Books: The Fly Tying Bible, by Peter Gathercole

The Fly-Tying Bible by Peter Gathercole carries a weighty title, but does it live up to it? Robin Scott finds out. I wish I had first picked up this book when I was around 12 or 13, around about the time I was given my first "starter kit" of vice, bobbin and bits of hackle to begin my first haphazard forrays into the skilful world of fly-tying: [...]