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Salmon Flies: Their Character, Style, and Dressing

By Poul Jorgensen

Salmon Flies: Their Character, Style, and Dressing book

Salmon Flies: Their Character, Style, and Dressing

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Jorgensen, Poul. Salmon Flies. Their Character, Style and Dressing. A Modern Guide to Tying Flies for Salmon, including over 160 Traditional and Contemporary Patterns. Introduction by Joseph D. Bates, Jr. PA, Stackpole Books, 1978. 24cm x 19.3cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following chapters: Simple Strip Wing Flies/ Character and Style/ Fully Dressed Feather Wings/ Low-Water Flies/ Hair-Wing Flies/ Dry Flies and Nymphs/ Pawns and Grubs/ Flies on Wadding Shanks and Treble Hooks/ Dee Strip Wings and Spey Flies/ Tube Flies etc. This book is a truly modern approach to tying flies for salmon using today's tools and materials. In crisp step-by-step tying sequences, Jorgensen takes the willing tier from basic low-water patterns and simple Dee-strip flies, to prawns, grubs, and tube flies, Spey flies, and the magnificent fully dressed patterns. It is international in scope, bringing together the traditional ties of the British Isles and the best of the later American influences. Moreover, it is the work of a true anging craftsman, a chance for today's flytier to learn the way of salmon flies from the finest of teachers. Poul Jorgensen preserves one of angling's finest traditions with care, simplicity and style. It is a sincere invitation to all anglers to join in this celebration of the flytier's art.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
1978-10-01
Publication Date:
1978-10-01
Publisher:
Stackpole Books
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0811714268
Weight:
726 g
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