No book has taught - or retaught - more serious fly-tyers the skills of fly-tying than Helen Shaw's. Its lucid prose and more than 250 lifesize tying sequences make the various processes gin clear. There are chapters on:
• Tools
• Thread
• Tinsel
• Floss
• Wool
• Dubbing
• Hairs
• Quill
• Feathers
• The finished fly.
The result of this method of treating the separate techniques necessary in fly-tying is the development of skills that will enable any fly-tyer to tie hundreds of different patterns. A whole new generation of tyers will benefit from the reintroduction of this masterful book on the 25th anniversary of its original publication. Helen Shaw is one of the world's greatest fly-tyers, a member of the Fishing Hall of Fame and has been honoured for excellence in fly-tying by the Sportsmen's Club of America. Herman Kessler, Helen's husband, took the superb lifesize photographs for this book - establishing a logic for recording the fly-tying process that has been much imitated. For nearly 30 years, Herman was the Art Director of Field & Stream magazine. Hardcover, 310 pages, 23cm x 15cm.
Very good condition.