Charlie Cravens Basic Fly Tying is a modern course in fly-tying covering essential tools, materials and techniques. With clear concise text, Craven provides tips and techniques from his over thirty years of tying flies for fly shops in Colorado. This book is based on Cravens successful fly-tying classes, which starts with simple flies and works toward the more complex patterns. This series of lessons show how flies build on one another, enabling you to tie a wide range of patterns simply by breaking them down into parts. Over one thousand colour photographs illustrate the tried and true classics, such as the Royal Wulff, Adams and Hares Ear through to the the more innovative Copper John, Brassie and RS2. Set to become the standard for basic fly tying.
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Charlie Craven is president of Charlies Fly Box in Colorado. He designs flies for Umpqua Feather Merchants and was the fly tier and photographer for Barr Flies.
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Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. BFishing: This large format hardcover, w index and awesome, numerous color photos examples, is fine in a fine dj. Brown spine, yellow titles. Seller Inventory # April 22-25-14
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc. Seller Inventory # 00093652088
Seller: Pink Casa Antiques, Frankfort, KY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. signed and inscribed by author, stated 1st edition/1st printing with full number line, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, slight shelf and edge wear. corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders. Seller Inventory # 102086
Seller: Daedalus Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gift inscription to previous owner on half-title page. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Small tear to dustjacket. ; Color Illustrations; 11.1 X 8.6 X 1.0 inches; 280 pages. Seller Inventory # 301480
Seller: Priorsford Books, Peebles, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback volume with unclipped dust jacket. 264 pp. [xvi] pp. illustrated in colour throughout. Binding firm. Several of the glossy pages were adhered together so there are small areas of media transfer when separated but largely, the pages remain clean with no inscriptions or annotations. Light edge wear to the dust jacket (with a small nick to the front, top left corner). Size: 11" - 12" tall. Weight: 1.4kg+. Due to the weight of this book, additional postage costs may be requested for shipping outside the UK. Seller Inventory # 002120
Seller: Paul Hughes - PBFA, Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1729170602690
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 11.50x8.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0979346029
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Learn to tie 17 popular nymphs, dry flies and steamers. Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying is a modern course in fly-tying fundamentals, covering the tools, materials, and techniques to tie a wide range of popular flies and their variations. The series of lessons shows how flies build on one another, enabling readers to tie a wide range of patterns simply by breaking them down into parts. Charlie Craven's book is sure to become a standard text for basic fly tying. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780979346026
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to (222 x 285mm). Ppxvi,264. Colour photographs of flies, colour photographs throughout, photograph end-papers. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. First edition, first printing. "Professional fly-tier and teacher of the art Charlie Craven sets out a step by step course in fly-tying. He begins with the most simple patterns, each succeeding pattern building on lessons learnt with the previous pattern." The course "shows you how flies build on one another, enabling you to tie a wide range of patterns simply by breaking them down into parts." Over a thousand good step by step colour photographs. This is a copy of the first printing of the first edition, identified by a full number line on the copyright page as well as the statement "Printed in China." Later reprints of this book still state first edition on the copyright page but have no number line and state "Printed in the United States of America." . Seller Inventory # 50208
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 11.50x8.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0979346029