A great book I found recently…

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A great book I found recently…

Post by Johnno » Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:31 am

1951 First edition ( probably the only edition). But a fascinating and entertaining book…

I have no idea if it’s easily found elsewhere but glad I found a copy wayyyyyyyyyy down here…
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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by letumgo » Sun Aug 22, 2021 8:09 am

Thanks for the recommendation. I just bought a copy of the second edition from Amazon. The cover is different, but has same title and author. I look forward to reading it once it arrives.
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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by Variant » Sun Aug 22, 2021 9:17 am

William Blades was from Scotland and moved to the United States. He tied full dressed Atlantic Salmon patterns , bass bugs, nymphs and many other patterns. He also taught Ernie Schwiebert as well as Paul Jorgensen.
Great book.
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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by hankaye » Sun Aug 22, 2021 9:18 am

Johnno, Howdy;

Pricey bit of a book there. Juuusst a wee bit outside of my price range :shock:
https://www.amazon.com/Fishing-Flies-Wi ... 8&qid=&sr=

:lol:

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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by letumgo » Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:55 am

Hank - Looks like I got a good deal. My copy only cost $23 dollars, with shipping.

Here is a picture of the cover of the one I bought (second edition).

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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:18 am

Hank, Old Buddy, Old Chum, this is more fitting for gentlemen of our financial status.
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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by hankaye » Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:18 am

Ron, Howdy;
Ron Eagle Elk wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:18 am Hank, Old Buddy, Old Chum, this is more fitting for gentlemen of our financial status.
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Search ... +tying&kn=
Chucklin', yup, reckon Amazon has to inflate a few items here an there to pay for the
fleet of trucks they have on the road :roll:

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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:42 am

I get a lot of books from Abe Books. I picked up a couple of signed, first editions for really cheap prices. They aren't worth a lot...yet, but I have them to enrich my fly tying library.
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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by letumgo » Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:52 pm

My copy of this book arrived yesterday, and I am very happy to add this to my library. The range of patterns covered is terrific.

Thanks John, for the recommendation. Much appreciated. ;)
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Re: A great book I found recently…

Post by letumgo » Fri Sep 03, 2021 12:04 pm

I received my copy of the book last weekend. Thank you very much for the recommendation. This looks like a great book, with lots of reference patterns from may different styles (wets, dries, streamers, steelhead, imitative mayfly, etc.).

Here are some more pictures from the book:
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A nice listing of different hackle colors:
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Example of the cool illustrations in the book:
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Most of the illustrations in my copy (second edition) are in black-and-white:
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Discussion of forming wings:
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Overall, I am very pleased with this book. Thanks John. ;)
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