43 American fly-tying masters, from Marbury to Marinaro, Gordon to Grant Color photos of the flies plus recipes for nearly 300 flies Important historical record includes profiles of tiers around the country including Art Flick, Ray Bergman, Lee Wulff, Don Gapen, Len Halladay, Andre Puyans, Cal Bird,[...]
Fly fishing has a rich heritage of "founding flies" that revolutionized the sport, yet many of these classic flies have fallen out of use. In this follow-up to "The Founding Flies," Mike Valla includes detailed instructions to help anglers tie and fish these historic, effective patterns.Features 21 [...]
Color photos of never-before-seen flies from the vaults of the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum Detailed tying steps for 11 patterns First book that compares the styles of all of the Catskill school of fly tiers The Catskills region of the eastern United States, just two hours northeast of New York City,[...]