TYING FLIES WITH FOAM, FUR, AND FEATHERS. By Harrison R. Steeves III.

Language: English

Published by Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2003, 2003

0811729095 / 9780811729093

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2003). 2003 1st edition. Quarto paperback (216 x 280mm). Ppviii,136. Colour photographs throughout. Fine unread new copy. Tried and tested terrestrials from foam, fur and feathers. 48 innovative and proven patterns. Terrestrials "are effective in many different situations, and many more types of synthetic tying materials - foam, dubbing, fibers, rubber legs, winging material - are now available. [This book] is full of patterns for ants, bettles, grasshoppers, crickets, damselflies, wasps, and cicadas and tips for fishing them. Harrison's practical approach - he uses synthetic materials fro durability and ease of tying, but natural materials like peacock herl, turkey feathers, and marabou when no substitutes will work as well - will appeal to any angler who wants durable flies that will catch plenty of fish. 48 innovative patterns with step-by-step tying instructions and colour photographs, along with his on-the-stream accounts of how to fish them. Chapters include: Designing a terrestrial pattern; Materials; Fishing terrestrials, choice of pattern, fishing terrestrial patterns during a hatch; ants; Beetles; Grasshoppers, crickets and their relatives; Miscellaneous insects; Flies for warm water. Fly patterns include: AttractANT, EZC Carpenter Ant, Cow Killer Ant, Hot Spot Ant, Flip-Flop Ants, Los Alamos Ant, TransparANT, Bark (Longhorn) Beetle, Disc O'Beetle, Disco Japanese Beetle, Double Disc O'Beetle, Firefly, Japanese Beetle (original), Locoskin Japanese Beetle, Kiwi Fleetle, tiger Beetle, Basic Black Beetle, sinking Japanese Beetle, Epoxy Beetle, Colorado Hopper, Crystal Butt Cricket, Crystal Butt Hopper, Flying Hopper, Katydid, Black Widow (trout), Disc Head Cicada, Disco Damselfly, Egg-Laying Caddis, Fliedermouse, Motivator, Plumpy, UFO, bumblebee, Mud Dauber, Paper Wasp, Turbo Wasp, Deer Fly, Bluebottle and Greenbottle Flies, Horse Fly, Salmonfly, Black Widow (bass), Humpbacks, Frawg, Megabug, Steeves' Mouse, Torpedo, Snakey Jake, Ultimate Cicada. .…

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Title
TYING FLIES WITH FOAM, FUR, AND FEATHERS. By Harrison R. Steeves III.
Author
Steeves (Harrison R.,III.).
Publisher
Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2003
Publication year
2003
Condition
new
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0811729095
ISBN 13
9780811729093
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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