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The Feather Mechanic Jan 10. 2021 Fly design This is a book I have been looking forward to for a while. And it doesn’t disappoint.	Chalk and Cheese Dec 14. 2020 French An English flyfisher acquires a house in France - which just happens to have a chalk stream running its property
Simple Flies Nov 13. 2020 Three materials Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.	The Atlantic Salmon Fly Jan 9. 2020 Art Why review a 30-year old book? Well, because it's a great book that deserves some attention.

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Review Hardy’s Salmon Flies Dec 11. 2019 Catalog Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.	Review Reflections on the Loch Dec 7. 2019 Lake fishing A book on UK style lake fishing for trout, written in a personal and entertaining - but still very informative - tone	Review Pike Fever Nov 20. 2019 In depth Pike anglers have a new bible. This book essentially covers every conceivable aspect of pike fishing… and then some
Review The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques Nov 8. 2019 Masterclass When a great photographer, fly tyer and instructor writes a book, it’s likely to become a great book	Review Trout are stupid Oct 16. 2019 Truth 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!	Review America’s Favorite Flies Aug 30. 2019 Massive Impressing in both scope, size, page count and weight, this book presents 224 US fly tyers and their favorite patterns.
Review Creative GeWe Wet Flies Aug 18. 2019 Belgian A wonderful little book with Belgian Geert Werbrouck's beautiful wet flies. Lots of pictures, lots of patterns, lots of tying and material tips.	Review The Humpy Encyclopedia Aug 8. 2019 Free It’s hard not to like a completely free e-book with detailed descriptions on how how to tie 12 (and them some) different variations of the Humpy. 80 pages of knowledge, tips and inspiration on a single pattern!	Review Fly Fishing Treasures Jun 30. 2019 I didn’t know that I was interested in collecting fly fishing paraphernalia – until I read Steve Woit’s book
Review The Brown Trout-Atlantic Salmon Nexus Jun 24. 2019 Trout&Salmon When an author asks you to provide content for a book, it's hard not to think "That's going to be one heck of a book!"	Review 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	Review 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.
Review Petitjean CDC Jun 27. 2018 Monograph A massive book, solely on CDC-feathers, -flies and -tying techniques by Swiss CDC master Marc Petitjean.	Review 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	Article Optic Flies Mar 14. 2018 History With names that sounded fresh, in-your-face and downright sexy, the Optic Fly series entered the stage like a warm summer wind in the 1960’s cold war era. Read a book excerpt here

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