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-- Includes all the basic elements of popular fly patterns
-- Features over 200 classic and new patterns. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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First released in 1994, this title comes in two versions: An 8 1/2 x 11" hardcover for $19.95, and the fly-shop favorite, 8 1/2 x 11" hardcover concealed wire-o binding for $23.95 (this allows the book to lay flat so that the tier's hands are free). Cowles Creative Publishing is the only publisher in the world that produces hardcover books, filled with hundreds of beautifully-detailed four color photographs, for such reasonable prices. We are truly creating cadilacs and selling them for chevy prices. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Some patterns Ok but too american.
"The Art of Fly Tying" provides an easy entry into the mysterious world of imitation insects, minnows and other critters that fish eat. The book's sharp and colorful closeups are typical of the macro lens and high-intensity light photography that Cy De Cosse and company have become known for in their many other "how to" guides...from microwave cook books to sewing primers.
This book actually combines the two latter themes by giving "recipes" of thread and other ingredients used to make the most common flies. It introduces each major type of fly pattern with a precisely photographed, step-by-step example using the basic tying techniques. If the fictional Betty Crocker had fished instead of cooked, this is the book she would have written.
"The Art of Fly Tying" also includes some science: A simple introduction to insects and other aquatic dwellers' life cycles. And to the welcome relief of readers feeling overwhelmed by the presumptuous jargon of more advanced fly tying guides, Van Vliet illustrates and explains fly tying equipment. A simple photograph of five types of bobbins, for example, saves the rookie from embarassing himself at the fly shop...since none resemble what you'd find in a sewing machine.
With its handy spiral binding, the book stays open and the pages lay flat for easy reference while you work, typical of the common sense approach the author takes throughout.
It's one book you can't WAIT to put down, so you can pick up your tying tools and start cooking.
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