How To Make Your Own Lures and Flies

by Mel Marshall

Here is a book that explains how to make just about every kind of lure and fly for freshwater fishing. It shows you how to get started with a minimum of tools and materials and, in step-by-step photos, leads you through all the phases of a fascinating craft that will provide many hours of off-season enjoyment.

186 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Melvin D. Marshall (1911- ) was born in San Antonio, Texas. He sold his first story to Boy's Life for $2.50 when he was only 14 years old. He worked for various newspapers and radio stations from 1929 until he became a freelance writer and photographer in 1965. Along the way he ran a newspaper and broadcasting company in Pittsburg, California, became president of Humboldt Broadcasters, Inc. in Arcata, Califorinia, and then of Del Norte Broadcasters, Inc. in Crescent City, California. He also wrote numerous works of western fiction under his own name as well as under the pseudonyms Ray Cory, Zeke Tyler, and Carlton Mitchell. Marshall also wrote extensively on fishing, outdoor cooking, and handyman projects.

Marshall served as president of Western Writers of America from 1976-1977.