The Essential Fly Tier

by J. Edson Leonard

Book Overview

In The Essential Fly Tier, renowned author, illustrator, tying instructor, and fly-fishing authority J. Edson Leonard cuts clean through the fog of irrelevance that so often surrounds the art of fly tying and comes straight to the point: creating flies that will actually catch fish. Starting with the basics, the author thoroughly covers fishhooks and the relative merits of the various points, bends, barbs, and styles for different types of fishing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132861208
• ISBN13: 9780132861205
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.