We finally have someone else in the group willing to put his neck on the line and share his tying techniques on video tape.

Tom Juracek has self-produced two video tapes that you will want to purchase. His first was of a Green Highlander that I would recommend to the tier more in the beginning to early-intermediate stage of tying salmon flies. His second tape, which I will describe more fully, is directed at all levels of expertise, but the beginning to intermediate tiers especially will find it invaluable.

Tom's second tape begins with a critique of several of his own flies that are shown. He explains his style, where he went right, and where he went wrong. Before he begins tying the fly - a Dusty Miller - Tom discusses evaluation and selection, cleaning, and preparation of the materials he will use. He also talks about planning the fly, which includes style as well as what he refers to as "color coordination." When he actually ties the fly (on both tapes), the camera is between the fly and himself, making it very difficult for Tom, but giving the viewer a ringside seat. He does not hide anything. All mistakes are shown and corrections are made with explanations---most helpful for any student of salmon-fly tying.

The Atlantic Salmon Fly, the Tyers and their Art, a new book by Judith Dunham, will be available from Chronicle Books in September of this year.

For a year and a half, Dunham traveled to Europe and Canada, and around the United States, to research the history of the Atlantic salmon fly and to interview twenty-three flytyers. In the extensive published interviews, the tyers talk about their approach to tying Atlantic salmon flies, the historical influences on their work, and their flytying and flyfishing experiences. The book features Jerry Doak and Warren Duncan from Canada, Megan Boyd, Stewart Canham, Hans de Groot, and Jimmy Younger from Europe, Ken Sawada from Japan, and the following tyers from the United States: Poul Jorgensen, Mike Martinek, Bob Veverka, Charlie Krom, Paul Schmookler, Bill Hunter, Keith Fulsher, Ron Alcott, Albert Cohen, Steve Fernandez, Judy Lehmberg, Wayne Luallen, John Van Derhoof, Ted Niemeyer, Marvin Nolte, and Eric Otzinger.

The flies of the twenty-three tyers are shown in forty-four fullcolor photographs by San Francisco photographer John Clayton. Judith Dunham's ten-page introduction is lavishly illustrated with photographs of materials. The appendix includes a bibliography and eleven pages of fly dressings accompanied by photographs of historical and contemporary hooks. The pages of this large format book measure 12 inches tall by 10 inches wide.

The Atlantic Salmon Fly is available in a limited edition of three hundred numbered copies, signed by the author and the photographer, quarter-bound in leather, and enclosed in a slipcase.