Art and Angling Merge in Steve Bailey's
Saltwater Creations
Norm Zeigler
"Steve Bailey perhaps ties the most beautiful saltwater flies in the country —
and I enjoy getting them from him but hate to use them — they are so pretty.”
This would be an attention-grabbing comment coming from any knowledgeable
fly-fisher, but coming from Lefty Kreh — it amounts to a virtual canonization ...
Bailey is not only a remarkable tier, he is also one of the top shallow-water guides
in southwest Florida. His eye is as fine and exacting in spotting redfish and snook
on the grass flats of his native Pine Island Sound as it is in tying his superb flies ...
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