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My Salmon Flies by Mikael Frödin - After a life with an obsession for salmon flies Mikael now for the first time put his collection of innovative fly patterns together. 'My Salmon Flies' contains 67 patterns and variations. It’s a lifetime of both fishing and fly tying experience, flies that have taken salmon in all conditions all over the world. A must-have for every serious salmon angler and fly tier. The little book is made as a wire-o pattern collection to be easy to use on the fly tying table. Choose pattern, fold it up, read about it - and ...
Game Changer: Tying Flies that Look & Swim Like the Real Thing by Blane Chocklett - For many years, fly anglers have been eagerly awaiting Blane Chocklett's highly anticipated book that reveals the sought-after secrets of his Game Changer style of fishing and fly tying, and it's finally available to you!
Game Changer flies have completely revolutionized how fly anglers approach pressured and wary fish around the world. Tied on a series of interconnecting spines, these flies can be drawn through the water with a serpentine swimming action or made to glide and jackknife in the water with hard strips—movements that predatory ...
Top Salmon Flies Vol. 2 continues from where the bestselling Top Salmon Flies - stories and fly patterns from great anglers left off. 13 contributors from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Iceland, Denmark, United Kingdom and Spain represent 43 top-performing salmon flies and open up about their strategies in salmon fishing. It is a modern view of salmon fishing today.
This installment of Top Salmon Flies includes contributions from Emilie Björkman, Helge Dahlen, Håvard Vistnes, Jerkko Ahtinen, Lars Munk, Marina Gibson, Mauri Peltonen, Miguel Aguilar Juan, Orla Bertram Nielsen, Rabbi Alfredsson, Kristjan Evjar, Maxim Mamaev and Tomas Kolesinskas.
This book will show you different ...
In Nymph Fishing - New Angles, Tactics, and Techniques book, best-selling author George Daniel shares expert tactics and techniques for a new generation of nymph anglers. He covers specialized equipment, flies, and presentations, focusing on advanced lessons and tips for anglers with a solid grasp of fundamentals. Important technique sequences and fly patterns are photographed in detail.
George Daniel is the author of the bestselling Dynamic Nymphing and Strip Set and is a contributing editor for Fly Fisherman magazine. He is the owner and operator of Livin on the Fly, a fly-fishing educational/guide company based near his home in Lamar, Pennsylvania. George conducts fly-fishing ...
Tying and Fishing Deer Hair Flies is a complete guide to selecting, handling, and tying deer hair, with notes on using other hairs as well. Covers patterns for trout, bass, pike, and other species as well as important fishing techniques.
Tim Jacobs is a popular demonstration tier at various fishing shows including The Fly Fishing Show. He is a retired teacher and works as an instructor at the Michigan Youth Trout Camp each summer. He is an FFF certified casting instructor, guide, and member of the Whiting Farms Pro Team. His articles have appeared in Midwest Fly Fishing and other publications, ...
Tying Nymphs book shows the best subsurface flies for rivers and lakes around the world. Over 50 essential nymph patterns, detailed tying instructions, insights into material preparation, and tricks of the trade from one of the North American best tiers. Page size 22 x 28 cm (8,5 x 11 inches). Color photos. 192 pages. In English.
Author Charlie Craven co-owns Charlie’s Fly Box, a fly shop in Arvada, Colorado, and is a top-selling signature fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. Craven is the Fly Tier’s Bench columnist for Fly Fisherman and author of Charlie Craven’s Basic Fly Tying: Modern Techniques for Flies That Catch Fish and ...
What a Fish Knows reveals the inner lives of our underwater cousins. Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In What a Fish Knows, the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the surprising capabilities of fishes. Although there are more than thirty thousand species of fish―more than all mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians combined―we rarely consider how ...
Steelhead Fly Tying Art and Design is an exhilarating breakthrough book written and photographed by Dec Hogan and Marty Howard. Hogan and Howard’s names and reputations are globally recognized as two of today’s most respected steelhead anglers and fly tiers. Their talent with pen and camera shine brightly in this massive tome with each turn of the page. This beautiful, colorful book gives detailed step-by-step instructions for 24 flies strategically selected by Dec and Marty to show a vast range of techniques and styles giving the reader knowledge to tie and endless array of fly patterns. The majority of the ...
The Fly Tying Artist - A collection of Rick Takahashi’s most effective fly designs, this book emphasizes Rick’s background in art (color and design theory) as well as share tying tips and fishing methods. Takahashi was the primary author of Modern Midges and Modern Terrestrials and while recipes for his flies were included in these books, the tying steps and stories behind them were not. Flies included in the book will cover the range of trout fly design possibilities and the major food groups.
Rick Takahashi is an author, artist, and demonstration fly tier who often displays his skills at local and regional venues such ...
A Steelheader's Way - Principles, Tactics & Techniques. Steelhead legend Lani Waller covers the essential elements of fishing for trophy steelhead with prose as beautiful and surprising as the fish themselves. The blend of how-to and why-to not only captures the essence of these elusive fish but also uncovers what it takes to consistently bring them to hand. Waller shares his techniques for swinging wets and waking dry flies, including proper approach, presentation, and his favorite fly patterns, both classic and contemporary. Chapters on hunting trophies, equipment, casting, and conservation provide readers with a life's worth of wisdom learned from ...
The Ultimate Guide to Kayak Fishing - A Practical Guide is thorough introduction to an increasingly popular fishing sport.
Did you know that kayak fishing has shot up in popularity over the past few years? Americans take more than 38 million kayak fishing trips every year. While most outdoors enthusiasts think of kayaks simply as boats, there are many great reasons to take up fishing from a kayak. A kayak is cheaper to maintain than a larger fishing boat; it can be launched from almost anywhere and piloted by almost anyone; and kayakers can access places larger boats can’t, opening up new ...
Modern Steelhead Flies includes fly patterns, step-by-step tying instructions, and fishing tips from hardcore West Coast and Great Lakes steelheaders. Includes over 30 tiers from around the country, ranging from British Columbia to Great Lakes. Features in depth analysis on topics such as important fly design characteristics, unconventional wisdom at the vise and on the water, and tying and fishing the popular style of fly known as Intruders.
Pages: 256
Page size: 22 x 28 cm
Written by Rob Russell and Jay Nicholas
In English
Rob Russell is a devoted angler, fly tier and conservationist who has ...
Ever wonder what it would be like to take a fishing trip with the country’s best anglers? Author Jason Randall fishes with fly fishing giants such as George Daniel, Landon Mayer, Lefty Kreh, Ed Jaworowski, Ed Engle, Gary Borger, and Joe Humphreys and shares their top nymphing techniques, flies, and tactics with you. Randall covers everything from rigging flies, reading the water, casting, and fighting fish as he travels the country, from Pennsylvania to Alaska, in his quest to learn the methods of the masters.
Pages: 296
Page size: 18 x 26 cm
In English
Dr. Jason Randall’s ...
Hunting Musky with a Fly is the most complete fly fishing guide to musky to date.
Musky, short for muskellunge, have been called the fish of 10,000 casts and are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, fish to catch on a fly. Musky have a large range--from northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota through the Great Lakes region, north into Canada, throughout most of the St. Lawrence River drainage and northward throughout the upper Mississippi valley, extending as far south as Chattanooga in the Tennessee River valley.
This much-anticipated book is the most complete guide to fly fishing for musky ...
“Top Salmon flies - stories and fly patterns from great anglers" opens up the world of salmon fly fishing with advice and deadly fly patterns from experienced anglers.
What’s the most common question after someone catches a salmon? What fly did you catch it with? The importance of the fly pattern is gospel to salmon fly fishers. Fishing for Atlantic salmon is just not about the fly patterns. It's also about finding the best ways to catch fish.
This book includes contributions from experienced Scandinavian anglers; Miki Äikäs, Peter Ohlsson, Antti Guttorm, Siggi Haugur, Tommi Liimatainen, Anders Neteland, Steffen Juhl and Antti ...
In the twelve years since his landmark book Pop Fleyes, Bob Popovics has continued to develop new fly patterns and improve old favorites. His new book includes 36 step-by-step tying and technique tutorials, over 12 new patterns, and numerous variations for every situation, plus contributions from a new generation of fly tiers who have been influenced by his signature style. Includes the Bucktail Deceiver, the Hollow Fleye, and other new patterns that have greatly influenced saltwater tying in the past ten years. Improves on old favorites, including a full update for the Surf Candy. Features contributions from well-known tiers such ...
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.
Techniques for tying quick, durable, and effective flies.
Simple flies from history, plus interviews with modern anglers such as Chico Fernández, Bob Wyatt, Daniel Galhardo, and Chris Stewart.
Contains flies for and inspired by tenkara fishing.
The author, Morgan Lyle uses ...
A comprehensive book on tactics for streamers, including new approaches for trout, steelhead, muskie, and bass. Features over 450 detailed photos and illustrations of casting and presenting streamers.
Patterns from several of the most prominent contemporary streamer tiers, including Blane Chocklett, Kelly Galloup, Rich Strolis, Ben Furimsky, Mike Schmidt, Russ Maddin, and more.
Step-by-step photos to help you master casting and presentation.
Sections on reading the water, trout behavior, equipment, casting, and night fishing
The author, George Daniel is a former manager of TCO Fly Shop and the author of the bestselling Dynamic Nymphing. He is the owner and operator of Livin on the Fly, ...
This brilliant new bible of fly fishing for Salmo salar, the legendary leaper, builds on the time-tested techniques of Wood, Waddington, Falkus, Wulff, et al., while equipping the 21st-century angler with the latest tactics and flies to effectively cover water anywhere in the world. Features chapters on where to fish for Atlantic salmon todaywith a detailed overview of the finest rivers in all the major countries hosting runs of wild salmon.
When and why does a salmon take an anglers flyand what does the salmon actually see? These and other essential questions are answered thoroughly and intelligently in Atlantic Salmon Magic ...
Stashed smartly in your glove box, with a quick peek at these little plastic cards, you are confidently cinching down that prized possession with a series of Bowlines and Trucker's Hitches like a pro! That is the idea behind the knot cards - having them handy when you need them.
Includes six water-proof plastic cards riveted together with a brass grommet in a fan pack. 12 best fly fishing knots. Knots include:
Improved Clinch Knot
Davy Knot
Uni Knot
KrehLoop Knot
Turle Knot
Riffle Hitch
Surgeons Knot
Double Uni Knot
Nail Knot
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The most thorough work ever published on making and caring for fishing tacklewith over eight hundred illustrations.
The Complete Book of Tackle Making is the reference of choice for both builders of fine tackle and casual craftsmen, with over five hundred pages and seven hundred photographs and filled with down-to-earth, clear, step-by-step instruction. Its twenty-five inclusive chapters and helpful appendixes include all readers need to know about tools, spinners, bucktails, jigs, sinkers, plastic lures and plugs, wire leaders, painting and finishing methods, basic and advanced rod building, basic and decorative wraps, necessary knots and splices, tackle care and repair, suppliers and ...
Sometimes you need a specific knot for your fishing & youre not sure how to tie it because it is difficult to remember all the steps. Not this handy pocket-sized guide shows you how to tie these knots just like an expert!
These knots have been selected by Bill Classon because they are essential for the successful angler & yet can be difficult to remember when it comes to the crunch. So take this book whenever you go fishing. It fits in a tackle box, glove box, & pocket anywhere!
The heavy, waterproof pages with spiral binding will stay open & ...
A contemporary look at some of the most popular, longstanding, and versatile patterns in fly tying that can be adapted for any species, including bass, bonefish, carp, catfish, salmon, steelhead, trout, and more! These patterns have long, colorful histories that are beautifully captured by Ritt, one the true ambassadors of the sport and iron men of fly tying.
Over 1,200 step-by-step tying photos include recipes and instructions and show in great detail how to tie the basic patterns, when to fish them, and how to build upon and adapt the patterns for multiple species. Unlike any other fly tying book, 25 ...
The average fly fisher spends just 15.6 days per year on the water. Of course, few of us are fortunate enough to spend every day of every month casting into riffles, pools, and undercut banks in search of those finicky browns, brooks, rainbows, and cutthroats. Luckily, the diverse collection of gear in 365 Trout Flies provides some measure of solace to those legions of desk-bound fly fishers.
Presenting enough flies to span the year, expert fly fisherman John van Vliet offers suggestions for the spectrum of salmonids fly fishers are most likely to encounter as well as the breadth of locationsfrom ...
