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Article Float Tube Magic - A Fly Fishing Escape Mar 20. 1996 Tubing This time it's float tubing. It's a basic book, that treats the subject from the bottom: considerations before buying, selecting a tube and other equipment, getting 'on board', strategies and much more. On top of that comes a more general section on trout food and flies. Read the review here	Article The Essence of Flycasting Jan 18. 1996 Book review This book is very stylish, kind of mellow in the visual tone and held in beautiful B/W. People who have met Krieger (or seen his videos) will know that he is not excactly B/W. On the opposite: he's a colorfull, enthusiastic, noisy, acting-all-kinds-of-roles type of instructor.	Article Surf zone fishing Dec 1. 1995 Updated We at GFF wish that more people made books like this: small and affordable and right on the target. Ken Hanley's small classic has been reprinted
Article Aquatic trout foods Aug 20. 1995 Book review The book is actually quite systematic. Dave Whitlock deals with all important fresh water trout food species; from mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies to fish, scuds, shrimps and leeches. Every group is descibed in detail: life cycle, which is very important to understand -- especially when it comes to insects, morphology, habitus and how to imitate them.	Article How to dress salmon flies Jun 26. 1995 Book review This is a very quotable book. I like short, concentrated books, that don't waste too much time on repetitions and smalltalk. Mr. Pryce-Tannatt is a writer just after my heart, when it comes to that. He does not beat around the bush and talk in length about things that don't concern the subject.	Article The World's Best Trout Flies May 23. 1995 Book review This is a book that I bought when attending a very well set up fly tying arrangement here in Denmark just after new year, and already at the arrangement I met two of the tyers featured in the book: Oliver Edwards (UK) and Mogens Espersen (Denmark).
Article Production Fly Tying May 10. 1995 AK The fascinating thing about AK is, that you start believing him and that many of his methods make sense. His approach is very personal, and he doesn't try to hide this.	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