A GUIDE TO NORTH COUNTRY FLIES AND HOW TO TIE THEM: 140 CLASSIC SPIDER FLIE

A GUIDE TO NORTH COUNTRY FLIES AND HOW TO TIE THEM: 140 CLASSIC SPIDER FLIES WITH STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOGRAPHS Aurums Fly-Tying Bible by Peter Gathercole has so far sold over 43,000 copies, & has become renowned both for its superb close-up photography, & the wire binding that enables you to lie it flat to read from & keep both hands free for actually tying your fly. It has indeed become a Bible for fly fishermen. Now Mike Harding, the broadcaster & comedian & also a keen & experienced fly fisherman who nowadays writes a monthly column in Fly Fishing & Fly Tying magazine, has written a guide to tying one of the most well-loved & beguiling traditions of fly: the Northern Spider. These designs of fly, conceived in the north of England around Bolton Abbey in the Yorksire Dales near Skipton, renowned for being both simple to tie & excellent for catching fish. They are characterized by using brightly colored silk threads, & the feathers of birds like snipe, woodcock & pheasant. Mike Harding covers some fifty variants of fly, as well as the techniques of tying & the history of the North Country tradition. The book features his own superb close-focus photography (his previous Little Books on church iconography for Aurum are evidence of his photographic skill), & is laid out in the same style as The Fly-Tying Bible. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Mike Harding is the author of 8 Little Books for Aurum, including the perennially successful books of The Little Book of The Green Man & The Little Book of Gargoyles. ISBN: 1-84513-489-3 publish date: 02/28/2010