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Summary: As Expected, Quintessential Guide To The Tying Art
Review: As expected Mike Radencich has completed a work which will go forward as the quintessential guide to tying Atlantic Salmon Flies. The photography is crisp and the color makes each step of the tying process crystal clear. Where interpretation is all we have to work from, gleaming insights from the authors of the 1800's; this work makes it of utmost importance to spell out the details. Poul Jorgensen took us a certain distance with his book and Ron Alcott's recent attempt added to that. With this book we take a giant step forward to explaining the Salmon Flyer's art. I've waited in anticipation ever since Mike told me he was preparing to write this book. I was expecting a first rate product and as usual Mike surpassed anything I could have wanted. He covers not only the tying art but also includes sections from the various disciplines growing out of it such as hook making, material dyeing, and shadow box framing. He calls on the talents of may of his acquaintances to explain various topi
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Summary: As Expected, Quintessential Guide To The Tying Art
Review: As expected Mike Radencich has completed a work which will go forward as the quintessential guide to tying Atlantic Salmon Flies. The photography is crisp and the color makes each step of the tying process crystal clear. Where interpretation is all we have to work from, gleaming insights from the authors of the 1800's; this work makes it of utmost importance to spell out the details. Poul Jorgensen took us a certain distance with his book and Ron Alcott's recent attempt added to that. With this book we take a giant step forward to explaining the Salmon Flyer's art. I've waited in anticipation ever since Mike told me he was preparing to write this book. I was expecting a first rate product and as usual Mike surpassed anything I could have wanted. He covers not only the tying art but also includes sections from the various disciplines growing out of it such as hook making, material dyeing, and shadow box framing. He calls on the talents of may of his acquaintances to explain various topi
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Summary: An Essential Reference Work
Review: Distinguished by sharp colour photography and clean layout, this book is highly recommended as a reference work for anyone interested in tying and presenting the Classic Salmon fly. I enjoyed the chapter on hook making, (flashbacks to college metal work days), and having previously undertaken some picture framing, found the tips in the fly mounting chapter very useful.The colour photography of the Traherne collection and other patterns presented is excellent. The books contents will be of considerable use to beginner and expert alike.
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Summary: An Essential Reference Work
Review: Distinguished by sharp colour photography and clean layout, this book is highly recommended as a reference work for anyone interested in tying and presenting the Classic Salmon fly. I enjoyed the chapter on hook making, (flashbacks to college metal work days), and having previously undertaken some picture framing, found the tips in the fly mounting chapter very useful.The colour photography of the Traherne collection and other patterns presented is excellent. The books contents will be of considerable use to beginner and expert alike.
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Summary: Pre-release: The artwork will be astounding, as usual
Review: I have been waiting 3 years for this project to
come to fruition. If you have perused the pages of
Susan Bates latest Atlantic Salmon Fly book you can attest to the quality of Mike's photographic skills. Knowing
Mike on a personal level through the brotherhood of fly tiers you know that he is a meticulous artist and
one of the best Atlantic Fly Dressers alive today.
He has recruited some of the best fly dressers around to add their knowledge to this compendium of the art.
He set out to once-and-for-all put out a book that would
be the quintessential guide to Atlantic Salmon Fly dressing, and knowing Mike he would probably be understating his work. I once took a class from him in which we tied one fly for 15 hours. Afterwards he cut off half of it with a razor to redo
a section, because it didn't look quite right. His recreation of "Jones Guide To Norway" is a testament to his ability to turn out a first rate product. Alec Jackson is well known in tieing circles and is quality by association in this project. Enough said. Buy one, heck buy 2 at these prices
and you won't be disappointed. It will become a collectors item.
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Summary: Superb Photographs and a well done presentation
Review: Radencich has produced a work of art in this book. The photographs are outstanding, and there are not enough superlatives to do them justice. The steps are so well done as to present a short course in photos alone. Very well done.As other reviewers have noted, this book is not strong on its historical content or presentation of utilitarian (read: flies for fish...) patterns. It also goes into excruciating detail on wall mounts which while interesting, might have been better spent on other patterns. I found the section on hook making to be very interesting and unique in the literature of salmon flies. This book is hard to put down and sets a new standard of graphics for this genre. Well done, Michael.
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Summary: Superb Photographs and a well done presentation
Review: Radencich has produced a work of art in this book. The photographs are outstanding, and there are not enough superlatives to do them justice. The steps are so well done as to present a short course in photos alone. Very well done. As other reviewers have noted, this book is not strong on its historical content or presentation of utilitarian (read: flies for fish...) patterns. It also goes into excruciating detail on wall mounts which while interesting, might have been better spent on other patterns. I found the section on hook making to be very interesting and unique in the literature of salmon flies. This book is hard to put down and sets a new standard of graphics for this genre. Well done, Michael.
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Summary: Clearly written, beautifully illustrated great tying instruc
Review: Radencich's book is nicely written and proved very helpful in thje areas of tying instruction and techniques. Color photography is used extensively throughout and is finely detailed. The chapters on custom hook making and fly mounting are nice additions to the book as it really concentrates on presentation type flies. If I have any complaint at all is that the book does devote a lot of its content to complicated modern patterns and not what I considered true "classic" flies. Though many of these flies are beautiful and, without exception beautifully dressed, I was hoping for a more traditional selection. Also included is a great method for substituting Indian Crow, which I'll be attempting soon. I wished for an expanded section on the substitution of the all but impossible to obtain feathers. This is a major issue for the modern tyer of these patterns and would have been a welcome addition. If the feather in some of the fly patterns that is referred to as "speckled bustard substitute" isn't natural bustard I'd be surprised. It sure isn't turkey! Overall I'd highly recommend this book as a guide to the mechanics of fully dressed salmon flies. My flies have been better proportioned and more neatly tied since I began utilizing some of his tips and I've been tying these patterns for over 15 years. Thanks Mr Radencich
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