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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	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
A book list for Jes Feb 7. 2017 Read this This is a list of a few great books that are about fishing, but focuses on ambiance, adventure, philosophy, emotions, friendships - basically everything but catching that big one. See the list here	Favorite Flies for Baltic Seatrout Mar 6. 2012 Self-published In this book Martin has tried to cover his favorite fly patterns, and has included 29 of the flies that he and his best fishing friends use 90% of the time when they fish for Danish coastal seatrout. See pictures of the book here

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Review The Lost Salmon Flies of Balmoral Nov 20. 2016 If you are into classic salmon flies - like the real classics - and like to divulge in their history and origin, this is a book for you.	Article Flytyers Masterclass Apr 20. 1995 Book review When you take into consideration the size and volume of this book: large format and app. 250 pages, and the fact that it 'only' deals with 20 flies, it should be obvious that each fly is described in minute details. And it sure is.	Article Micropatterns Apr 5. 1995 Book review With this book you get your moneys worth in weight. The book is a large format book with more than 300 pages. The size alone can make this book a bit scary, and innocent flytyers who leaf through it, will probably be intimidated by the huge volume of information.
Article The art of the trout fly Apr 2. 1995 Book review Seriously. This is a book that I like just to touch. The print renders the photos in an excellent quality, and leaves the reader with a feeling that the flies are as textured, translucent and subtle as they actually are.	Article How it started Apr 1. 1995 History A short story about the book review section. Read it here	Review 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.
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

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