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Veteran fly tyer & designer Darrel Martin examines fly design & tying techniques, both historic & modern. The Fly Fisher's Craft returns to our angling origins with chapters on constructing antique lines, hooks, and loop rods—all 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. Essential reading for the curious & creative fly tyer. Full color t/out; 7x10 inches, 304 pgs. Hardcover
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DARRELL MARTIN, a retired teacher, is the author of The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary, Micropatterns, and Fly-Tying Methods. He is a contributing editor to Fly Rod & Reel He has fly-fished in over twenty countries, from Cape Town to Croatia, from the Amazon to Patagonia, from Mozambique to Zambia. He has also presented fly-tying and fly-casting programs in various countries and has designed various tying and trouting tools, including the Dubbing Whirl, the Anvil Signature Scissors, and hook models for Partridge and Daiichi. For several years, he has had a rod-share on the River Test in England. He lives with his wife, Sandra, in Tacoma, Washington.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DARRELL MARTIN, a retired teacher, is the author of The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary, Micropatterns, and Fly-Tying Methods. He is a contributing editor to Fly Rod & Reel He has fly-fished in over twenty countries, from Cape Town to Croatia, from the Amazon to Patagonia, from Mozambique to Zambia. He has also presented fly-tying and fly-casting programs in various countries and has designed various tying and trouting tools, including the Dubbing Whirl, the Anvil Signature Scissors, and hook models for Partridge and Daiichi. For several years, he has had a rod-share on the River Test in England. He lives with his wife, Sandra, in Tacoma, Washington.
