From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VFB] HERTER'S Fly Tying books Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 04:00:05 -0600
Good Stuff, Steve. I have all the Herter fly tying manuals, plus his manuals on rod building and tackle making. His fly tying manuals are legend. I learned to tie from his 1941 manual, ordered all my materials / fly tying tools from Herter and through the miracle of Ebay was recently able to find and purchase his complete works that were being offered by a guy a lot older than me. Althought technical, his manuals offer some of the best instruction on fly tying that I've come across. A lot of modern day fly tyers scoff at old George, but in my opinion his knowledge of fly fishing and fly tying knew no bounds. Herters is still in business, but unfortunately, they no longer deal in fly fishing / tying. I get an annual catalog from them of their other stuff and even called and asked "why no fly fishing stuff anymore". The answer I got was, "don't give up on us, we're thinking of re-juvenating our fly fishing division." I certainly hope so.
JIMMY D **************************************************************************************************
Steve Brettell wrote:
The other book is by George Leonard Herter. That's the same Herters that some of us old folks may remember as the major supplier of outdoor products in our youth. The title is "Professional Fly Tying Manual," and it sold for $1.00 in 1951, when it was written. According to the fly leaf, "more copies have been sold of this book in the world ever written about fly tying, or fly fishing, or any sporting subject." Fourteen editions of this book were published.
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