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Flytying for Beginners A beginner's book that I'd actually recommend to beginners! Great pattern selection, excellent photography and nicely coupled to online videos.	Syd Glasso Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer	The Feather Mechanic This is a book I have been looking forward to for a while. And it doesn’t disappoint.
Chalk and Cheese An English flyfisher acquires a house in France - which just happens to have a chalk stream running its property	Simple Flies Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.	The Atlantic Salmon Fly Why review a 30-year old book? Well, because it's a great book that deserves some attention.
Hardy’s Salmon Flies Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.	Reflections on the Loch A book on UK style lake fishing for trout, written in a personal and entertaining - but still very informative - tone	Pike Fever Pike anglers have a new bible. This book essentially covers every conceivable aspect of pike fishing… and then some
The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques When a great photographer, fly tyer and instructor writes a book, it’s likely to become a great book	Trout are stupid A small book that debunks a lot of myths surrounding trout fishing – including the one that trout are cunning and intelligent hunters, able to trick anglers. They are not! Trout are stupid!	America’s Favorite Flies Impressing in both scope, size, page count and weight, this book presents 224 US fly tyers and their favorite patterns.

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