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Thursday November 10th 2011
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| Published: Thursday November 10th 2011 (2 years ago) Updated: Friday February 24th 2012, 3:41AMMore about: Books | by Martin Joergensen
Another bunch of books snuck their way into my life
OK, it happened again: my trigger finger slipped and several Amazon vendors as well as my all time favorite bookshop, Coch-y-Bonddu in Wales, were allowed to stick their trunks into my wallet and suck up a bit of money in exchange for some books.  Got this one for 13 UK£ - about 20 US$. It's not really worth it, but I wanted to do a joint review with the previous title in the series, not surprisingly called "Fifty places to Fly Fish Before You Die".  By Chris Santella Another Fifty-places from Santella who seems to be a book factory. I'm not impressed at first glance. Each dream location is covered with a brief text and a few facts, and many even without any images. I wonder how these books can become bestsellers... I have been on the lookout for this one for long, but the standard price is about 50 US$, which is a bit steep. But I got this very nice, used copy for 16 UK£ including postage, and that is more than reasonable.  By James Prosek A stunningly beautiful and fascinating book in spite of its extremely simple concept: paint a picture of each of as many trout species and variations as possible. Simple images: a fish flat on its side on white background. But Prosek's fabulous style and the sheer number and variations is enough to spellbind. At less than 13 US$ there isn't much to think about. This is a great book for the money - very nice pictures and great little stories.  By R. Valentine Atkinson Atkinson's photos are all over the place: in magazines, in catalogs, in books, online and offline. That means that we have seen a lot of them already, and I have been disappointed before when buying Atkinson books. But this one features a lot of images that I haven't seen before as well as stories in the usual R. Valentine Atkinson style: written by mainly well-known fly anglers. A very beautiful book back from 1991, but still well worth its price, which is now as low as 6 UK£ or less than 10 US$.  By Robin Armstrong Robin Armstrong has been painting most of his life, but also used to be a river keeper. This book catches the life on a chalkstream in beautiful images and nicely written text. Also see our article about the artist here.  By A. K. Best This is a real classic written by the renown fly tyer and tying book author AK Best. The book was overhauled in 2004 and reprinted in a second edition with color images. It's the bible when it comes to dying fly tying materials, and is extremely thorough and useful - even for those that have no plans of dying, but just want to treat their materials as well as possible. In my fever I managed to buy two of these! So it goes when that index finger is hovering above the Buy Now button. At about 20 US$ it's no big deal, but I sure wish I had bought two copies of a better book!  By Lefty Kreh This is a fly tying book from 1995 and that's pretty obvious when you run through it. Simple in scope, plain and fairly boring plates of a bunch of flies accompanied by a pattern description with materials listings. Not much new, and not much to be excited about. Nice book, much better than Kreh's mentioned above, and available used from less than 8 UK£ or about 12-13 US$.  By Ed Jaworowski A very nice book with a great selection of traditional saltwater patterns, richly illustrated with step-by-step photos. Reviews will appear during the winter. | |
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