TROUT FLIES: The Tier's ReferenceAverage Rating: 9.5
Retail Price: 75.00
ISBN: 0811716015
Author(s): Dave Hughes
Pages: 480
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer Description
It's tough to say that a flyfishing book at $75 is a "value," but Trout Flies may be an exception. Featuring over 1400 color photographs of fly patterns, this work should be a standard for those specializing in trout flies. Author of the well-regarded Wet Flies (LJ 2/15/95), Hughes has a style that is easygoing and conversational, and his patterns will leave the beginning or intermediate enthusiast with a good selection of flies that will be effective in most situations. This is a refreshing change from earlier flytying manuals, which often were dry and dogmatic. The entry for each pattern first provides a brief anecdote that summarizes the author's opinion of the fly and its uses, next provides the recipe and tying instructions, and finally gives some variations allowing several different flies to be tied while only one pattern is learned. Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer (whose photographic talents Hughes acknowledges in his introduction) have a competing manual being published (The FlyTyer's Benchside Reference to Techniques and Dressing Styles, Frank Amato, 1998), and libraries may want to consider purchasing both works. Trout Flies is highly recommended for all flyfishing collections.?Jeff Grossman, Milwaukee Area Technical Coll. Lib., WI
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Submitted ReviewsSubmitted by Theodore P. Burger, MD
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Dave did it again. Good for just about all every day patterns.
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Submitted by Rick Sullivan
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I have nothing to say about most books by Dave Hughes except they are typical of the man himself. His patterns are superb and work catching fish. His writing is enjoyable, fun to read, and educational. I have a hard cover version of the book and consider it one of the best books in my library.
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