate game fish. This definitive fly-tying resource is the first comprehensive book on tying the best flies for them, featuring patterns and techniques from die-hard carp anglers around the United States. In addition to tying techniques, this book includes in-depth information on designing effective subsurface flies, and is sure to become a go-to reference for all fly tiers looking to improve their patterns."--Back cover....
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A beginners guide filled with step-by-step fly pattern tutorials to develop your tying skills one pattern at a time. After completing all seven patterns discussed in the text, you will have developed all the necessary skills to tie most of the flies you will need to catch trout and a wide variety of other fish.
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Thorough and complete how-to guide for fusion fly tying shares essential techniques with clear instructions. Written by Greg Senyo, an expert on tying your own flies
Do you want to learn more efficient and effective methods for fusion fly tying? Are you wondering which types of synthetic fly work best for which fish and where? If so, this guide is for you. Fusion Fly Tying highlights 35 of Senyo's signature and tried-and-true steelhead flies used...
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The author/editor's technique of interviewing experienced anglers and guides about how they fish and the flies they use lets him relate all this important information in a fun, conversational style. As a result of this unique method-blending fishing with fly tying-The Master's Fly Box will have no direct competition; it will appeal to readers who both tie and fish, as well as those who do not tie their own flies but are seeking sound information about...
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This outstanding guide is filled with scores of practical observations on all of the trout foods of importance to fly fishers. The chapters include:
* Concepts of Imitation * Water * How Trout Feed * Mayflies * Stoneflies * Caddisflies * Midges and Crane Flies * Dragonflies and Damselflies * Crustaceans * Forage Fish * Leeches, Eels, and Similar Trout Foods
Superb black-and-white illustrations throughout reinforce the techniques outlined in this...
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This Orvis-endorsed guidebook will give you all the tools you need to begin making your own flies. Learn how to read a fly recipe, choose the correct tools, select the right materials and pick the best flies to tie first. By answering the 101 questions most frequently asked by fly-tying neophytes, veteran fly tier and teacher David Klausmeyer helps readers obtain the knowledge and skills they need to tie flies that will catch fish and raise their...
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Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Bass and Panfish Flies will, within a brief 128 pages, provide the beginning and intermediate fly tier with everything he or she needs to know in order to successfully tie the most successful, tried and true bass and panfish patterns.
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"No book has taught, or retaught, more serious fly-tyers the basic skills of fly-tying than Helen Shaw's Fly-tying. Shaw's simple and logical prose throughout and more than 250 life-size tying sequences make the various processes easy to understand, follow, and apply."--Provided by publisher.
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"If you're a tier yearning for detailed information on the hottest new saltwater flies, this book has them all. The flies here are divided into groups to showcase the best situations to use them, and each fly comes with a complete recipe, beautiful close-up color photos, and detailed information on history, tying variations, and specialized fishing tactics."--Page 4 of cover.
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"In Trout School, award-winning author and journalist Mark Hume passes on what he's learned from his countless hours on--and off--the lake with the master. Drawing from more than twenty years of fishing and friendship, Hume distills the best of Mo's essential knowledge, including tips and tricks for catching Kamloops trout year-round, detailed instructions for tying thirteen signature flies, and advice for a more respectful and ecologically conscious...
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