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Wild Steelhead I brought home 4 lbs of beautiful wild steelhead the last time I was in the US. Not a fish of course, but a couple of impressing books.	Fusion Fly Tying Greg Senyo's book on modern salmon and steelhead flies is a tour de force in goudy and flashy materials composed into large flies	Classic Steelhead Flies John Shewey has something going on with steelhead with several books on the subject already under his belt.
Tying Heritage Featherwing Streamers Sharon Wright is becoming a familiar name to those who follow developments in streamer fly tying.	The Best Carp Flies I have been tying flies for quite some time now and it is quite a rare event when I pick up a magazine or book and get the urge to run to my vise and tie up some new flies.	The North Country Fly When it comes to books, there's nothing I like more than focus. A book that has a well defined subject and covers in depth rather than broad has my vote already before I have opened it.
Production Fly Tying	Saltwater Flies The contents of my fairly well stocked fishing book shelves bear witness to the fact that I love fly pattern books. My small book database says that I currently have 115 pattern books.	Das große Trockenfliegen-Buch We don't often review books in German, but it has happened. And since we do have a large German audience - the second largest after the 'merikans - it's not totally out of the way to do so.
Selectivity I recently reviewed Matt Supinski's book Steelhead Dreams and was thrilled with Supinski's enthusiastic writing and his way of approaching the subject,	Steelhead Dreams A very thorough introduction to fishing for steelhead in the great lakes area in the US by renown steelhead guide Matt Supinski. Covering tactics, gear and flies as well as seasons and locations.	Fly-Fishing's Final Frontier I recently reviewed the book "Flyfishing for Coarse Fish" by British Dominic Garnett, and noted in that review how untapped a resource these

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