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Alcott, Ron Building Classic Salmon Flies ISBN 13: 9781571883407

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Ron Alcott is unquestionably one of the best classic fly tiers in the world, and in this book he shares everything he knows. Written for both expert and beginning tiers, this book is full of easy-to-follow tips and techniques for building these beautiful works of art. Alcott shares: their history; materials and substitutes for those components that are now illegal; silk, feather, and fur colors; metallic tinsels; types of wings; proportions; building classic featherwings; metric conversion chart; and more. In 81 step-by-step photos, Alcott builds five representative classic flies, and provides dressings for 32 more. Sixteen color plates illustrate many of the most renowned classic flies, as well as feathers, silk color, and antique tools, This book is a must for all tiers interested in classic-fly building.

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Book Description (Hardcover, 2004). (1995) 2004 2nd edition. 4to (178 x 254mm). Pp197. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs, bibliography. Silver-gilt fly silhouette motif and titles to green boards, spine titled in silver gilt. Decorative silver-gilt boards. Very good in rubbed dust-wrapper. "A comprehensive look into the intricacies of the beautiful old nineteenth-century Atlantic salmon flies. This book is full of important information concerning procedures for building these works of art and on feathers, silks, and tinsels used in their construction. A significant contribution to classic Atlantic salmon literature". . Seller Inventory # 36844

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