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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Every dressing technique I've ever heard of is here!, 11 Dec 1998
By A Customer
This is not a book that provides patterns and technique; this is a book of techniques that may be applied to patterns. This wonderful book has very clear illustrations of just about every dressing technique I've ever seen, or heard of, or wondered about. The most obscure technique for winging I know of, the "reverse hackle" or as the Brit's call it, "wonderwing" is clearly shown. I'd never run across anything about this winging style, save for a few photos in European journals. I find the inclusion of this obscure technique amazing. This book has something for everybody: beginners will have choices for tying that are easier (or, more sophisticated) than the guide they are working from; and, intermediate and advanced tiers will find interesting new methods or new uses for existing materials. I simply have never seen a survey of technique this extensive anywhere in the (already voluminous) fly tying literature. Mr. Schollmeyer's photos are sharp, well oriented and highly illustrative. Mr. Leeson's text (which is a substantial departure from his superb prose work) is a model of clarity and concise description. Overall this is a fine work and one which will, I predict, become a standard in the field.
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