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Crown Publishers, 1988. Hard cover. Very Good. Complete and fully illustrated instructions for tying dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, salt-water patterns, flies for salmon, western flies, bass bugs, terrestrials, midges, No-Hackles, Paraduns, and other patterns. Contributors include Art Flick, Ed Koch, lefty kreh, Ted Niemeyer, Carl Richards, Ernest Schwiebert, Helen Shaw, Doug Swisher, and Dave Whitlock. Art Flick moved from Kingston, NY to the Catskills in 1941 to take over management of his parents’ hotel, the Westkill Tavern. There, near the banks of the Schoharie Creek, he began a lifelong commitment to stream conservation. He helped secure legislation that created New York’s first “no kill” or “catch and release” water. Flick was instrumental in obtaining the first public fishing waters in New York on the Schoharie Creek. For over 50 years, he lobbied and fought to protect Westkill and… Read More