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John Gierach is a highly trusted and trustable opinion-maker in fly-fishing. People take what he says to the bank. While most of Gierach's writing is essay-style and reflective, here he gets down to the nitty-gritty: how he ties his favorite flies and why he thinks they work so well for him. Few anglers will skip knowing what a master angler and thinker prefers for his fly box. This title covers a gamut of patterns essential to trout fishing in a...
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Jack dennis is one of Wyoming's best known fishing guides. Featured in books and in articles in virtually every outdoor magazine, he has become well known through the country as an expert on fly fishing throughout the west. This is a book providing complete fly tying instruction and new techniques focused on Western fly patterns.
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A look at the development of the sport over the past six centuries.
Once limited to trout and salmon, today fly-fishing techniques are used to catch every fish species from minnows to marlin in rivers, lakes and oceans from the Amazon to the Arctic. From the many thousands of fly patterns developed over the centuries, The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies focuses on fifty iconic flies chosen to represent the evolution not only of fishing flies...
8) Midge magic
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Step-by-step tying sequences for dozens of new patterns. Hatch charts and extensive catalog of patterns.
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For the millions of fly fishers who are passionate about their sport, this gorgeous book is both a visual feast and the perfect reference. The Art of the Fishing Fly includes a history of fly fishing focusing on the evolution of fishing flies; a guide to essential equipment; a how-to section on tying three key flies by three top fly tyers; and essays by noted experts. The book's core includes 75 profiles of flies--the soul of the sport--with absolutely...
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In this clear and attractive book are all the essential skills you need to be a competent all-round flyfisher.
With John Symonds you will learn how to fish for trout and salmon in stillwaters from both bank and boat; in rivers; dry fly and wet fly.
You will know how to tie reliable and easy knots, to construct the
right leaders, learn where the fish are most likely to lie, how to cast to them and which flies to use.
“How to Flyfish” will bring...
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In one of the enduring classics of fly-fishing literature, Terry Hellekson addresses everything from the history of fly fishing and fly-tying around the world, to fly-tying material and hooks. This newly revised and updated version offers the original two volumes combined in one hardcover edition to create the definitive book on fly-tying.
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Sometimes the best fly is a simple one. Whether you're a beginner looking to get started with tying or an expert looking to get back to the basics, these simple wet flies, nymphs, dry flies, and streamers will often catch fish as well as-if not better than-more complex patterns. This guide shows you all the techniques, tools, and materials you need to get started.
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"Each entry is shown in life-size and enlarged photos, supplemented with a materials inventory and a description of the tying sequence. The fly's originator, guided by many years of fly-fishing experience, also describes how, when, and where to fish each fly. The fly patterns are designed to catch the most popular fly-fishing quarry in fresh- and saltwater, including trout, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, steelhead, striped bass, redfish, sailfish,...