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Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury
- Publisher: Wellfleet
- ISBN-10: B01FEL0ZRC
Book Description
Charles Orvis founded the Orvis Company in 1856, the year his daughter, Mary was born. The company survives and prospers to this day. This is due in part to daughter Mary’s direct efforts as a fly tier, businesswoman, author and editor. Charles invented the modern lightweight fly reel and made them widely available. In the Victorian Era, fly-fishing became popular as a “refined” way to fish, and the modern merchandising triangle of manufacturer, publisher and consumer was established. Exotic materials for tying flies – ranging from polar bear hair to macaw plumes – were available, and in a great flurry of activity every region of America was busy developing its own fly patterns and its own names for flies that anglers in another watershed might know as something entirely different. Into the breach stepped Mary Orvis. To assure her dad of a reliable source of flies tied to consistent standards, in 1876, she took over the company’s commercial fly production. This book, the fi
