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Originally self-published as an elegant hand-drawn and hand-written journal, we are re-releasing this book in full color, while still retaining its unique style. With ordinary skills and standard woodworking tools, Betts shows how you too can build durable strip-built fly rods from native and exotic hard and soft woods on a lathe.
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"This is an extraordinary book???a practical manual for hand-building wooden rods, a chronicle of problem-solving, a journal of one craftsman's inventiveness. ???it is infused with the curiosity, learning, trial-and-error wisdom, enthusiasm, and wit of its maker." -- Ted Leeson "Author"
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Making Strip-Built Fly Rods from Various Woods on a Lathe
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Frank Amato Publications, 2007
ISBN 10: 1571884114
ISBN 13: 9781571884114
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hardcover. Condition: Good. John Betts (illustrator). edgewear on dust jacket Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books. Seller Inventory # mon0000824702
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Making Strip-Built Fly Rods from Various Woods on a Lathe
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Making Strip-Built Fly Rods from Various Woods on a Lathe
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ISBN 10: 1571884114
ISBN 13: 9781571884114
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Making Strip-Built Fly Rods from Various Woods on a Lathe
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ISBN 10: 1571884114
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Making Strip-Built Fly Rods from Various Woods on a Lathe
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Betts (illustrator). First Edition, first printing . The binding is tight, corners sharp. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. Oblong 4to. xii, 178pp. Seller Inventory # CHAPbetMS
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MAKING STRIP-BUILT FLY RODS from Various Woods on a Lathe.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. John Betts (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo Oblong [8"x12.5"]. Illus. by the Author. 1st Ed. -[CAT. 64-71.] My friend John Betts is always entering some obscure corner of fishing lore, whether making exotic wiggling flies; fishing with hookless flies, or crafting brass fly reels. Another tour de force. New DJ. Seller Inventory # ttKIvo5086
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MAKING STRIP-BUILT FLY RODS FROM VARIOUS WOODS ON A LATHE. By John Betts.
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Frank Amato Publications. Portland, Oregon. 2007, 2007
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Condition: new. John Betts (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2007). 2007 1st edition thus. Oblong 4to (310 x 234mm). Ppii,xii,178. Hand-written drawings & instructions are reproduced, colour photographs, decorative end-papers, silk marker. Green boards, spine & upper board titled & decorated in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "Originally self-published as an elegant hand drawn and hand-written journal, we are re-releasing this book in full color, while still retaining its unique style." The author begins by wondering what would have happened, technologically, if split-cane fly rods had proved a failure. The author's answer is to explore the construction of strip-built wooden rods in depth. "A journal of combining ordinary skills and available standard wood-working tools in new ways to turn smooth, lively, durable strip-built fly rods from native and and exotic hard and soft woods on a lathe. Also a simple, original method of making secure, dependable brass ferrules and fine steel wire guides for these rods." . Seller Inventory # 18943
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. John Betts (illustrator). 178 pages. 12.20x9.10x0.90 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 1571884114
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