Essential Trout Flies
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323 color photos 1 drawing 8 x 11
* How to tie the 31 most effective trout patterns and selected variations-more than 200 recipes in all * Step-by-step color photos and fishing notes "Essential Trout Flies will help you assemble, in just two fly boxes, the flies you need to catch trout anywhere. That makes it essential reading in my book."-Rich Ostoff, professional fly tier and author of Fly-Fishing the Rocky Mountain Back-Country A core list of flies that will catch trout anywhere, in every season, this collection includes the most important patterns in a wide range of styles, from dry flies to streamers. The tying steps for each pattern are illustrated in step-by-step photos with detailed captions, followed by photos and recipes for the six most useful variations-217 patterns in all. Each chapter features a description of the insect the pattern imitates as well as expert information on how and when to fish the fly. Dave Hughes is among the most widely published authors in fly fishing. He writes a column for Fly Rod & Reel and contributes to all the major fly fishing magazines. He lives in Portland, Oregon. |
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If fly-fishing were run like baseball, at the entrance to every river, stream, lake, and pond you'd find a vendor with a stack of Essential Trout Flies shouting, "You can't tell the flies without a scorecard." Since it's not, you'll just have to pick up a copy before your next outing on the water. Given that even seasoned sophisticates have trouble telling their pale morning sparkle duns from their cream sparkle duns without some reference, Essential Trout Flies is as essential as its title promises--both for fishing and for tying.
The author of numerous books on angling tactics and equipment, Dave Hughes has assembled a color-filled collection of what he calls the 31 pattern styles and the most useful variations that no fly-fanatic can do without. After a general section on fly-tying materials and techniques, he considers the flies themselves, separating them into three chapters: dries, nymphs, and wet flies and streamers. Then the fun starts. For each of his 31 basic patterns, he provides a history of the pattern and an entomological introduction, a photo of the fly followed by detailed instructions--via continuous text and an accompanying series of color photos--for tying it, pictures of six useful variations, and some notes on the best strategies for fishing them--e.g., when should you use a stimulator, a hopper, or a wulff? For an experienced tyer, this is a terrifically handy and easy-to-use reference; with variations, the 31 patterns multiply to more than 200 proven trout flies. If you just like to fish, Essential Trout Flies is just as handy. It will help you identify flies, understand their entomological basis, sort them into easy-to-recognize categories, and select what you need to carry on-stream at different times of the year. Unfortunately, actually finding the fish is something you'll still have to do yourself. --Jeff Silverman |
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| 11-05-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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This was a fun little surprise when I started flipping through this book. I was sucked in by the cover and title and found out the content and numerous pictures are just as good. It is one of my top 5 fly tying and fishing books on my shelf and would say it is a great reference for anybody looking for a little more indepth knowledge on trout flies and techniques. I had a great time trying out patterns and techniques from this book and have recommened it to others.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-11-13 10:35:19 EST)
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| 08-07-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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I have been involved in fly fishing for 8 years and fly tying for 7. Over that time I have assembled a library of books and scoured the internet for information related to this sport. In all my years of research this book has been the most informative in both fishing and tying. The way he has organized the information is tremendous. It is very simple to understand, yet is overflowing with valuable information. I keep coming back time and time again. If I were to put a dollar value on what this book is worth to me it would be in the hundreds of dollars. To think that I picked it up for $10 blows my mind. Buy this book and I know it will be one you get your money's worth. This is by far the most valuable resource in my fly fishing library. I only wish I had come across it 8 years ago!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-29 10:05:56 EST)
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| 08-07-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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I have been involved in fly fishing for 8 years and fly tying for 7. Over that time I have assembled a library of books and scoured the internet for information related to this sport. In all my years of research this book has been the most informative in both fishing and tying. The way he has organized the information is tremendous. It is very simple to understand, yet is overflowing with valuable information. I keep coming back time and time again. If I were to put a dollar value on what this book is worth to me it would be in the hundreds of dollars. To think that I picked it up for $10 blows my mind. Buy this book and I know it will be one you get your money's worth. This is by far the most valuable resource in my fly fishing library. I only wish I had come across it 8 years ago!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-11-05 10:16:35 EST)
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| 06-06-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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This is a must have book for any fly fisherman. This book will help you fill up that fly box with exactly what you need to catch trout. I own many different fly tying books that I have collected through the years. "Essential Trout Flies" by Dave Hughes is by far the one I reference the most. If you can only have one fly tying reference - This is the one you want! I really like the way the book is set up. You will learn about each fly pattern and why it's essential. Once you learn one pattern, you'll know how to tie many others. Dave Hughes list many other fly patterns that can be tied basicially the same way... This helps keep the book fairly condensed and still very imformative.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-08 10:13:06 EST)
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| 04-25-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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This book came highly recommended to me from the online fly fishing forum that I frequent and it has lived up to the recommendations. Like most fly fishing books it opens up with a good discussion of fly tying equipment and materials. The major sections concern dryies, nymphs, wet flies and streamers. At the start of each major section is a discussion of it's uses, material and presentation.
I like the way it breaks down the hundreds of flies into a few styles. The idea is that you only need to learn a few major sets of tying steps to tie the majority of flies. The book looks at a major fly from each style (for dries: traditional, hairwing duns, sparkle duns, thorax duns, spinners,wulffs, humpies, parachutes, etc.). Then there are pictuers of the major variations. For each style at the end is a note on how to fish it. This book focuses on simplicity and ease of tying. I have found it to be complete and very easy to follow in my tying. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-06-07 08:38:48 EST)
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| 03-12-07 | 4 | 2\3 |
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Very good book regarding a variety of patterns. This book would enable the reader the ability to tie any style especially for west of the Rocky mountains.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-25 20:32:52 EST)
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| 01-10-07 | 5 | 0\1 |
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What a great book. Of course anything by Dave Hughes is well written, very informative, I love all pictures! Just a great addition to any fly fisherman's library. It really helped me sort our what I needed versus buying a bunch of flies I'll never use.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-30 23:16:10 EST)
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| 10-25-06 | 5 | 2\3 |
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This is undoubtedly Hughes' magnum opus--whether intended or not--and will stand as a classic in fly fishing literature. He has written the book that he and countless other authors have been trying to produce for decades. Consider all of the benefits of this book. Not only is it organized around a practical, useful strategy for tying flies, but it systematically covers every type of fly genre, from dries to streamers and beyond, and provides excellent information on every aspect of using them. Basically, Hughes tells you how and why to fish each style of fly and even coaches readers on how to rig their gear. In short, this is a masterfully conceived, accessible handbook that is indispensible for fly fishers at all levels. However, if you are an intermediate fly fisher who wants to graduate from fishing attractors to matching hatches--ie, knowing how and why to fish specific flies in a given situation and also tying those patterns--this book will produce excellent results. This stands alongside Sheridan Anderson's "Curtis Creek Manifesto" and John Geirach's "Fly Fishing Small Streams" as the most entertaining, accesssible, and useful books in the genre.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-30 23:16:10 EST)
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| 07-07-06 | 5 | 2\2 |
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I have only been tying flies for 3 years and I use this book like a bible. It is well written and takes a lot of the guesswork out of tying new patterns. Like others have said, the variations section is very valuable and the added text tells you what insects the variations are matching. Also contains helpful tips on what types of water each style should be fished. If you are just getting in to tying and are feeling overwhelmed by the number of patterns out there, then BUY THIS BOOK. It's an awesome primer and I have caught and released numerous trout by tying the main patterns that Dave suggests. Also, the beginning of the book offers advice on tying materials and the basic stuff you should have. I highly recommend this book to the beginning tyer and also for those who are more experienced. Tight lines!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-30 23:16:10 EST)
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| 07-06-06 | 5 | 1\1 |
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I have only been tying flies for 3 years and I use this book like a bible. It is well written and takes a lot of the guesswork out of tying new patterns. Like others have said, the variations section is very valuable and the added text tells you what insects the variations are matching. Also contains helpful tips on what types of water each style should be fished. If you are just getting in to tying and are feeling overwhelmed by the number of patterns out there, then BUY THIS BOOK. It's an awesome primer and I have caught and released numerous trout by tying the main patterns that Dave suggests. Also, the beginning of the book offers advice on tying materials and the basic stuff you should have. I highly recommend this book to the beginning tyer and also for those who are more experienced. Tight lines!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-10-10 16:57:29 EST)
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| 04-20-05 | 5 | 1\2 |
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If you need quick reference to fly patterns, this is the book. Great photos..Highly recommended.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-30 23:16:10 EST)
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| 01-16-04 | 5 | 8\8 |
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Like other reviewers before me, I've found this to be a very useful reference. It's got a good selection and cross section of the different types of trout flies, many of which are also very good for warm water species such as panfish. The fishing notes section is very useful in telling how this type fly should be fished and under what conditions. One feature that I really like and that I did not notice that anyone else mentioned is the Useful Variations section. The book will give detailed explanation of how to tie and what is needed for a particular fly (example Royal Wulff) under a section (example Wulffs) and then give the recipes (the "how to" will be the same) for a number of other flies of that same type.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-30 23:16:10 EST)
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