About this title: A reference work on trout fly patterns for all fly fishermen, whether on river or stillwater. It includes samplers from over 40 of the world's most famous fly-tiers, and gives in-depth advice on fly tying and fishing methods.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 1998 Castle Books, NY; ISBN 0-7858-0892-2
Date published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780785808923ISBN:0785808922
Description: Reprint, hardcover, dust jacket; both the book and jacket are in like new condition. The book features 32 color plates of trout flies, with listing of over 1000 flies and variations, with tying formulas. Most flies are keyed to the color plates. A excellent reference for fly tiers. read more
Description: Castle, c.1998, Hardcover, color illus, clean, bright and sound; A VERY GOOD copy, in a bright VERY GOOD dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. read more
Edition: 2Rev.ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: CollinsWillow, London
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780002184915ISBN:0002184915
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo. As new, unread copy of this book whose jacket shows signs of lightest shelf wear. The standard reference book on trout fly patterns for all fly fishermen, whether on river or still water. read more
"This is one I just don't connect with. It's a great collection of recipes, with maybe 1000 patterns, and includes work by some great tiers. Just in the "W" section we get Whitlock, Wotton, and Wulff (and then throw in LaFontaine, Ruane, etc.).
So it's a great compendium, but that's it. There's not much instruction here, or instruction on how to fish the patterns. So I'm sort of criticizing it for being something it didn't mean to be, I admit.
It's also a bit British for my purposes, whether it's the certain terminology or certain patterns that just seem culturally off to me.
One oddity about using the book (though this is wise in terms of price and) is that the pictures of patterns are separate from the recipes, with a set of full-color plates in the middle of the book. It takes some flipping to see exactly what you're looking at and how to make it. But this is a reference volume, not an instructional manual. It's just not one that really does it for me."
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