Fly-Fisher's Craft (eBook)

The Art and History

Darrel Martin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
304 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-0373-5 (ISBN)

Infos

An illustrated guide to historical and modern flies, hooks, lines, and loop rods.Whether looking for a back-to-basics approach to fly-tying or a better understanding of its history, The Fly-Fishers Craft is the perfect volume to educate the curious angler as well as to provide tips of the trade. A detailed history of fly-tying and historical flies are coupled with the authors personal modern fly patterns, satisfying the fishers desire for the pastoral and practical.In The Fly-Fishers Craft, experienced outdoors writer Darrel Martin provides thoroughly researched history and careful instruction accompanied by color photographs throughout. Chapters cover a wide variety of topics, such as:Tying in antiquityFly designPersonal patternsHooks and linesLoop-rodsAnd much more!In a newly augmented edition, new readers will have the chance to discover the roots of fly fishing and fly tying from antiquity up through the modern era. With forewords by Ted Leeson and by John Betts, both respected angling authors, this book is a complete source for the fly-tier.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Darrel Martin is a retired professor of Old and Middle English as well as a devoted angler who has fished in over twenty countries across the globe. He has written several books on the subject, including The Fly-Fisher's Companion, The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary, Micropatterns, and Fly-Tying Methods, and has led educational programs on tying and casting all over the world. He resides in Tacoma, Washington.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2016
• Vorwort: John Betts, Ted Leeson
• Zusatzinfo: Color photos throughout, color illustrations throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: 18-26 • a-fishing • anglers • angling • Antiquity • avid fly • bamboo rod • Bass • books on a-fishings • books on anglers • books on anglings • books on antiquities books on materials • books on basses • books on carps • books on fishermen • books on fishing histories • books on fly-castings • books on fly fishermen • books on fly-fishermen • books on fly fishers • books on fly fishings • books on flyfishings • books on fly rods books on fly-fishers • books on graphites • books on hooks • books on pics • books on reels • books on rods • books on salmons • books on sierra • books on son-in-laws • books on sports • books on streams • books on trout • books on whitelaw • Carp • documented • Fishermen • fishing history • Flies • fly-casting • fly-fisher • fly fisherman • fly-fisherman • fly fishers • fly fishing • fly-fishing • Flyfishing • flyi • flying fisherman • flying fishers • flying rod • flying tying • fly rod • fly tying • furl • furled • Graphite • hackle • heddon • Hooks • horsehair • Materials • nymph • pics • poltroon • Reel • rods • salmon • Select • Selecting • Sierra • son-in-law • Sport • Streams • trout • whitelaw • Wooden
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-0373-X / 151070373X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0373-5 / 9781510703735