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Individual taste in books varies as much as the favorite rod or fly. With that in mind, we hope to review books and videos from the ever-growing fly fishing world, and share them with you. Books will be the best of all worlds, new and old. Many of the old books are now available in reprint, and the wisdom contained is timely today. Others can be found in second-hand book stores, or by mail order dealers. As we find videos we feel are outstanding they will be included. Be assured, reviews are based on what we have actually read or viewed, and due to that fact, may not appear weekly.
BECOME A THINKING FLY TIER
An engineer is a designer and has a drive to understand how things work with an eye toward improvement; this definition describes the author of Become A Thinking Fly Tier. Jim Cramer offers sixty years of fly tying experiences in this volume, sixty years of looking at fly tying through the eyes of an engineer.
With his time as a demonstration fly tier at annual Federation of Fly Fishers Conclave Jim Cramer is not an unknown name to me and he has brought his many talents to this volume. The book is well organized and runs through each of the critical areas that the fly tier must deal with offering excellent advice and insight.
Fly tiers of all skill levels can learn something from this informative, well organized and insightful volume. I would recommend adding this volume for your fly tying bookshelf.
Enjoy & Good Tyin'
Tom Travis, Montana Fly Fishing Outfitter & Guide
BECOME A THINKING FLY TIER
The Way to Rapid Improvement
By: Jim Cramer, Forward by: Al Beatty
Copyright 2013, ISBN: 978-1-892469-28-1, Published by No Nonsense Fly Fishing Guidebooks, P.O. Box 91858, Tucson, AZ 85752-1858.
180 Pages, $27.95. www.nononsenseguides.com