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Books that formed me

Feb 3. 2021
Litterature ...as a fly tyer and flyfisher, that is. Other books influenced me as a person, but that’s a whole other story.
See the some of them here
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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.
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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
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Simple Flies

Nov 13. 2020
Three materials Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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!"

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