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Hard to come by, this book is a collector's item that every fly-tyer should have in their library. "The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference to Techniques and Dressing Styles". Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer have collaborated to produce this masterful volume, which is the standard fly-tying reference book for the entire trout fishing world. Featuring over 3000 colour photographs and over 400 000 words describing and showing, step-by-step, hundreds of fly-tying techniques, this encyclopedic treatment of fly-tying include the following chapters: 

  • Chapter 1- The Anatomy of Selection of Fly-Tying Materials
  • Chapter 2 - Hook Preperation
  • Chapter 3 - Thread Handling
  • Chapter 4 - Mounting and Trimming Materials
  • Chapter 5 - Weighting Hooks
  • Chapter 6 - Underbodies
  • Chapter 7 - Wiggle Bodies, Tandem Hooks, and Weed Guards
  • Chapter 8 - Tails and Trailing Shucks
  • Chapter 9 - Ribbing and Gills
  • Chapter 10 - Bodies
  • Chapter 11 - Wingcases and Overbodies
  • Chapter 12 - Wings
  • Chapter 13 - Hackle
  • Chapter 14 - Legs
  • Chapter 15 - Heads, Collars, and Eyes

Through enormous effort on their part they bring to all who love flies and fly fishing a wonderful compendium of fly-tying knowledge. Excellent condition. Full colour throughout. Hardcover, a whopping 444 pages, 29cm x 23cm.