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Hard to come by, this book is a collector's item that every fly-tyer should have in their library. 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 Preparation
  • 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.