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Innes’ books on salmon flies and salmon fishing

Jul 29. 2022
Trio Some books tend to go under the radar, but are still small gems of knowledge, history ... and fly patterns ... These books from 2016/17 have been hiding in my shelf for way too long.
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Fly Couture

Feb 19. 2022
Different Some tyers tie different flies. Scottish Nick Thomas, now Wales based, is one of them. And he wrote a book about it.
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Flytying for Beginners

Oct 24. 2021
Rookie A beginner's book that I'd actually recommend to beginners! Great pattern selection, excellent photography and nicely coupled to online videos.
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Syd Glasso

Jul 13. 2021
Classics Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer
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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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