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Steelhead Fly Tying

Feb 11. 2019
Extravagant Beautiful photos, lots of detailed text and schoolbook step-by-step instructions on how to tie 24 fantastic looking steelhead flies
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Top Saltwater Flies

Jan 5. 2019
Colossal An impressing three volume collection of patterns for the most sought after fish in warm saltwater
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Crystallin Task Light

Dec 17. 2018
Light My search for a great fly tying lamp may be over. This one is close to ideal for my purposes
See my review here
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ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting

Sep 15. 2018
Hauling A true beginner's guide to casting, providing basic knowledge of gear and casting, advice on how to get better, and help in troubleshooting.
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Backwoods Brook Trout

Aug 21. 2018
Review "I spent most of 1949 in utero, gradually gaining awareness that something truly good awaited once I left the waters of my beginnings." A review of Frederick Prince's book.
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Petitjean CDC

Jun 27. 2018
Monograph A massive book, solely on CDC-feathers, -flies and -tying techniques by Swiss CDC master Marc Petitjean.
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The Feather Thief

May 21. 2018
Full dressed A fascinating "true crime" story that tells about the theft of skins from protected bird from a natural history museum in the UK with the purpose of using them for fly tying
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ABU Optic Flies

Mar 14. 2018
Classics A small book written by Danish Michael Jensen about Swedish ABU's renowned series of streamers from the 60's, known as the Optic Flies.
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Designing Poppers, Sliders & Divers

Feb 9. 2018
Bugs This book raises the bar for warm water fly rod lure making books. Elmer Meiler reviews Steve Schweitzer's book.
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Freshwater Life

Dec 18. 2017
Naturals This book gives you the opportunity to make a connection with aquatic animals. You can watch these images over and over again. It is also full of information in the texts and pictures.
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Nymphenfischen

Dec 10. 2017
Focused My heart beats for specialty books rather than general ones, and a large book solely on nymphing is definitely something that stirs my interest. Even a German language one.
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A Year in the Life

Dec 9. 2017
Exiting Jonathan Tomlinson's video "A Year in the Life" is an hour of mesmerizing fish porn. Or should I call it fish erotica? That sounds a bit more sophisticated
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Making Better Flies

Jul 23. 2017
Patterns This book is mainly on saltwater flies in spite of the title, and it doesn’t impress - or tell you how to design, develop or improve.
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Great beginner's books

Jul 12. 2017
Library This article covers a handful of books that I would recommend to the new fly-angler and fly-tyer - the angler who is dipping his or her toes in the fly-fishing pond for the first time
See the list here
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The Fly Fisher

Apr 13. 2017
A large and beautiful book about the concept of fly fishing covering the subject from many angles, lavishly illustrated with amazing photos.

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